Diversity and ecology of soil annelids in urban greens of a medium-sized city - Project outline and preliminary results

• Authors: PIŽL Václav; SCHLAGHAMERSKÝ Jiří
• Year of publication: 2006
• Type: Article in Proceedings
• Conference: The 8th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology, 4th-9th September 2006, Kraków - Poland, Abstracts
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Ecology
• Keywords: urban greens; parks; Lumbricidae; Enchytraeidae; Tubificidae; Aeolosomatidae; soil compaction; trampling
• Description: Soil annelid assemblages (Lumbricidae, Enchytraeidae) are being investigated in parks of different sizes in Brno, Czech Republic, looking at various factors potentially affecting quantitative and qualitative parameters of the assemblages. An outline of the project is given and first results regarding the effect of soil compaction and missing vegetation on unofficial food paths are presented.

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