The Short-Term Impact of Different Silvicultural Thinnings on Soil Nematode and Microarthropod Biodiversity in Artificial Black Pine Stands
Soil invertebrates represent almost a quarter of the total diversity of living organisms and their activity affects the entire soil ecological process. The choice of adequate thinning systems may differently affect soil nematode and microarthropod biodiversity in artificial black pinewoods. In this...
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| author | Silvia Landi Giada d’Errico Francesco Binazzi Umberto Di Salvatore Lorenzo Gardin Maurizio Marchi Giuseppe Mazza Pio Federico Roversi Stefania Simoncini Giulia Torrini Paolo Cantiani |
| author_facet | Silvia Landi Giada d’Errico Francesco Binazzi Umberto Di Salvatore Lorenzo Gardin Maurizio Marchi Giuseppe Mazza Pio Federico Roversi Stefania Simoncini Giulia Torrini Paolo Cantiani |
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| description | Soil invertebrates represent almost a quarter of the total diversity of living organisms and their activity affects the entire soil ecological process. The choice of adequate thinning systems may differently affect soil nematode and microarthropod biodiversity in artificial black pinewoods. In this work, the results of the impact of different thinnings on the structure of nematode and microarthropod communities was reported. In a short-term experiment, thinning from below and selective thinning were compared to unmanaged stands to provide indications at the regional scale in central Italy. Soil nematode and microarthropod biodiversity was explored by examining community structure, assessing biodiversity. The interaction between environmental variables (crown volume, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, soil texture, soil temperature, and moisture) with taxa abundance of nematodes and microarthropods were also reported. The results indicated that the effects of thinning practices were temporary and varied between years. Soil nematode community shifted during the first and third years of thinning managements only in the Pratomagno site, while soil microarthropod community shifted in both sites only in the second year. The total nematode abundance was minimally affected by thinning practices, while the nematode community composition showed a decrease of omnivores and predators in the first years. Soil indicators showed inconsistent results. In microarthropods, mites and collembola were the least affected by thinning in terms of abundance and species biodiversity, while eu-edaphic taxa of Chilopoda, Diplopoda, and Pauropoda were not influenced by thinning, hemi-edaphic and epi-edaphic taxa of Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Tysanoptera, and Hemiptera were negatively affected. Soil indicators such as Shannon-Weiner and Simpson indices and soil biological quality (QBS-ar) improved in thinning from below in both sites. Soil temperature and moisture were the main driving factors in affecting soil nematode and microarthropods communities. Thinning from below probably allowed a more rapid recovery than selective thinning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9610e7653ca046d0a40271fd4eb4f9072023-11-20T21:20:27ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072020-11-011111121210.3390/f11111212The Short-Term Impact of Different Silvicultural Thinnings on Soil Nematode and Microarthropod Biodiversity in Artificial Black Pine StandsSilvia Landi0Giada d’Errico1Francesco Binazzi2Umberto Di Salvatore3Lorenzo Gardin4Maurizio Marchi5Giuseppe Mazza6Pio Federico Roversi7Stefania Simoncini8Giulia Torrini9Paolo Cantiani10CREA—Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Via di Lanciola 12/A, Cascine del Riccio, 50125 Florence, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Naples, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Via di Lanciola 12/A, Cascine del Riccio, 50125 Florence, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Politics and Bioeconomy, Via Lombardia 7, I-65012 Cepagatti, PE, ItalyCNR—IBE (National Research Council-Institute of BioEconomy), Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, ItalyCNR—Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Via di Lanciola 12/A, Cascine del Riccio, 50125 Florence, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Via di Lanciola 12/A, Cascine del Riccio, 50125 Florence, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Via di Lanciola 12/A, Cascine del Riccio, 50125 Florence, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Via di Lanciola 12/A, Cascine del Riccio, 50125 Florence, ItalyCREA—Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, I-52100 Arezzo, ItalySoil invertebrates represent almost a quarter of the total diversity of living organisms and their activity affects the entire soil ecological process. The choice of adequate thinning systems may differently affect soil nematode and microarthropod biodiversity in artificial black pinewoods. In this work, the results of the impact of different thinnings on the structure of nematode and microarthropod communities was reported. In a short-term experiment, thinning from below and selective thinning were compared to unmanaged stands to provide indications at the regional scale in central Italy. Soil nematode and microarthropod biodiversity was explored by examining community structure, assessing biodiversity. The interaction between environmental variables (crown volume, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, soil texture, soil temperature, and moisture) with taxa abundance of nematodes and microarthropods were also reported. The results indicated that the effects of thinning practices were temporary and varied between years. Soil nematode community shifted during the first and third years of thinning managements only in the Pratomagno site, while soil microarthropod community shifted in both sites only in the second year. The total nematode abundance was minimally affected by thinning practices, while the nematode community composition showed a decrease of omnivores and predators in the first years. Soil indicators showed inconsistent results. In microarthropods, mites and collembola were the least affected by thinning in terms of abundance and species biodiversity, while eu-edaphic taxa of Chilopoda, Diplopoda, and Pauropoda were not influenced by thinning, hemi-edaphic and epi-edaphic taxa of Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Tysanoptera, and Hemiptera were negatively affected. Soil indicators such as Shannon-Weiner and Simpson indices and soil biological quality (QBS-ar) improved in thinning from below in both sites. Soil temperature and moisture were the main driving factors in affecting soil nematode and microarthropods communities. Thinning from below probably allowed a more rapid recovery than selective thinning.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/11/1212thinning from belowselective thinningsoil temperaturemoisturebiodiversity indicesMaturity index |
| spellingShingle | Silvia Landi Giada d’Errico Francesco Binazzi Umberto Di Salvatore Lorenzo Gardin Maurizio Marchi Giuseppe Mazza Pio Federico Roversi Stefania Simoncini Giulia Torrini Paolo Cantiani The Short-Term Impact of Different Silvicultural Thinnings on Soil Nematode and Microarthropod Biodiversity in Artificial Black Pine Stands Forests thinning from below selective thinning soil temperature moisture biodiversity indices Maturity index |
| title | The Short-Term Impact of Different Silvicultural Thinnings on Soil Nematode and Microarthropod Biodiversity in Artificial Black Pine Stands |
| title_full | The Short-Term Impact of Different Silvicultural Thinnings on Soil Nematode and Microarthropod Biodiversity in Artificial Black Pine Stands |
| title_fullStr | The Short-Term Impact of Different Silvicultural Thinnings on Soil Nematode and Microarthropod Biodiversity in Artificial Black Pine Stands |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Short-Term Impact of Different Silvicultural Thinnings on Soil Nematode and Microarthropod Biodiversity in Artificial Black Pine Stands |
| title_short | The Short-Term Impact of Different Silvicultural Thinnings on Soil Nematode and Microarthropod Biodiversity in Artificial Black Pine Stands |
| title_sort | short term impact of different silvicultural thinnings on soil nematode and microarthropod biodiversity in artificial black pine stands |
| topic | thinning from below selective thinning soil temperature moisture biodiversity indices Maturity index |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/11/1212 |
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