Are grasslands important habitats for soil microarthropod conservation?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1073-1087

  Menta, Cristina ^a   Leoni, Alan ^a   Gardi, Ciro ^b   Delia Conti, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Grassland; Microarthropods; QBS ar; Soil quality; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERATION; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT TYPE; HUMUS; INFILTRATION; LAND USE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POROSITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; TAXONOMY; TYPOLOGY; WOODLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79955021102     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0017-0     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Bachelier G (1986) La vie animale dans le sol. ORSTOM, Paris.
2. Bardgett RD, Cook R (1998) Functional aspects of soil animal diversity in agricultural grasslands. Appl Soil Ecol 10: 263-276.
3. Bardgett RD, Frankland JC, Whittaker JB (1993) The effects of agricultural management on the soil biota of some upland grasslands. Agr Ecosyst Environ 45: 25-45.
4. Bedano JC, Cantù MP, Doucet ME (2006a) Soil springtail (Hexapoda: Collembola), symphylans and pauropods (Arthropoda: Myriapoda) under different management systems in agroecosystems of the subhumid Pampa (Argentina). Eur J Soil Biol 42: 107-119.
5. Bedano JC, Cantù MP, Doucet ME (2006b) Influence of three different land management practices on soil mite (Arachnida: Acari) densities in relation to a natural soil. Appl Soil Ecol 32: 293-304.
6. Bird SB, Coulson RN, Fischer RF (2004) Change in soil and litter arthropods abundance following tree harvesting and site preparation in a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantation. Forest Ecol Manag 202: 195-208.
7. Bongers T (1990) The maturity index: an ecological measure of environmental disturbance based on nematode species composition. Oecologia 83: 14-19.
8. Bongers T (1999) The maturity index, the evolution of nematode life history traits, adaptive radiation and cp-scaling. Plant Soil 212: 13-22.
9. Brussard L, de Ruiter PC, Brown GG (2007) Soil biodiversity for agricultural sustainability. Agr Ecosyst Environ 121: 233-244.
10. CGIAR Technical, Committee Advisory (1988) Sustainable agricultural production: implication for international agricultural research. Report of the Technical Advisory Committee, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington DC.
11. Chauvat M, Wolters V, Dauber J (2007) Response of collembolan communities to land-use change and grassland succession. Ecography 30: 183-192.
12. Cole L, Dromph KM, Boaglio V, Bardgett RD (2004) Effect on density and species richness of soil mesofauna on nutrient mineralisation and plant growth. Biol Fert Soils 39: 337-343.
13. Cole L, Buckland SM, Bardgett RD (2005) Relating microarthropod community structure and fertility manipulation in temperate grassland. Soil Biol Biochem 37: 1707-1717.
14. Cortet J, Gomot-De Vauflery A, Poinsot-Balaguer N, Gomot L, Texier C, Cluzeu D (2000) The use of invertebrate soil fauna in monitoring pollutant effects. Eur J Soil Biol 35: 115-134.
15. Cortet J, Ronce D, Poisont-Balanguer N, Beaufreton AC, Viaux P, de Fonseca JPC (2002) Impacts of different agricultural practices on the biodiversity of microarthropod communities in arable crop systems. Eur J Soil Biol 38: 239-244.
16. Decaens T, Jimenez JJ, Gioia C, Measey GJ, Lavelle P (2006) The values of soil animals for conservation biology. Eur J Soil Biol 42: S23-S38.
17. Eaton RJ, Barbercheck M, Buford M, Smith W (2004) Effects of organic matter removal, soil compaction, and vegetation control on Collembolan populations. Pedobiologia 48: 121-128.
18. EEA (2009) Distribution and targeting of the CAP budget from a biodiversity perspective. EEA Technical Report 123/2009. 90. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.
19. EU (European Union) (2001) Biodiversity action plan for agriculture, 27 March 2001. COM 162, vol 3. Brussels.
20. EU (European Union) (2004) Message from Malahide: halting the decline of biodiversity-priority objectives and targets for 2010. In: Stakeholder conference on biodiversity and the EU sustaining life, sustaining livelihoods, Malahide, Ireland.
21. EU (European Union) (2006) Thematic strategy for soil protection, 22 September 2006. COM 231.
22. Ferraro DO, Ghersa CM (2007) Exploring the natural and human-induced effects on the assemblage of soil microarthropod communities in Argentina. Eur J Soil Biol 43: 109-119.
23. Gardi C, Menta C (2004) Relationships between land use, crop management and soil microarthropods. In: Shakir Hanna SH, Mikhail WZA (eds) Soil zoology for sustainable development in the 21st century. Cairo, Egypt, pp 341-368.
24. Gardi C, Tomaselli M, Parisi V, Petraglia A, Santini C (2002) Soil quality indicators and biodiversity in northern Italian permanent grasslands. Eur J Soil Biol 38: 103-110.
