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Consumption Performance of Five Detritivore Species Feeding on Alnus glutinosa L. Leaf Litter in a Microcosm Experiment

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M. Ardestani, Masoud, Šustr, Vladimír, Frouz, Jan·2019·Forests
DOI 10.3390/f10121080
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The present study was performed to assess the feeding performance of five detritivore species in a microcosm design. The test animals were four millipede species, Telodeinopus aoutii (Demange), Epibolus pulchripes (Gerstäcker), Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus (Wood), Glomeris hexasticha (Brandt), and one isopod species, Porcellio scaber (Latreille), all feeding on Alnus glutinosa L. leaf litter for five consecutive weeks. At the end of each one-week interval, litter consumption, animal fresh weight, and excrement production were measured. Then, the feeding activity parameters for each species were calculated. Between big-size animal species, higher leaf consumption rates of 12.3–30.9 mg dry weight day−1 individual−1 were calculated for T. aoutii compared to those of 3.72–8.25 mg dry weight day−1 individual−1 for E. pulchripes. However, there was no difference in the consumption rates among small-size animals ranging from 0.46 to 1.65 mg dry weight day−1 individual−1. Excrement production rates followed a similar trend, as the consumption rates and the animals’ body weight remained constant during the experiment. Time was an important factor influencing the feeding activity of the animals, especially for the big-size group. Overall, the average assimilation efficiency of these species varied from 13.7% to 53.3%. The results of the present work will be the first step for understanding the ecological needs of these decomposer species in soil ecosystems.

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Authors
M. Ardestani, M., Šustr, V., & Frouz, J.
Affiliations
  • Institute for Environmental Studies, Charles University in Prague, Benátská 2, Prague CZ-12801, Czech Republic
  • Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ)
ORCID
Venue
Forests
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2019-11-27
Volume
10
Issue
12
Pages
1080
ISSN
1999-4907 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/f10121080
OpenAlex
W2990114914
Cited by
12
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1
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1.18
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journal article
Language
en
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Forests (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Charles University Research Centre program (204069)
  • Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic-MEYS (LM2015075, EF16_013/0001782)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Environmental and biological studies
Keywords
detritivores, Alnus glutinosa, millipedes, Isopoda, Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus, Porcellio scaber, assimilation efficiency, feeding activity, litter decomposition, soil fauna, body size

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