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Environmental responses of soil arthropod communities along an altitudinal-climatic gradient of Western Crete in Greece .
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Radea, Canella Arianoutsou, Margarita |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | The structure uf su~l arthropod colrlln.lnltles was studled in i ~ v c ,11c5 along an a l t i t u d ~ n ~ l ~ l ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t ~ . gradient in We\tcrn Crel:. tirrcce ovtr ;l Deriod of dnc \ c . t ~ . The bites located at lllc 111:l1cr ~ l t~ tudes had hot11 r ~ : l ~ ~ , r W I I .~rthro~od C una am1 higher mean annual density of the existing taxa. However, the temporal distribution of overall soil arthropod density followed the same pattern across the sites of the altitudinal gradient. Canonical correspondence analysis applied on the data ordinated the sites in relation to the response of soil arthropod communities' structure to several environmental variables. These variables were the presence of a well-formed organic horizon, vegetation cover, amount of precipitation, land management and season. The ability of soil arthropod fauna to "classify" sites with different characteristics was confirmed. It was concluded that soil arthropods, even at ordinal-level, can be used as "indicators" of the responses of mediterranean-climate ecosystems to various environmental variables. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.uaeco.edu.gr/files/PDF/P_B29.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
