Different collecting methods reveal different ecological groups of centipedes (Chilopoda)

Zoologia (Curitiba)

关键词: Heat extraction;    litter sifting;    pitfall trapping;    soil sampling;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1984-46702015000500003

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT Soil invertebrates are studied by a number of methods. Here we used zoological methods (soil sampling, pitfall trapping, litter sifting, and hand collecting) to sample centipede communities in four floodplain forests (Czech Republic, Europe) and compared the efficiency of these methods. Heat-extraction from soil samples was the most effective, followed by pitfall trapping. The centipedes found by us can be divided into five ecological groups: 1) larger, abundant lithobiomorphs, 2) larger, scarcer lithobiomorphs, 3) smaller, soil lithobiomorphs, 4) abundant geophilomorphs, and 5) scarcer geophilomorphs.

【 授权许可】

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