Succession of Mite Assemblages (Acari, Mesostigmata) during Decomposition of Tree Leaves in Forest Stands Growing on Reclaimed Post-Mining Spoil Heap and Adjacent Forest Habitats
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Site Description and Experimental Design
2.2. Soil Mite Investigation
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Mite Abundance
3.2. Mite Species Richness
3.3. Mite Assemblages
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Plot No. | Coordinates | Plot Area (m2) | Stand Type | Habitat Type | Soil Texture | Humus Type | pH H2O (O Layer) | Stand Age (years) | Average DBH (cm) * ± SE | Average H (m) * ± SE | BA (m2 ha−1) *,** | Stocking Density (ind. ha−1) *,*** |
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6 | 51.2207, 19.4339 | 604.5 | Bp | SH | CL | FPMD | 6.10 | 22 | 8.87 (0.30) | 9.21 (0.21) | 8.54 (98.31) | 1274 (74.76) |
7 | 51.2208, 19.4339 | 604.5 | CL | FPMD | 6.12 | 22 | 8.96 (0.34) | 9.09 (0.22) | 7.4 (95.55) | 1075 (69.15) | ||
15 | 51.2105, 19.4384 | 900.0 | Ps | S | FPM | 5.01 | 18 | 5.49 (0.07) | 4.86 (0.04) | 12.76 (99.83) | 5022 (99.12) | |
16 | 51.2117, 19.4265 | 810.0 | S | FPM | 4.93 | 17 | 6.81 (0.11) | 6.05 (0.05) | 20.61 (99.96) | 5123 (99.28) | ||
105 | 51.2744, 19.4324 | 646.5 | Bp | FH | SL | FMD | 5.55 | 20 | 10.40 (0.21) | 13.66 (0.11) | 15.79 (99.95) | 1779 (92.00) |
106 | 51.2747, 19.4326 | 450.0 | CL | FMD | 5.57 | 20 | 10.10 (0.20) | 13.44 (0.12) | 18.32 (99.99) | 2200 (95.19) | ||
107 | 51.1738, 19.4323 | 750.0 | Ps | S | FMM | 4.68 | 21 | 8.02 (0.15) | 8.90 (0.08) | 23.41 (100.00) | 4200 (99.68) | |
108 | 51.1746, 19.4321 | 750.0 | S | FM | 4.37 | 21 | 8.46 (0.16) | 9.16 (0.08) | 21.22 (99.81) | 3467 (99.24) |
Habitat Type | Stand Type | Litter Type | Total | |||
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Birch | Oak | Alder | Pine | |||
FH | Bp | 760 | 942 | 860 | 783 | 3345 |
Ps | 436 | 525 | 442 | 426 | 1829 | |
SH | Bp | 210 | 487 | 129 | 155 | 981 |
Ps | 60 | 109 | 51 | 91 | 311 | |
Total | 1466 | 2063 | 1482 | 1455 | - |
Habitat Type | Stand Type | Litter Type | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Birch | Oak | Alder | Pine | |||
FH | Bp | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 37 |
Ps | 21 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 30 | |
SH | Bp | 15 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 22 |
Ps | 12 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 21 | |
Total | 39 | 43 | 33 | 39 | - |
No. | Species | Family | Total No. of Specimens | FH | SH | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bp | Ps | Bp | Ps | ||||||||||||||||||||
F | M | D | P | L | F | M | D | P | L | F | M | D | P | L | F | M | D | P | L | ||||
1 | Alliphis halleri (G. et R. Canestrini, 1881) | Eviphidae | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2 | Amblyseius sp. | Phytoseiidae | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 27 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | - |
3 | Amblyseius tubae Karg, 1970 | Phytoseiidae | 775 | 26 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | 596 | 58 | - | 24 | 1 | 58 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
4 | Antennoseius bacatus Athias-Henriot, 1961 | Ascidae | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
5 | Antennoseius masoviae Sellnick, 1943 | Ascidae | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
6 | Arctoseius brevichelis Karg, 1969 | Ascidae | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
7 | Arctoseius insularis (Willmann, 1952) | Ascidae | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 5 | - | - | - |
8 | Asca aphidioides (Linneaeus, 1758) | Ascidae | 307 | 88 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - | - | 4 | - | 69 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 36 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
9 | Asca bicornis (Canestrini et Fanzago, 1887) | Ascidae | 150 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75 | 19 | - | 2 | - | 44 | 8 | - | 1 | - |
