Soil fauna in a pine (Pinus densiflora) forest and the influence of the application of bark compost, 2: Collembola and protura

• Published in: Edaphologia no. 76
• Main Authors: Niijima, K, Ichisawa, K, Nakamura, O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: 01.02.2005
• Subjects: BARK PRODUCTS; COLLEMBOLA; COMPOSTS; FAUNA; PINUS DENSIFLORA; PROTURA
• ISSN: 0389-1445; 2189-8499

Soil fauna in a pine (Pinus densiflora) forest and the influence of the application of bark compost 2. Collembola and Protura. Keiko Niijima (Eifuku 4-12-18, Suginami, Tokyo 168-0064, Japan), Kei Ichisawa (Tottori Prefectural Museum, Higashi-machi 2-124, Tottori 680-0011, Japan) and Osami Nakamura (Saitama Museum of Natural History, Nagatoro 1417-1, Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, Saitama 369-1305, Japan). The fauna of Collembola and Protura was surveyed in a pine forest in Uji, Kyoto. Hemlock bark compost of 1 kg / square m was applied at a standard fertilized plot in autumns of 1974 and 1975, and 2 kg / square m at a double fertilized plot in 1975. Litter and soil samples were taken before the application of the compost (June 1974) and 1 year later from the application (October 1975 and 1976). Tullgren apparatus was used for extracting soil microarthropods. Fifty-three species in 35 genera belonging to 9 families of Collembola was collected. Folsomia octoculata Handschin, 1925 was the most abundant, and Tullbergia yosii Rusek, 1967 was the next. The influence of the application of bark compost on species composition of Collembola was not clear. Nine species in 6 genera belonging to 2 families of Protura was collected. Baculentulus tosanus (Imadate et Yosii, 1959) was the most abundant. Pseudanisentomon babai Imadate, 1964 was more abundant in the un-fertilized plot.