Spatial distribution of the epigeic species of earthworms Dendrobaena octaedra and D. attemsi (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) in the forest belt of the northwestern Caucasus

Anna GERASKINA; Nikolaj SHEVCHENKO

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Spatial distribution of the epigeic species of earthworms Dendrobaena octaedra and D. attemsi (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) in the forest belt of the northwestern Caucasus

Authors:

Anna GERASKINA | Nikolaj SHEVCHENKO

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Zoology 2019 Vol.43 Issue 5, pp.480-489

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2019

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000773244

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6114

pISSN:

1300-0179

Abstract:

 

Evaluation of the spatial distribution of 2 ecologically similar, but different, in terms of their spatial ranges, earthworm species, D. octaedra and D. attemsi, in the belt forests of northwestern Caucasus were based on our own natural data and using geographic information system (GIS) modeling of modern potential distributions. The quantitative records of earthworms were collected in beech, deciduous, dark coniferous, coniferous-deciduous, and pine forests (1028 geographic locations). Of the most important microsites inhabited by the epigeic earthworms, 2 (plant litter and deadwood) were examined. It was demonstrated that there was high correlation of the 2 species with the humidity of the habitat and the presence of deadwood at different stages of decomposition, especially for D. attemsi, which lives mainly in deadwood in all of the forest types. The high correlation of these species to coniferous-deciduous forests and dark coniferous forests was demonstrated on both the basis of the field data analysis and the GIS modeling results.

Article Details

Spatial distribution of the epigeic species of earthworms Dendrobaena octaedra and D. attemsi (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) in the forest belt of the northwestern Caucasus

Authors: Anna GERASKINA | Nikolaj SHEVCHENKO

Publisher: TUBITAK

Journal: Turkish Journal of Zoology 2019 Vol.43 Issue 5, pp.480-489

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 9/2019

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000773244

Frequency: Bimonthly

eISSN: 1303-6114

pISSN: 1300-0179

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Authors:

Anna GERASKINA | Nikolaj SHEVCHENKO

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Zoology 2019 Vol.43 Issue 5, pp.480-489

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2019

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000773244

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6114

pISSN:

1300-0179