Collembolan Assemblages Response to Wild Boars (Sus scrofa L.) Rooting in Pine Forest Soil

摘要: Collembola are an important component of soil communities in all terrestrial ecosystems. In temperate coniferous forests, they one the most numerous invertebrate groups, and disturbances that change their density structure may have negative effects on fertility productivity. Our goal was to determine whether intensive rooting forest floor by wild boars affects edaphic Collembola. Soil samples from three paired rooted non-rooted plots Scots pine stands were taken twice a year study impact such bioturbation collembolan assemblages. Substantial changes taxonomic functional assemblages identified disturbed plots. The abundance number species significantly decreased bioturbated floor. shares atmobiotic hemiedaphic springtails increased at expense epedaphic forms. Most differences evident shortly after grubbing but not significant few months later. decline moisture could be explanatory factor causing between intact revealed large mammals ubiquitous ecosystems can disturbing for microarthropods. Intensive boar had strong effect occurrence This kind also modified assemblages, which turn consequences food web above- belowground interactions.