Dispersion of the epigeic fauna groups in the agricultural landscape
Changes in the structure of epigeic animal groups indicate ecological stability, which are influenced by urbanization, agriculture, and forestry. The aim of the paper was to assess the impact of agrarian land in the vicinity of urban and suburban landscape and non-fragmented forest in the vicinity o...
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| author | Langraf Vladimír Petrovičová Kornélia Krumpálová Zuzana Svoradová Andrea Schlarmannová Janka |
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| description | Changes in the structure of epigeic animal groups indicate ecological stability, which are influenced by urbanization, agriculture, and forestry. The aim of the paper was to assess the impact of agrarian land in the vicinity of urban and suburban landscape and non-fragmented forest in the vicinity of rural landscape on the occurrence of epigeic groups. We recorded the pitfall traps - 19, 676 individuals belonging to 20 taxonomic groups at 9 localities representing 7 types of habitat. Our results indicate a year-on-year increase in the number of individuals of epigeic groups in the city, with surrounding agrarian land. We found a correlation between eudominant epigeic groups of Aranea and Hymenoptera and rural landscape with the non-fragmented surrounding. Coleoptera has shown a link between the conditions of urban and suburban landscape with the surrounding developed agriculture. We confirmed a statistically significant effect for luminosity (p = 0.002), humidity (p = 0.025) and pH (p = 0.017). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-29b8a50d4b9c4a36960bfb6286294fcc2022-12-21T18:32:22ZengSciendoFolia Oecologica1338-70142021-07-0148214715510.2478/foecol-2021-0015Dispersion of the epigeic fauna groups in the agricultural landscapeLangraf Vladimír0Petrovičová Kornélia1Krumpálová Zuzana2Svoradová Andrea3Schlarmannová Janka4Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 949 76Nitra, SlovakiaDepartment of Environment and Zoology, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76Nitra, SlovakiaDepartment of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 949 76Nitra, SlovakiaResearch Institute for Animal Production in Nitra, National Agricultural and Food Centre, Hlohovecká 2, 951 41Lužianky, SlovakiaDepartment of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 949 76Nitra, SlovakiaChanges in the structure of epigeic animal groups indicate ecological stability, which are influenced by urbanization, agriculture, and forestry. The aim of the paper was to assess the impact of agrarian land in the vicinity of urban and suburban landscape and non-fragmented forest in the vicinity of rural landscape on the occurrence of epigeic groups. We recorded the pitfall traps - 19, 676 individuals belonging to 20 taxonomic groups at 9 localities representing 7 types of habitat. Our results indicate a year-on-year increase in the number of individuals of epigeic groups in the city, with surrounding agrarian land. We found a correlation between eudominant epigeic groups of Aranea and Hymenoptera and rural landscape with the non-fragmented surrounding. Coleoptera has shown a link between the conditions of urban and suburban landscape with the surrounding developed agriculture. We confirmed a statistically significant effect for luminosity (p = 0.002), humidity (p = 0.025) and pH (p = 0.017).https://doi.org/10.2478/foecol-2021-0015agricultureepigeic groupsslovakiaspatial modelling |
| spellingShingle | Langraf Vladimír Petrovičová Kornélia Krumpálová Zuzana Svoradová Andrea Schlarmannová Janka Dispersion of the epigeic fauna groups in the agricultural landscape Folia Oecologica agriculture epigeic groups slovakia spatial modelling |
| title | Dispersion of the epigeic fauna groups in the agricultural landscape |
| title_full | Dispersion of the epigeic fauna groups in the agricultural landscape |
| title_fullStr | Dispersion of the epigeic fauna groups in the agricultural landscape |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dispersion of the epigeic fauna groups in the agricultural landscape |
| title_short | Dispersion of the epigeic fauna groups in the agricultural landscape |
| title_sort | dispersion of the epigeic fauna groups in the agricultural landscape |
| topic | agriculture epigeic groups slovakia spatial modelling |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/foecol-2021-0015 |
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