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Application of DNA barcoding on genus \kur{Folsomia} (Collembola) and mitochondrial geonome of \kur{F. candida}
SLÁMOVÁ, Martina
Mitochondrial molecular marker COI was tested for use in species identification of selected species of genus Folsomia (Collembola). Marker was succesfuly amplified and sequenced. Dendrogram constructed by Neighbor-Joining method with Kimura-2-Parameter model grouped all individuals into presumed species clusters and high intraspecific variability of F. quadrioculata suggests the existence of cryptic species. Furthermore, 65 % of mitochondrial geonome of F. candida was obtained with 16 tRNA genes, 9 proteincoding genes and 2 rRNA genes identified. So far the genome characteristics correspond to the one described in G. hodgsoni.
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Vertical Collembola distribution in spruce and beech forest soils
Jínová, Kristýna
Vertical stratification of Collembola was investigated in beech and spruce forest soils on the Kleť Mountain (Blanský les Protected Landscape Area, South Bohemia, Czech Republic). The aim of the study was to describe the collembolan distribution among the horizons in the present beech and spruce forest soils and to find out which species were dominant in the individual soil layers. Ten soil samples (each of 10 cm.sup.2./sup., 15 cm deep) were collected in beech and spruce forest on the Kleť Mt. in December 2004. They were divided into 5 sub-samples: litter + 0-1 cm of soil; 1-2, 2-5, 5-10, and 10-15 cm and extracted separately in high-gradient Tullgren apparatus. In total, 40 species were found at both sites (31 in the beech and 28 in the spruce forest). The highest number of species was found in the upper layer (litter layer + 0-1 cm) of soil, 84 % of species in the beech forest and 64 % in the spruce forest.
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Collembola, Protura and Pauropoda in a riparian forest - mesic forest
Rusek, Josef ; Reithofer, D. ; Schmid, S. ; Truxa, Ch. ; Weber, J. ; Wilde, U.
Communities of soil Collembola, Protura and Pauropoda were studied in a riparian forest - mesic forest ecotone in the Stromovka Park in the inundation zone of the Vltava River in České Budějovice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Ten soil samples, each 10 cm.sup.2./sup. and 5 cm deep, were taken on April 3rd, 2000 in each of five parallel rows from the swampy part without water (row I). Row II was 1 m to the east from row I in a dense .i.Pragmites communis./i. uderstory of the .i.Populus canadensis, Quercus robus./i. dominated riparian forest. Row III was 5 m to the east with the same understory composition, and IV was 10 m further to the east with less dense .i.Phragmites./i. understory growth mixed with grasses and .i.Geranium silvaticum./i. and other understory herbs and poplar and oak litter on the soil surface. Row V was 5 m from row IV in a mesic forest with .i.Quercus robur, Betula alba./i. trees and grass with mosses in understory.
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Integrace ekologických a morfologických studií: Mikrodistribuce druhů .i.Protaphorura./i. (Collembola: Onychiurinae) okolo kmene buku
Rusek, Josef
The micro-distribution of soil mesofauna was studied around a beech stem in a .i.Luzuleto-Fagetum./i. forest in the Voděradské Bučiny National Nature Reserve, ca 30 km east of Prague, Central Bohemia. The soil type was a cambisol on granite. Fifty soil samples (10 cm.sup.2./sup. surface area and 5 cm deep) were taken in five parallel rows at different distances below and above the stem on a gentle SW slope. Soil arthropods were extracted from each sample in a high-gradient extractor. Soil pH and bulk density were determined for each sample after animal extraction. Three .i.Protaphorura./i.-species were recorded in the samples: .i.P. armata, P. pseudovanderdrifti, Protaphorura./i. sp. nov. The eudominant .i.P. armata./i. reached highest density in samples 50 to 100 cm below and above the beech stem where .i.Protaphorura./i. sp. nov. was present only in a low frequency and at most by a single (exceptionally two) specimen per sample.
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Nová klasifikace životních forem Collembola a Protura
Rusek, Josef
A new classification of Collembola and Protura life forms is proposed. Each eco-morphological life form group is morphologically and ecologically characterized, allowing Collembola to be classified into two main groups: A - atmobionts, and B - edaphobionts. Group A comprises four subgroups: a) macrophytobionts, b) microphytobionts, c) xylobionts, and d) neustons. Group B is divided into three subgroups: a) epigeonts, b) hemiedaphobionts, and c) euedaphobionts. Hemiedaphobionts comprise two subclasses according to their size and occurrence in the soil profile. Euedaphobionts are divided into three classes (large, medium, small) and six subclasses according to presence or reduction of the furca (with furca versus furca missing or reduced). Protura belong to the medium and small size subclasses of euedaphobionts. Former life form systems of Collembola are discussed. The proposed system facilitates the use of Collembola in a more comprehensive way for ecological studies.
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Atraktivita listového opadu pro půdní Collembola v experimentu v dekompozičních síťkách
Jínová, Kristýna ; Rusek, Josef
Collembola play an important role in the decomposition of dead organic matter and in soil microstructure formation. Some Collembola have highly specialised feeding habits. A litterbag experiment was established on the Kleť Mt. (Blanský Les Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic). Litterbags (100 cm.sup.2./sup.) filled with beech and oak litter were exposed in beech and spruce forests in November 2002. Four forest/liter combinations were exposed - beech-beech, beech-oak, spruce-beech, spruce-oak. Soil samples (10x10x6 cm) for Collembola community structure analysis were taken from each locality. This contribution shows data from the first year of the three-year litterbag experiment. Thirty Collembola species, were established in soil samples from the beech forest, 53 % of them occurred in litterbags with beech litter and 57 % in litterbags with oak litter.
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Biodiversity of Collembola in the Žofínský Prales National Nature Reserve
Rusek, Josef
Collembolan, communities were studied in the Žofínský Prales National Nature Reserve in south Bohemia during 1997-1999. 93 species of Collembola were established in the material of 13297 individuals. 71 of them were recorded in the beech and 52 in the spruce forests. The highest diversity (H=2,6) was established in one of the beech and in two of the spruce forest microhabitats. The lowest diversity (H=0,6) was in moss on a boulder in the Fageto-Aceretum forest. Characteristic feature of the collembolan fauna of the Žofínský prales is a high number of alpine species or species having near relatives in the Alps.
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