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Collembolan morphospecies (Hexapoda: Collembola) in serpentine soils: a case study in a natural ecosystem in northeastern Portugal

dc.contributor.authorPinto, M. Alice
dc.contributor.authorRosenzweig, Margaux
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, Marisa
dc.contributor.authorFonseca, Felícia
dc.contributor.authorSousa, J. Paulo
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Sónia A.P.
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-30T11:04:24Z
dc.date.available2011-03-30T11:04:24Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractSerpentine soils represent challenging habitats for plants and soil dwelling organisms, such as collembolans, because they typically exhibit high levels of heavy metals (e.g. chromium, cobalt, and nickel). Serpentinized areas cover about 8000 ha in Northeastern Portugal. While the plant communities are well studied, the collembolans are virtually unknown. The data presented here represent the first effort to describe the structure of a collembolan community, using morphospecies as a surrogate of species, in a serpentinized area occupied by a natural forest of Quercus rotundifolia and Quercus faginea located nearby Bragança (Portugal). Sampling was performed during the last week of September of 2008 in a serpentinized area near Bragança (Portugal). At each of the 29 sampling points (distributed along two transects) collembolans were collected with a soil core (5 cm diameter x 10 cm depth). The collembolans were extracted from the soil (using a McFadyen apparatus), sorted, counted and finally identified to morphospecies level. The number of morphospecies observed was 37. The total abundance in the mineral horizon (1862 individuals) was not significantly different from the organic horizon (1883 individuals). The Simpson Diversity Index and Richness were higher in the organic horizon (21.7 and 35 species, respectively) than in the mineral horizon (9.9 and 30 species, respectively). The species accumulation curves showed that the estimated number of morphospecies for the mineral horizon is 36 while for the organic horizon is 38.por
dc.identifier.citationPinto, M. Alice; Rosenzweig, Margaux; Monteiro, Marisa; Fonseca, Felicia; Sousa, J. Paulo; Santos, Sónia A.P. (2010). Collembolan morphospecies (Hexapoda: Collembola) in serpentine soils: a case study in a natural ecosystem in northeastern Portugal. In IX European Congress of Entomology. Budapestpor
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/3808
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.subjectCollembolanpor
dc.subjectMorphospeciespor
dc.subjectSerpentine soilspor
dc.titleCollembolan morphospecies (Hexapoda: Collembola) in serpentine soils: a case study in a natural ecosystem in northeastern Portugalpor
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceBudapestpor
oaire.citation.titleIX European Congress of Entomologypor
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