25. Gardi C, Menta C, Leoni A (2008) Evaluation of environmental impact of agricultural management practices using soil microarthropods. Fresen Environ Bull 17(8b): 1165-1169.
26. Hagvar S (1998) The relevance of the rio-convention on biodiversity to conserving the biodiversity of soils. Appl Soil Ecol 9: 1-7.
27. Herrick JE (2000) Soil quality: an indicator of sustainable land management? Appl Soil Ecol 15: 73-83.
28. Hulsmann A, Wolters V (1998) The effects of different tillage practices on soil mites, with particular references to Oribatida. Appl Soil Ecol 9: 327-332.
29. Kladivko EJ (2001) Tillage system and soil ecology. Soil Till Res 61: 61-76.
30. Lagerlof J, Andrén O (1991) Abundance and activity of Collembola, Protura and Diplura (Insecta, Apterygota) in four cropping systems. Pedobiologia 35: 337-350.
31. Menta C, Leoni A, Bardini M, Gardi C, Gatti F (2008) Nematode and microarthropod communities: comparative use of soil quality bioindicators in covered dump and natural soils. Environ Bioindic 3(1): 35-46.
32. Menta C, Leoni A, Tarasconi K, Affanni P (2010) Does compost use affect microarthropod soil communities? Fresenius Environ Bull 19: 2303-2311.
33. Neave P, Fox CA (1998) Response of soil invertebrates to reduce tillage systems established on a clay loam soil. Appl Soil Ecol 9: 423-428.
34. Paracchini ML, Petersen J-E, Hoogeveen Y, Bamps C, Burfield I, van Swaay C (2008) High nature value farmland in Europe. An estimate of the distribution patterns on the basis of land cover and biodiversity data. European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability. Report EUR 23480 EN. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.
35. Parisi V, Menta C, Gardi C, Jacomini C, Mozzanica E (2005) Microarthropod communities as a tool to assess soil quality and biodiversity: a new approach in Italy. Agr Ecosyst Environ 105: 323-333.
36. Peachey RE, Moldenke A, William RD, Berry R, Ingham E, Groth E (2002) Effect of cover crops and tillage system on symphylan (Symphyla: Scutigerella immaculate, Newport) and Pergamanus quisquillarum Canestini (Acari: Mesostigmata) populations, and other soil organisms in agricultural soils. Appl Soil Ecol 21: 59-70.
37. Ridder B (2008) Questioning the ecosystem services argument for biodiversity conservation. Biodivers Conserv 17: 781-790.
38. Romero-Alcaraz E, Avila JM (2000) Landscape heterogeneity in relation to variations in epigaeic beetle diversity of Mediterranean ecosystem. Implication for conservation. Biodivers Conserv 9: 985-1005.
39. Sadaka N, Ponge JF (2003) Soil animal communities in holm oak forest: influence of horizon altitude and year. Eur J Soil Biol 39: 197-207.
40. Soil Science Society of America (1997) Glossary of soil science terms. Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI.
41. Solbrig OT (1991) From genes to ecosystems: a research agenda for biodiversity. IUBS-SCOPE-UNESCO.
42. Swift MJ, Anderson JM (1993) Biodiversity and ecosystem function in agroecosystems. In: Schultze E, Mooney HA (eds) Biodiversity and ecosystem function. Springer, New York.
43. Tabaglio V, Gavazzi C, Menta C (2009) Physico-chemical indicators and microarthropod communities as influenced by no-till, conventional tillage and nitrogen fertilisation after four years of continuous maize. Soil Till Res 105: 135-242.
44. Tang B, Tang M, Chen C, Qiu P, Liu Q, Wang M, Li C (2006) Characteristics of soil fauna community in the Danjiao coconut plantation ecosystem in Hainan. China. Acta Ecol Sinica 26: 26-32.
45. UN/ECE (United Nations, Economic Commission for Europe) (2003) Kyiv resolution on biodiversity. In: Fifth ministerial conference 'environment for Europe', 21-23 May 2003, Kyiv, Ukraine. Document ECE/CEP/108.
46. van Straalen NM (1998) Evaluation of bioindicator systems derived from soil arthropod communities. Appl Soil Ecol 9: 429-437.
47. van Straalen NM (2004) The use of soil invertebrates in ecological survey of contamined soils. In: Eijsackers H, Doelman P (eds) Vital soil. Elsevier, London.
48. Vreeken-Buijs MJ, Hassink J, Brussaard L (1998) Relationships of soil microarthropod biomass with organic matter pore size distribution in soils under different land use. Soil Biol Biochem 30: 97-106.
49. Wallwork JA (1970) Ecology of soil animals. McGraw-Hill, London.
50. Wallwork JA (1976) The distribution and diversity of soil fauna. Academic Press, London.