10 | Cheiroseius borealis (Berlese, 1904) | Ascidae | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
11 | Dendrolaelaps angulosus (Willmann, 1936) | Digamasellidae | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - |
12 | Dendrolaelaps foveolatus (Leitner, 1949) | Digamasellidae | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | - | - |
13 | Dendrolaelaps laetus Shcherbak, 1980 | Digamasellidae | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
14 | Dendrolaelaps latior (Leitner, 1949) | Digamasellidae | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
15 | Dendrolaelaps punctatosimilis Hirschmann, 1960 | Digamasellidae | 7 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
16 | Dendrolaelaps rotundus Hirschmann, 1960 | Digamasellidae | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - |
17 | Dinychus perforatus Kramer, 1882 | Uropodiade | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
18 | Epicriopsis horridus Kramer, 1876 | Ameroseiidae | 13 | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
19 | Eviphis ostrinus (C.L. Koch, 1836) | Eviphidae | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
20 | Gamasellodes bicolor (Berlese, 1918) | Ascidae | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
21 | Geholaspis longispinosus (Kramer, 1876) | Macrochelidae | 8 | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
22 | Hypoaspis praesternalis Willmann, 1949 | Laelapidae | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | - | - | - |
23 | Hypoaspis vacua (Michael, 1891) | Laelapidae | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
24 | Iphidozercon gibbus (Berlese, 1903) | Ascidae | 18 | 15 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
25 | Laelaspis astronomicus (C.L. Koch, 1839) | Laelapidae | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
26 | Lasioseius confusus Evans, 1958 | Ascidae | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
27 | Lasioseius muricatus (C.L. Koch, 1839) | Ascidae | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
28 | Leioseius elongatus Evans, 1958 | Ascidae | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
29 | Leptogamasus anoxygenenellus (Micherdziński, 1969) | Parasitidae | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
30 | Leptogamasus belligerens Witaliński, 1973 | Parasitidae | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
31 | Leptogamasus parvulus (Berlese, 1903) | Parasitidae | 112 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 44 | 62 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
32 | Macrocheles montanus (Willmann, 1951) | Macrochelidae | 9 | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
33 | Nejordensia levis (Oudemans et Voigts, 1904) | Ascidae | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
52 | Olodiscus minima Kramer, 1882 | Uropodidae | 287 | 215 | 1 | 64 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
34 | Paragamasus conus (Karg, 1971) | Parasitidae | 12 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
35 | Paragamasus jugincola Athias-Henriot, 1967 | Parasitidae | 72 | 39 | 27 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
36 | Paragamasus runcatellus (Berlese, 1903) | Parasitidae | 90 | 51 | 15 | - | - | - | 14 | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
37 | Paragamasus sp. | Parasitidae | 71 | - | - | 17 | 7 | 5 | - | - | 21 | 15 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
38 | Parazercon radiatus Berlese, 1910 | Zerconidae | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
39 | Pergamasus barbarus (Berlese, 1904) | Parasitidae | 5 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
40 | Pergamasus brevicornis (Berlese, 1903) | Parasitidae | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
41 | Pergamasus crassipes (Linneaeus, 1758) | Parasitidae | 62 | 9 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | - | - | - | 10 | 19 | 1 | - | - |
