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Effect of reforestation on soil properties and mesofauna (Collembola) in a former long-term fertilization experimental area

István Harta, Dániel Winkler & György Füleky

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Correspondence: Harta István

Postal address: H-2100 Gödöllő, Páter Károly u. 1.

e-mail: hartaistvan1990[at]gmail.com

Abstract

Reforestation with black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) and sessile oak (Quercus petraea) has occurred on two former fertilization experimental areas of Szent István University in Gödöllő. The aim of this study was to investigate the soil parameters and the Collembola fauna in the previously highest fertilizer-treated parcels. Nerby control sites (black locust forest, sessile oak forest, relict forest, as well as cultivated and abandoned arable land) have been selected for comparative analyses. Based on the results, the reforested areas were most similar to the control forests. Their Collembola fauna are transitional, species typical for both open areas and forests have also been detected. While the abundance, species richness and diversity of the experimental areas are still lower than in the control forests, we observed significantly higher diversity when compared to the communities found in the cultivated arable fields. While Collembola were slightly more abundant in the black locust plantation, species richness, diversity and evenness values were higher in the sessile oak plantation. Based on the Bray-Curtis similarity measure, open and forest communities clearly separated, moreover, the studied plantations and control forests formed separate subgroups.

Keywords: soil biota, Robinia pseudoacacia, Quercus petraea, reforestation, soil chemistry

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