Impact of soil faunal structure on decomposition and N-mineralisation in relation to temperature and moisture in forest soil

Pedobiologia

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 505-513

  Sulkava, Pekka ^a   Huhta, Veikko ^a   Laakso, Jouni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decomposition; mineralisation; moisture; soil fauna; temperature

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; MINERALIZATION; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; SOIL FAUNA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030301591     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Abrahamsen, G. (1971) The influence of temperature and soil moisture on the population density of Cognettia sphagnetorum (Oligochaeta: Enchytraeidae) in cultures with homogenized raw humus. Pedobiologia 11, 417-424.
2. Abrahamsen, G. (1973) Studies on body-volume, body-surface area, density and live weight of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta). Pedobiologia 13, 6-15.
3. Abrahamsen, G. (1990) Influence of Cognettia sphagnetorum (Ohgochaeta: Enchytraeidae) on nitrogen mineralisation in homogenized mor humus. Biol. Fertil. Soils 9, 159-162.
4. Anderson, J. M., Ineson, P. (1983) Interactions between soil arthropods and microorganisms in carbon, nitrogen and mineral element fluxes from decomposing leaf litter. In: Lee, J. A., McNeill, S., Rorison, I. H. (eds.) Nitrogen as an ecological factor. Blackwell, pp. 413-432.
5. Anderson, J. M., Ineson, P., Huish, S. A. (1983) The effects of animal feeding activities on element release from deciduous forest litter and soil organic matter. In: Lebrun, P., Andre, H. M., DeMedts, A., Gregoire-Wibo, C. and Wauthy, G. (eds.) New trends in soil biology. Dieu-Brichart, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, pp. 87-99.
6. Anderson, J. P. E., Domsch, K. H. (1978) A physiological method for the quantitative measurement of microbial biomass in soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 10, 215-221.
7. Beare, M. H., Parmelee, R. W., Hendrix, P. F., Coleman, D. C., Crossley, D. A. Jr. (1992) Microbial and faunal interactions and effects on litter nitrogen and decomposition in agroecosystems. Ecol. Monogr. 62, 569-591.
8. Bengtsson, G., Rundgren, S. (1983) Respiration and growth of a fungus, Mortierella isabellina, in response to grazing by Onychiurus armatus (Collembola). Soil Biol. Biochem. 15, 469-473.
9. Billings, W. D., Luken, J. O., Mortensen, D. A., Peterson, K. M. (1982) Arctic tundra: a source or sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide in a changing environment. Oecologia 53, 7-11.
10. Billings, W. D., Luken, J. O., Mortensen, D. A., Peterson, K. M. (1983) Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide: possible effects on arctic tundra. Oecologia 58, 286-289.
11. Clarholm, M., Popovic, B., Rosswall, T., Söderström, B., Sohlenius, B., Staaf, H., Wiren, A. (1981) Biological aspects of nitrogen mineralisation in humus from a pine forest podsol incubated under different moisture and temperature conditions. Oikos 37, 137-145.
12. Faber, J. H., Verhoef, H. A. (1991) Functional differences between closely-related soil arthropods with respect to decomposition processes in the presence or absence of pine tree roots. Soil Biol. Biochem. 23, 15-23.
13. Haimi, J., Huhta, V. (1990) Effects of earthworms on decomposition processes in raw humus forest soil: A microcosm study. Biol. Fert Soils 10, 178-183.
14. Harte, J., Agneiszka, R., Price, V. (1996) Effects of manipulated soil microclimate on mesofaunal biomass and diversity. Soil Biol. Biochem. 28, 313-322.
15. Haukka, J. K. (1987) Growth and survival of Eisenia fetida (Sav.) (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) in relation to temperature, moisture and presence of Enchytraeus albidus (Henle) (Enchytraeidae). Biol. Fert. Soils 3, 99-102.
16. Huhta, V., Haimi, J., Setälä, H. (1994) Soil fauna promote nutrient cycling. - Experimental evidence using simulated coniferous forest floor. Trans. 15th World Congress of Soil Science. Acapulco, Mexico, June 1994, Vol. 4a, 76-91.