42 | Pergamasus mediocris Berlese, 1904 | Parasitidae | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
43 | Pergamasus septentrionalis (Oudemans, 1902) | Parasitidae | 52 | 39 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
44 | Pergamasus sp. | Parasitidae | 138 | - | - | 20 | 35 | 2 | - | - | 19 | 11 | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | 17 | 18 | - |
45 | Prozercon kochi Sellnick, 1943 | Zerconidae | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
46 | Prozercon tragardhi (Halbert, 1923) | Zerconidae | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
47 | Sejus togatus C.L. Koch, 1836 | Sejoidea | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
48 | Trachytes aegrota (C.L. Koch, 1841) | Trachytidae | 710 | 350 | - | 123 | 173 | 27 | 15 | - | 10 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
49 | Trichouropoda ovalis (C.L. Koch, 1839) | Trematuridae | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
50 | Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten, 1857 | Phytoseiidae | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
51 | Urobovella pulchella (Berlese, 1904) | Urodinychidae | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
53 | Veigaia cervus (Kramer, 1876) | Veigaiaiidae | 114 | 37 | - | 3 | 2 | - | 26 | - | 20 | 5 | - | 14 | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
54 | Veigaia kochi (Trägarth, 1901) | Veigaiaiidae | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
55 | Veigaia nemorensis (C.L. Koch, 1839) | Veigaiaiidae | 892 | 432 | - | 223 | 122 | - | 50 | - | 39 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
56 | Veigaia planicola (Berlese, 1892) | Veigaiaiidae | 41 | 27 | - | 9 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
57 | Vulgarogamasus kraepelini (Berlese, 1904) | Parasitidae | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
58 | Zercon peltatus C.L. Koch, 1836 | Zerconidae | 2281 | 509 | 321 | 126 | 68 | 25 | 671 | 52 | 250 | 98 | 144 | 4 | - | 3 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - |
59 | Zerconopsis muestairi (Schweizer, 1949) | Ascidae | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
In total | 6466 | F | M | D | P | L | F | M | D | P | L | F | M | D | P | L | F | M | D | P | L | ||
1881 | 382 | 602 | 421 | 59 | 995 | 147 | 373 | 169 | 145 | 826 | 90 | 23 | 41 | 1 | 201 | 45 | 35 | 28 | 2 | ||||
3345 | 1829 | 981 | 311 |
Habitat Type | Stand Type | Species Rank | Taxon | Collection Month (Date) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 36 | Total | ||||
(10.03.2014) | (09.06.2014) | (10.09.2014) | (10.12.2014) | (10.06.2015) | (09.12.2015) | (09.06.2016) | (13-14.12.2016) | |||||
FH | Bp | 1 | Z. peltatus | 280 | 141 | 163 | 111 | 68 | 104 | 109 | 73 | 1049 |
2 | V. nemorensis | 5 | 10 | 145 | 234 | 106 | 55 | 44 | 178 | 777 | ||
3 | T. aegrota | 1 | 139 | 225 | 128 | 32 | 42 | 3 | 103 | 673 | ||
4 | O. minima | 34 | 51 | 31 | 40 | 61 | 19 | 47 | 283 | |||
5 | A. aphidioides | 1 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 43 | 88 | ||||
6 | P. jugincola | 4 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 38 | 66 | |||||
6 | P. runcatellus | 13 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 66 | ||||
7 | Pergamasus sp. | 2 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 57 | ||||
8 | P. septentrionalis | 11 | 29 | 4 | 44 | |||||||
9 | V. cervus | 3 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 42 | ||||
10 | V. planicola | 8 | 18 | 15 | 41 | |||||||
Ps | 1 | Z. peltatus | 2 | 68 | 339 | 228 | 158 | 202 | 1 | 217 | 1215 | |
2 | V. nemorensis | 25 | 6 | 21 | 47 | 15 | 114 | |||||
3 | L. parvulus | 2 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 46 | 30 | 107 | ||||
4 | A. aphidioides | 2 | 72 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 104 | ||||
5 | V. cervus | 19 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 51 | |||||
6 | P. kochi | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 39 | |||||
