Diversity of Soil Dwelling Collembola in a Forest, Vegetable and Tea Ecosystems of Assam, India

Land use change has a great impact in determining the diversity patterns of soil fauna. Adoption of any land use pattern significantly affects the soil structure and its physico-chemical characteristics, which often leads to the loss of biodiversity. Considering the collembolans as the key organism...

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Autores principales:	Sudhansu Bhagawati, Badal Bhattacharyya, Binoy K. Medhi, Snigdha Bhattacharjee, Himangshu Mishra
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	density ecosystem edaphic factors seasonal variation springtails Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fd23db7187804e18a4bd71c85efdde9f2021-11-25T19:02:44ZDiversity of Soil Dwelling Collembola in a Forest, Vegetable and Tea Ecosystems of Assam, India10.3390/su1322126282071-1050https://doaj.org/article/fd23db7187804e18a4bd71c85efdde9f2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/22/12628https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Land use change has a great impact in determining the diversity patterns of soil fauna. Adoption of any land use pattern significantly affects the soil structure and its physico-chemical characteristics, which often leads to the loss of biodiversity. Considering the collembolans as the key organism in the indicator shopping basket of soil environment, the response of Collembola communities under three different land uses represented by forest, vegetable and tea ecosystems was studied. Collembolans were sampled at monthly intervals using Tullgren funnel and identified by standard taxonomic keys. Diversity analysis and soil chemo-edaphic factors were studied to establish the impact of different land uses on Collembola communities. Five genera of Collembola <i>viz</i>., <i>Cyphoderus</i>, <i>Entomobrya</i>, <i>Isotoma</i>, <i>Folsomia</i> and <i>Hypogastrura</i> were recorded from the forest ecosystem whereas <i>Folsomia</i> was completely absent in vegetable ecosystem and the tea ecosystem soil was devoid of both <i>Folsomia</i> and <i>Hypogastrura</i>. Seasonal diversity and density of Collembola were recorded to be higher in the forest ecosystem indicating the presence of relatively stable habitats as compared to vegetable and tea ecosystems showing relatively disturbed habitats. Correlation studies between different chemo-edaphic factors and collembolan population revealed that the moisture and organic carbon content of soil had significant positive correlation during all the four seasons in all the ecosystems studied. Higher adoption of mechanical and chemo-centric agriculture depletes the available resources of the soil and makes it less habitable and conducive for the growth and sustenance of collembolans in vegetable and tea ecosystem as compared to forest. Appropriate landscape planning, land management strategies and developing proper methods of land use practices may pave the way for the improvement of collembolan diversity at landscape level.Sudhansu BhagawatiBadal BhattacharyyaBinoy K. MedhiSnigdha BhattacharjeeHimangshu MishraMDPI AGarticledensityecosystemedaphic factorsseasonal variationspringtailsEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12628, p 12628 (2021)
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spellingShingle	density ecosystem edaphic factors seasonal variation springtails Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Sudhansu Bhagawati Badal Bhattacharyya Binoy K. Medhi Snigdha Bhattacharjee Himangshu Mishra Diversity of Soil Dwelling Collembola in a Forest, Vegetable and Tea Ecosystems of Assam, India
description	Land use change has a great impact in determining the diversity patterns of soil fauna. Adoption of any land use pattern significantly affects the soil structure and its physico-chemical characteristics, which often leads to the loss of biodiversity. Considering the collembolans as the key organism in the indicator shopping basket of soil environment, the response of Collembola communities under three different land uses represented by forest, vegetable and tea ecosystems was studied. Collembolans were sampled at monthly intervals using Tullgren funnel and identified by standard taxonomic keys. Diversity analysis and soil chemo-edaphic factors were studied to establish the impact of different land uses on Collembola communities. Five genera of Collembola <i>viz</i>., <i>Cyphoderus</i>, <i>Entomobrya</i>, <i>Isotoma</i>, <i>Folsomia</i> and <i>Hypogastrura</i> were recorded from the forest ecosystem whereas <i>Folsomia</i> was completely absent in vegetable ecosystem and the tea ecosystem soil was devoid of both <i>Folsomia</i> and <i>Hypogastrura</i>. Seasonal diversity and density of Collembola were recorded to be higher in the forest ecosystem indicating the presence of relatively stable habitats as compared to vegetable and tea ecosystems showing relatively disturbed habitats. Correlation studies between different chemo-edaphic factors and collembolan population revealed that the moisture and organic carbon content of soil had significant positive correlation during all the four seasons in all the ecosystems studied. Higher adoption of mechanical and chemo-centric agriculture depletes the available resources of the soil and makes it less habitable and conducive for the growth and sustenance of collembolans in vegetable and tea ecosystem as compared to forest. Appropriate landscape planning, land management strategies and developing proper methods of land use practices may pave the way for the improvement of collembolan diversity at landscape level.
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author	Sudhansu Bhagawati Badal Bhattacharyya Binoy K. Medhi Snigdha Bhattacharjee Himangshu Mishra
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title	Diversity of Soil Dwelling Collembola in a Forest, Vegetable and Tea Ecosystems of Assam, India
title_short	Diversity of Soil Dwelling Collembola in a Forest, Vegetable and Tea Ecosystems of Assam, India
title_full	Diversity of Soil Dwelling Collembola in a Forest, Vegetable and Tea Ecosystems of Assam, India
title_fullStr	Diversity of Soil Dwelling Collembola in a Forest, Vegetable and Tea Ecosystems of Assam, India
title_full_unstemmed	Diversity of Soil Dwelling Collembola in a Forest, Vegetable and Tea Ecosystems of Assam, India
title_sort	diversity of soil dwelling collembola in a forest, vegetable and tea ecosystems of assam, india
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Diversity of Soil Dwelling Collembola in a Forest, Vegetable and Tea Ecosystems of Assam, India

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