17. Huhta, V., Hyvönen, R., Kaasalainen, P., Koskenniemi, A., Muona, J., Mäkelä, I., Sulander, M., Vilkamaa, P. (1986) Soil fauna of Finnish coniferous forests. Ann. Zool. Fenn. 32, 345-360.
18. Huhta, V., Sulkava, P., Viberg, K. (submitted) Interactions between enchytraeid (Cognettia sphagnetorum), microarthropod and nematode populations in forest soil at different moistures Appl. Soil Ecology.
19. Huish, S., Leonard, M. A., Anderson, J. M. (1985) Wetting and drying effects on animal/microbial mediated nitrogen mineralisation and mineral element losses from deciduous forest litter and humus. Pedobiologia 28, 177-184.
20. Karg, W. (1983) Verbreitung und Bedeutung von Raubmilben der Cohors Gamasina als Antagonisten von Nematoden. Pedobiologia 25, 419-432.
21. Karg, W. (1986) Vorkommen und Ernährung des Milbencohors Uropodma (Schildkrötenmilben) sowie ihre Eignung als Indikatoren in Agroökosystemen. Pedobiologia 29, 285-294.
22. Kennedy, A. D. (1994) Simulated climate change: a field manipulation study of polar microarthropod community response to global warming. Ecography 17, 131-140.
23. Kirschbaum, M. U. F. (1995) The temperature dependence of soil organic matter decomposition, and the effect of global warming on soil organic C storage. Soil Biol. Biochem. 27, 753-760.
24. Lloyd, J., Taylor, J. A. (1994) On the temperature dependence of soil respiration. Functional Ecology 8, 315-323.
25. Luxton, M. (1975) Studies on the oribatid mites of a Danish beech wood soil. II. Biomass, calonmetry, and respirometry. Pedobiologia 15, 161-200.
26. Martikainen, E., Huhta, V. (1990) Interactions between nematodes and predatory mites in raw humus soil: a microcosm experiment. Rev. Ecol. Biol. Sol 27, 13-20.
27. Nordgren, A. (1988) Apparatus for the continuous, long-term monitoring of soil respiration rate in a large number of samples. Soil Biol. Biochem. 20, 955-957.
28. Persson, T. (1989) Role of soil animals in C and N mineralisation. Plant Soil 115, 241-245.
29. Persson, T., Bååth, E., Clarholm, M., Lundkvist, H., Söderström, B., Sohlenius, B. (1980) Trophic structure, biomass dynamics and carbon metabolism in a Scots pine forest. Ecol. Bull. 32, 419-459.
30. Peterjohn, W. T., Melillo, J. M., Bowles, F. P., Steudler, P. A. (1993) Soil warming and trace gas fluxes: experimental design and preliminary flux results. Oecologia 93, 18-24.
31. Robinson, C. H., Ineson, P., Piearce, T. G., Rowland, A. P. (1992) Nitrogen mobilization by earthworms in limed peat soils under Picea sitchensis. J. Appl. Ecol. 29, 226-237.
32. Scheu, S. (1987) The influence of earthworms (Lumbricidae) on the nitrogen dynamics in the soil litter system of a deciduous forest. Oecologia 72, 197-201.
33. Scheu. S., Parkinson, D. (1994) Effects of earthworms on nutrient dynamics, carbon turnover and microorganisms in soils from cool temperate forests of the Canadian Rocky Mountains - laboratory studies. Appl. Soil Ecology 1, 113-126.
34. Schlentner, R. E., Van Cleve, K. (1985) Relationships between CO2 evolution from soil, substrate temperature, and substrate moisture in four mature forest types in interior Alaska. Can. J. For. Res. 15, 97-106.
35. Setälä, H., Tyymsmaa, M., Martikainen, E., Huhta, V. (1991) Mineralisation of C, N and P in relation to decomposer community structure in coniferous forest soil. Pedobiologia 35, 285-296.
36. Sohlenius, B (1985) Influence of climatic conditions on nematode coexistence: a laboratory experiment with a coniferous forest soil. Oikos 44, 430-438.
37. Swift, M. J., Heal, O. W., Anderson, J. M. (1979) Decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems. Studies in Ecology 5, London. 372 pp.
38. Vannier, G. (1970) Reactions des microarthropodes aux variations de l'état hydrique du sol. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 258 pp.
39. Verhoef, H. A., Brussaard, L. (1990) Decomposition and nitrogen mineralisation in natural and agroecosystems: The contribution of soil animals. Biogeochem. 11, 175-211.
40. Walter, D E., Hunt, H. W., Elliott, E. T. (1988) Guilds of functional groups? An analysis of predatory arthropods from a shortgrass steppe soil. Pedobiologia 31, 247-260.