Influence of a badger carcass on soil chemistry and Collembola

  • In June 2009 a badger carcass was exposed on the former Soviet military training area of Lieberose in Brandenburg, Germany. Two months later, soil samples were taken on the former carcass site by a cross-shaped sampling design including 61 samples. Parameters tested were pH, water content, organic matter content, NO3–, NH4+, PO43– and conductivity. During a second sampling campaign in June 2010, the same parameters were tested again as well as collembolans. One year after decomposition, NO3– and PO43– was still significantly increased, whereas NH4+, conductivity and water showed a significant increase only in the first sampling campaign. Organic matter content and pH showed no significant changes. 7,606 collembolan individuals belonging to 13 species were extracted. 94.6% were.

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Author: Bastian Klonowski, Annett Rössler, Xiaoying Gu, René Krawczynski, Gerhard Wiegleb
URL:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301124349_Influence_of_a_badger_carcass_on_soil_chemistry_and_Collembola
ISSN:1211-376X
Title of the source (English):Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae
Document Type:Scientific journal article peer-reviewed
Language:English
Year of publication:2016
Tag:Hypogastrura vernalis; carcass; collembola; nitrogen; soil parameters
Volume/Year:79
Issue number:3
First Page:235
Last Page:241
Faculty/Chair:Fakultät 2 Umwelt und Naturwissenschaften / FG Ökologie
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