Assessment of earthworms activity based on eaten biomass from selected catch crops
The trophic activity of soil mesofauna, especially earthworms (the Lumbricidae family), is a key element in increasing the fertility of agroecosystems. Thee food strategies that earthworms use as part of the trophic networks in soil, and especially their food preferences, are still unknown. Much is...
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| author | Angelika Kliszcz Joanna Puła |
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| description | The trophic activity of soil mesofauna, especially earthworms (the Lumbricidae family), is a key element in increasing the fertility of agroecosystems. Thee food strategies that earthworms use as part of the trophic networks in soil, and especially their food preferences, are still unknown. Much is known about what is the food substrate of earthworms, but the food preferences of individual species, as well as the possibilities and dynamics of food processing are not fully understood. The aim of the experiment was to observe the amount and dynamics of food uptake by the earthworms of the species Lumbricus terrestris L., which is a common species of soil Oligochaeta in agricultural areas, as well as to propose a new decomposition rate measuring the strength of the earthworm population and its contribution to the mechanism of processing plant organic matter. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bb72b4e8abc8465eb8508f9fc1e288f02022-12-22T00:27:32ZengWydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu PedagogicznegoAnnales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae2543-88322545-09992019-12-0148190https://doi.org/10.24917/25438832.4.4Assessment of earthworms activity based on eaten biomass from selected catch cropsAngelika Kliszcz0Joanna Puła1University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Agroecology and Plant Production, Mickiewicza 21 Ave, 30-120 Kraków, PolandUniversity of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Agroecology and Plant Production, Mickiewicza 21 Ave, 30-120 Kraków, PolandThe trophic activity of soil mesofauna, especially earthworms (the Lumbricidae family), is a key element in increasing the fertility of agroecosystems. Thee food strategies that earthworms use as part of the trophic networks in soil, and especially their food preferences, are still unknown. Much is known about what is the food substrate of earthworms, but the food preferences of individual species, as well as the possibilities and dynamics of food processing are not fully understood. The aim of the experiment was to observe the amount and dynamics of food uptake by the earthworms of the species Lumbricus terrestris L., which is a common species of soil Oligochaeta in agricultural areas, as well as to propose a new decomposition rate measuring the strength of the earthworm population and its contribution to the mechanism of processing plant organic matter.https://aupcstudianaturae.up.krakow.pl/article/view/5525/6529agroecosystemlumbricidaecover crops |
| spellingShingle | Angelika Kliszcz Joanna Puła Assessment of earthworms activity based on eaten biomass from selected catch crops Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae agroecosystem lumbricidae cover crops |
| title | Assessment of earthworms activity based on eaten biomass from selected catch crops |
| title_full | Assessment of earthworms activity based on eaten biomass from selected catch crops |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of earthworms activity based on eaten biomass from selected catch crops |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of earthworms activity based on eaten biomass from selected catch crops |
| title_short | Assessment of earthworms activity based on eaten biomass from selected catch crops |
| title_sort | assessment of earthworms activity based on eaten biomass from selected catch crops |
| topic | agroecosystem lumbricidae cover crops |
| url | https://aupcstudianaturae.up.krakow.pl/article/view/5525/6529 |
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