Soil fauna development during heathland restoration from arable land: role of soil modification and material transplant

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dc.contributor.authorBenetková, Petra
dc.contributor.authorvan Diggelen, Rudy
dc.contributor.authorHáněl, Ladislav
dc.contributor.authorVicentini, Fabio
dc.contributor.authorMoradi, Rojyar
dc.contributor.authorWeijters, Maaike
dc.contributor.authorBobbink, Roland
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Jim A.
dc.contributor.authorFrouz, Jan
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-26T12:21:49Z
dc.date.available2022-01-26T12:21:49Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-03
dc.description.abstractHeathlands are threatened habitats throughout the whole Europe, which have initiated numerous restoration programmes aimed mostly at plant community reconstruction; however, little is known about soil fauna restoration. Here we have studied newly established wet and dry heathlands in the Netherlands after topsoil removal of previously agricultural land, where we manipulated the soil pH (acidification by Sulphur or liming by Ca ions as Dolokal) and introduced plant or soil material to speed up the restoration process. We sampled experimental plots and nearby mature heathlands (used as local reference habitat) over five years (2013–2017) for nematodes, mesofauna (mainly springtails and mites) and macrofauna. Although soil inoculation proved to be a substantive step in target plant community development and also helped to shift soil faunal assemblages towards the target, the latter were still far from reference heathland after five years. Only macrofaunal densities showed similar densities in 2017 as in local reference spots. The succession dynamics of all studied groups and trophic composition of macrofauna and nematodes differed in wet and dry heathlands. Soil amendments improved the initial colonisation as well as liming at the wet sites, which probably created suitable microhabitats for soil fauna development.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationBenetková P, van Diggelen R, Háněl L, et al., (2022) Soil fauna development during heathland restoration from arable land: role of soil modification and material transplant. Ecological Engineering, Volume 176, March 2022, Article number 106531en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0925-8574
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2021.106531
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17495
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectNematodesen_UK
dc.subjectMesofaunaen_UK
dc.subjectMacrofaunaen_UK
dc.subjectSoil additionsen_UK
dc.subjectSoil pH manipulationen_UK
dc.titleSoil fauna development during heathland restoration from arable land: role of soil modification and material transplanten_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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