7 | Paragamasus sp. | 2 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 36 | |||||
8 | T. aegrota | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 33 | ||||||
9 | Pergamasus sp. | 3 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 30 | |||||
10 | P. runcatellus | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | |||||
SH | Bp | 1 | A. tubae | 295 | 153 | 15 | 116 | 6 | 94 | 679 | ||
2 | A. bicornis | 42 | 36 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 96 | |||||
3 | A. aphidioides | 73 | 1 | 74 | ||||||||
4 | Amblyseius sp. | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 29 | ||||
5 | V. cervus | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 21 | ||||||
6 | Pergamasus sp. | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
7 | P. crassipes | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |||||
Ps | 1 | A. tubae | 19 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 61 | ||||
2 | A. bicornis | 41 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 53 | ||||||
3 | A. aphidioides | 24 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 41 | |||||
4 | A. insularis | 1 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 37 | ||||
5 | Pergamasus sp. | 29 | 4 | 2 | 35 | |||||||
6 | P. crassipes | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 30 | |||||
7 | Z. peltatus | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |||||||
8 | D. foveolatus | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
9 | H. praesternalis | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
10 | Amblyseius sp. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
11 | D. angulosus | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
12 | D. rotundus | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
13 | T. aegrota | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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Fixed Factor | DF | Wald Chi-Square | Prob > Chi-Square | |||
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Abundance | Species Richness | Abundance | Species Richness | Abundance | Species Richness | |
CM | 7 | 7 | 141.972 | 15.689 | <0.0001 | 0.0281 |
LT | 3 | 3 | 8.461 | 0.282 | 0.0374 | 0.9633 |
HT | 1 | 1 | 22.590 | 1.393 | <0.0001 | 0.2379 |
ST | 1 | 1 | 7.111 | 0.025 | 0.0077 | 0.8752 |
CM × LT | 21 | 21 | 78.628 | 10.756 | <0.0001 | 0.9673 |
CM × HT | 7 | 7 | 1365.612 | 7.949 | <0.0001 | 0.3371 |
CM × ST | 7 | 7 | 69.675 | 3.709 | <0.0001 | 0.8126 |
LT × HT | 3 | 3 | 6.848 | 2.115 | 0.0769 | 0.5489 |
LT × ST | 3 | 3 | 10.256 | 1.578 | 0.0165 | 0.6644 |
HT × ST | 1 | 1 | 0.797 | 1.159 | 0.3719 | 0.2818 |
CM × LT × HT | 21 | 21 | 917.881 | 14.963 | <0.0001 | 0.8248 |
CM × LT × ST | 21 | 21 | 237.841 | 12.251 | <0.0001 | 0.9326 |
CM × HT × ST | 7 | 7 | 12.618 | 1.931 | 0.082 | 0.9635 |
LT × HT × ST | 3 | 3 | 5.563 | 1.153 | 0.1349 | 0.7644 |
CM × LT × HT × ST | 21 | 21 | 69.846 | 14.247 | <0.0001 | 0.8588 |
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Urbanowski, C.K.; Horodecki, P.; Kamczyc, J.; Skorupski, M.; Jagodziński, A.M. Succession of Mite Assemblages (Acari, Mesostigmata) during Decomposition of Tree Leaves in Forest Stands Growing on Reclaimed Post-Mining Spoil Heap and Adjacent Forest Habitats. Forests 2018, 9, 718. https://doi.org/10.3390/f9110718
Urbanowski CK, Horodecki P, Kamczyc J, Skorupski M, Jagodziński AM. Succession of Mite Assemblages (Acari, Mesostigmata) during Decomposition of Tree Leaves in Forest Stands Growing on Reclaimed Post-Mining Spoil Heap and Adjacent Forest Habitats. Forests. 2018; 9(11):718. https://doi.org/10.3390/f9110718
Chicago/Turabian StyleUrbanowski, Cezary K., Paweł Horodecki, Jacek Kamczyc, Maciej Skorupski, and Andrzej M. Jagodziński. 2018. "Succession of Mite Assemblages (Acari, Mesostigmata) during Decomposition of Tree Leaves in Forest Stands Growing on Reclaimed Post-Mining Spoil Heap and Adjacent Forest Habitats" Forests 9, no. 11: 718. https://doi.org/10.3390/f9110718