Masarovič Rudolf, Zvaríková Martina, Zvarík Milan, Majzlan Oto, Prokop Pavol, Fedor Peter
Department of Environmental Ecology and Landscape Management, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Mlynská Dolina, 842 48 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Insects. 2022 Jul 25;13(8):670. doi: 10.3390/insects13080670.
Strong winds, fire, and subsequent forest management impact arthropod communities. We monitored the diversity and changes in the community structure of forest thrips assemblages in the context of secondary succession and anthropogenic impact. There were eight study plots that were affected to varying degrees by the mentioned disturbances that were selected in the Central European spruce ( (L.) Karst.) forests in Slovakia. The soil photoeclectors were used to obtain thrips in the study plots during two vegetation seasons. The thrips assemblages and their attributes were analyzed by non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS). The significant changes in community structure, composition, stratification, species richness, and diversity of thrips assemblages that were caused by natural- (wind) and human-induced disturbance (forestry and fire) were observed in our research. Our analyses revealed a clear relationship between different thrips assemblages and impacted environment. Moreover, our results indicate that silvicolous thrips species may be useful for indicating changes and disturbances in forest ecological systems.
强风、火灾以及随后的森林管理会影响节肢动物群落。我们在次生演替和人为影响的背景下，监测了森林蓟马群落的多样性和群落结构变化。在斯洛伐克的中欧云杉（(L.) Karst.）森林中，选择了八个受到上述干扰不同程度影响的研究地块。在两个植被季节期间，使用土壤光电采集器在研究地块获取蓟马。通过非度量多维标度法（NMDS）分析蓟马群落及其属性。在我们的研究中，观察到自然（风）和人为干扰（林业和火灾）导致的蓟马群落结构、组成、分层、物种丰富度和多样性的显著变化。我们的分析揭示了不同蓟马群落与受影响环境之间的明确关系。此外，我们的结果表明，森林蓟马物种可能有助于指示森林生态系统的变化和干扰。
