THE TAXONOMIC STRUCTURE AND POPULATION DENSITIEOF SOIL INVERTEBRATES IN THE FLOODPLAIN ECOSYSTEMSIN THE VALLEYS OF THE SHCHARA AND THE NEMAN RIVERS
Keywords:
Invertebrates; Carabidae; Staphylinidae; species diversity; taxonomic structure; population density; soil; river valleys; BelarusAbstract
The study has been carried out in the floodplain ecosystems in the valleys of the Shchara River and the Neman River. The taxonomic structure and population densities of soil invertebrates have been revealed in different types of forest ecosystems (black alder forests, pine forests, oak forests). More than 12 ground-beetle species and more than 40 rove-beetle species were identified up to the species level. The dominance structure of invertebrate communities has been analyzed. In all the studied ecosystems insects, mollusca, earthworms and myriapods dominate. Among insects beetles dominate. The high density of two staphylinid species, Geostiba circellaris (Gravenhorst, 1806) and Atheta fungi (Gravenhorst, 1806), has been found — from 4 to 58 ex. / sq.m.
On the basis of the obtained data it is possible to suppose that the leading factor in the forming of the soil invertebrate communities in the studied floodplain ecosystems is the local mosaic of habitats.
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