<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Soil nematodes were studied in 11 meadow sites in the White Carpathians. In total, 155 species and 86 genera were found but the composition of nematode assemblages in eastern and western side of the mountains differed. Most nematode species belonged to the orders Tylenchida (52), Dorylaimida (35) and Rhabditida (16), and to the trophic groups bacterivores (47), plant parasites (29) and omnivores (25). In individual sites and sampling dates the number of species varied in range 18–68, genera 18–52, H’spp 1.32–3.50, H’gen 1.31–3.21, T 1.79–5.70, MI 2.32–3.63, PPI 2.03–2.98, and ΣMI 2.20–3.50. Composition of nematode assemblages and their matrix classification indicated a low degree of anthropogenous disturbance to the meadows.</p></abstract>

Soil nematodes were studied in 11 meadow sites in the White Carpathians. In total, 155 species and 86 genera were found but the composition of nematode assemblages in eastern and western side of the mountains differed. Most nematode species belonged to the orders Tylenchida (52), Dorylaimida (35) and Rhabditida (16), and to the trophic groups bacterivores (47), plant parasites (29) and omnivores (25). In individual sites and sampling dates the number of species varied in range 18–68, genera 18–52, H’spp 1.32–3.50, H’gen 1.31–3.21, T 1.79–5.70, MI 2.32–3.63, PPI 2.03–2.98, and ΣMI 2.20–3.50. Composition of nematode assemblages and their matrix classification indicated a low degree of anthropogenous disturbance to the meadows.

Diversity of soil nematodes in meadows of the White Carpathians

Biological Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Soil Biology, Na Sádkách 7, CZ-370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Parasitological Institute of the Slovak-Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01, Košice, Slovak Republic

Helminthologia

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Soil nematodes were studied in 11 meadow sites in the White Carpathians. In total, 155 species and 86 genera were found but the composition of nematode...

Diversity of soil nematodes in meadows of the White Carpathians

Online veröffentlicht: 01. Juni 2006

Seitenbereich: 109 - 116

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-006-0021-1

Schlüsselwörter
Nematoda, diversity, trophic groups, grassland, meadow

© 2006 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Diversity of soil nematodes in meadows of the White Carpathians

Online veröffentlicht: 01. Juni 2006

Seitenbereich: 109 - 116

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-006-0021-1

SchlüsselwörterNematoda, diversity, trophic groups, grassland, meadow

© 2006 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Nematoda, diversity, trophic groups, grassland, meadow