Collembola of broadleaved forests along gradient of urbanization in Moscow

Natalia A. Kuznetsova; Tatiana Zh. Ageeva

doi:10.15468/e25d3s

Collembola of broadleaved forests along gradient of urbanization in Moscow

Citation

Kuznetsova N A, Ageeva T Z (2021). Collembola of broadleaved forests along gradient of urbanization in Moscow. Version 1.6. Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPSU).. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/e25d3s accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

Effect of urbanization on the diversity of springtails, small soil arthropods involved in the destruction of organic residues in the soil, was studied. Sampling plots were placed in oak and lime forests located at different distances from the center of Moscow. The material was collected in different seasons of 1990-1991. Data on 1737 records on 6873 specimens of 64 species (17 series of sampling, 720 soil cores) are presented.

Изучали влияние урбанизации на разнообразие ногохвосток - мелких почвенных членистоногих, участвующих в деструкции органических остатков в почве. Учеты проводили в дубовых и липовых лесах, расположенных на разном расстоянии от центра Москвы. Сборы были проведены в разные сезоны 1990-1991 гг. Представлены данные по 1737 записям о 6873 экземплярах 64 видов (17 серий учетов, 720 почвенных образцов).

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Information on number of individuals of springtail species in soil cores collected in oak and lime forests located at different distances from the megapolis center. Sampling plots in Neskuchny Sad (lime) and in the Central Botanical Garden (oak) were closer to the center than others. Sampling plots near Uzkoe hall (oak) and in the Bitsa park (lime) were close to boundaries of Moscow. Sampling plots in the area of Troitsk (lime) and Shishkin Les village (oak) were in surroundings of Moscow (belongs to the territory of New Moscow now). The material was collected in 1990-1991. In lime forests, 3 series of cores were taken in June 1990 and one in October 1990. In oak forests, 12 series were taken in different seasons of 1990-1991. One series was taken under the larch trees on the territory of the Central Botanical Garden. Data on 1737 specimens of 64 species (17 samplings, 720 soil cores). The material was collected by Tatyana Ageeva and was identified by Natalia Kuznetsova.

Sampling

A quadrangular frame of 5х5 cm was used for sampling. Each core was subdivided into 3 layers: 1) litter, 2) soil 0-5 cm, and 3) soil 5-10 cm. Cores were arranged along lines between trees: near tree trunks (cores with numbers 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, 15), under middle of tree crowns (numbers 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14), in a gap between trees (numbers 3, 8, 13). 15 cores in 3 lines were taken when sampling. One line included 5 cores. A distance between lines of cores was about 10 m. Collembola were extracted into 70% alcohol using Tullgren funnels, the material was mounted on slides in Phoera liquid and was determined to species level using a microscope.

Quality Control

Keys by Fjellberg (1980), selected taxonomic articles, advices from the experts on the taxonomy of springtails Mikhail Potapov.

Method steps

Sampling sites were chosen to estimate an effect of urbanization on soil fauna using Collembola as an example. Sites of oak and lime forests were studied at different distances from the megapolis center. Similar approach was applied by different authors (Weighmann and Kratz, 1987 in Berlin; Sterzynska, 1990 in Warsaw; etc.). Design of sampling was based on regular arrangement: cores were located along lines between trees to include different microsites. Regular approach to sampling is common in soil zoology as much as the random sampling (Petersen, Luxton, 1982). Collembola were extracted into 70% alcohol using Tullgren funnels, the material was mounted on slides in Phoera liquid according to a standard procedure (Гиляров, 1975; Потапов, Кузнецова, 2011). Springtails were identified to species level using a microscope and taxonomic keys (Fjellberg, 1980). Later the determinations were corrected using modern keys (Fjellberg, 1998, 2007, Potapov, 2002) and some taxonomic papers. Data on species were digitized, standardized, the quality of data was checked and errors were corrected, and then published.

Taxonomic Coverages

Arthropoda
rank: phylum
Collembola
rank: order

Geographic Coverages

European part of Russia, Moscow

Bibliographic Citations

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Fjellberg A. Identification keys to Norwegian Collembola. Geography. Norsk Entomologisk Forening, As, Norway 1980. P.1-152. -
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Fjellberg A. The Collembola of Fennoscandia and Denmark, Part II: Entomobryomorpha and Symphypleona Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. 2007. V. 42, 1-264. -
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Potapov M. Synopses on Palaearctic Collembola. V.3. Isotomidae. Abhandlungen und Berichte der Naturkundemuseum Gorlitz, 2002. S. 1-603. -
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Contacts

Natalia A. Kuznetsova
originator
position: Professor
Moscow State Pedagogical University, Institute of Biology and Chemistry, Zoology and Ecology Dpt.
Kibalchicha 6, B.3
Moscow
129164
RU
Telephone: +7916 388 98 41
email: mpnk@yandex.ru
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5042-9193

Tatiana Zh. Ageeva
originator
position: Officer
Zoological Journal, editorial office
34, Vavilova str.
Moscow
119334
RU
email: ageeva1961@yandex.ru

Natalia A. Kuznetsova
metadata author
position: Professor
Moscow State Pedagogical University, Institute of Biology and Chemistry, Zoology and Ecology Dpt.
Kibalchicha 6, B.3
Moscow
129164
RU
Telephone: +7916 388 98 41
email: mpnk@yandex.ru
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5042-9193

Natalya Ivanova
programmer
position: Reseacher
Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology RAS
1, Vitkevicha str.
Pushchino
142290
Moscow Region
RU
email: natalya.dryomys@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4199-5924

Natalia A. Kuznetsova
administrative point of contact
position: Professor
Moscow State Pedagogical University, Institute of Biology and Chemistry, Zoology and Ecology Dpt.
Kibalchicha 6, B.3
Moscow
129164
RU
Telephone: +7916 388 98 41
email: mpnk@yandex.ru
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5042-9193