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Contemporary Problems of Ecology

2013 year, number 1

Vertical Distribution of Collembola, Lumbricidae and Elateridae in Alluvial Soil of Flood Plain Forests

A. A. KOLESNIKOVA, A. A. TASKAEVA, E. M. LAPTEVA, S. V. DEGTEVA
Institute of Biology Komi Scientific Center UrB RAS, 167982, Syktyvkar, Kommunisticheskaya, 28
kolesnikova@ib.komisc.ru
Keywords: collembolas, earth worms, snapping beetles (wireworms), composition, vertical distribution, alluvial soil, flood plain forest
Pages: 45-55

Abstract

Species composition, number and vertical distribution of Collembola (53), Lumbricidae (6) and Elateridae (12 species) in alluvial soil of middle taiga flood plain forests were evaluated. The role of separate species in the formation of invertebrate communities in various biotopes was demonstrated, the species adapted to increased humidity conditions were revealed. Preference of invertebrates in inhabiting the soils of higher elements of flood plain relief was detected. The effect of relative deepening of the groups of collembola and earth worms in overwetted soil of interhill troughs was revealed.