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Which soil properties affect soil mite (Acari, Mesostigmata) communities in stands with various shares of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.)?

cris.virtual.author-orcid0000-0002-0060-3413
cris.virtual.author-orcid0000-0002-8369-9165
cris.virtual.author-orcid0000-0002-9207-8221
cris.virtual.author-orcid0000-0003-3023-8709
cris.virtual.author-orcid0000-0001-6899-0985
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cris.virtualsource.author-orcid88e3beea-088e-4199-8df5-6a419d50d197
cris.virtualsource.author-orcid6968b121-d618-43a8-9452-9f221eef2e8b
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cris.virtualsource.author-orcidf9259537-a942-4ab4-8c34-c51e157ac0c2
dc.abstract.enEuropean ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) is an important tree species and a critical component of European forests. Its share has gradually decreased due to the global climate crisis or fungal diseases. Therefore, it may influence dependent plant communities and soil organisms. Hence, we aimed to describe soil properties among different habitats where ash may grow and assess how these habitats affect abundance, species richness, and diversity of soil mite (Mesostigmata) communities. The study was conducted in eight stands (western Poland) grouped in four habitats differing in terms of soil conditions and stand species composition. Stands represented: (1) optimal habitats for ash growth with >90 % ash in the tree layer, (2) optimal habitats without ash in the tree layer, (3) suboptimal habitats with >60 % ash and co-dominance of Quercus robur L., and (4) transformed habitats with >60 % ash and co-dominance of Pinus sylvestris L. Soil environments within the research plots (circular plot area in each stand = 400 m2) were characterized by the description of the soil profile and 17 soil parameters provided for each of 72 soil samples. Mesostigmatid mites were extracted from 72 additionally collected samples into Berlese-Tullgren funnels, then mounted on slides and classified to species or genus levels. In total, 362 mites were classified into 39 taxa. The most numerous taxa were Paragamasus sp. (13.0 % of all mites), Oodinychus ovalis (C. L. Koch) (11.3 %), and Paragamasus runcatellus (Berlese) (8.6 %). We found that decreasing nitrate‑nitrogen was accompanied by increasing mite abundance, species richness, and diversity. Furthermore, mesostigmatid mite abundance and species richness increased with increasing soil pH. Although soil moisture, pH of forest litter, magnesium, calcium, potassium, total nitrogen, and C/N mass ratio differed between all habitats, they did not affect Mesostigmatid abundance, species richness, and diversity. Nevertheless, analysis of variance conducted for the Canonical Correspondence Analysis model showed that habitat and pH of forest litter significantly impacted the community species composition of mesostigmatid mites. Our study provides a better understanding of the habitat requirements of soil mesostigmatid mites and, therefore, leads to improving the use of mesostigmatid mite taxa as effective bioindicators of soil and environmental quality.
dc.affiliationWydział Leśny i Technologii Drewna
dc.affiliationWydział Rolnictwa, Ogrodnictwa i Bioinżynierii
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Łowiectwa i Ochrony Lasu
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Botaniki i Siedliskoznawstwa Leśnego
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Chemii Rolnej i Biogeochemii Środowiska
dc.contributor.authorUrbanowski, Cezary
dc.contributor.authorTurczański, Krzysztof
dc.contributor.authorAndrzejewska, Agnieszka
dc.contributor.authorKamczyc, Jacek
dc.contributor.authorJagodziński, Andrzej M.
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-09T08:02:56Z
dc.date.available2026-02-09T08:02:56Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.bibliographyil., bibliogr.
dc.description.financepublication_nocost
dc.description.financecost0,00
dc.description.if4,8
dc.description.numberDecember 2022
dc.description.points140
dc.description.volume180
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104633
dc.identifier.eissn1873-0272
dc.identifier.issn0929-1393
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/7241
dc.languageen
dc.relation.ispartofApplied Soil Ecology
dc.relation.pagesart. 104633
dc.rightsClosedAccess
dc.sciencecloudnosend
dc.subject.enEuropean ash
dc.subject.enpedunculate oak
dc.subject.enScots pine
dc.subject.enhabitat type
dc.subject.ensoil environment
dc.subject.ensoil mite assemblages
dc.titleWhich soil properties affect soil mite (Acari, Mesostigmata) communities in stands with various shares of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.)?
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.volume180