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Impact of windstorm on a community of centipedes (Chilopoda) in a beech forest in Western Poland.
Biologia ( IF 1.4 ) Pub Date : 2018-04-10 , DOI: 10.2478/s11756-018-0022-9 Małgorzata Leśniewska 1 , Filip Skwierczyński 1
Biologia ( IF 1.4 ) Pub Date : 2018-04-10 , DOI: 10.2478/s11756-018-0022-9 Małgorzata Leśniewska 1 , Filip Skwierczyński 1
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The study was carried out in the years 2016-2017, five years after a windstorm which destroyed 1/3 of the protected beech forest area in the west of Poland. The community of centipedes in the area affected by the windstorm was depleted in terms of the species richness, diversity, and population density. The dominance structures were shortened and the species composition was rebuilt. The areas that proved to be the richest in terms of species richness and diversity among the sites affected by the windstorm were the one where windfallen trees were left and the other where beech trees had been planted by humans. In total, the quantitative and qualitative samples collected four times throughout a year featured 608 specimens from 11 species of two centipede orders - Lithobiomorpha and Geophilomorpha. Lithobius curtipes and L. forficatus were found in all of the investigated areas. L. pelidnus and L. piceus were captured at control sites exclusively. Only one species -L. erythrocephalus was found solely at the damaged site. The most numerous and most frequently found species in the community were L. curtipes, L. mutabilis, and Strigamia acuminata respectively. Although windstorms are natural phenomena their consequences may lead to significant changes in the community of the investigated soil animals. The importance of coarse woody debris, significantly contributing to the improvement and maintenance of species richness and diversity of Chilopoda, has once again been confirmed.
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