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Milano V., Cortet J., Baldantoni D., Bellino A., Dubs Florence, Nahmani J., Strumia S., Maisto G. (2017). Collembolan biodiversity in Mediterranean urban parks : impact of history, urbanization, management and soil characteristics. Applied Soil Ecology, 119, p. 428-437. ISSN 0929-1393.

Titre du document
Collembolan biodiversity in Mediterranean urban parks : impact of history, urbanization, management and soil characteristics
Année de publication
2017
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000408882500049
Auteurs
Milano V., Cortet J., Baldantoni D., Bellino A., Dubs Florence, Nahmani J., Strumia S., Maisto G.
Source
Applied Soil Ecology, 2017, 119, p. 428-437 ISSN 0929-1393
Urban parks provide esthetic and recreational services and improve the quality of life in cities. Sometimes considered as biodiversity hot-spots in cities, they are subjected to different management practices which may affect soil biological quality. This is the first study - performed in urban parks of Naples (southern Italy) - aiming to evaluate the effects of park history (age, previous land use of the area and soil origin), urbanization (sealed surface density of park neighborhood), current management (land cover type and litter presence/absence) or soil physico-chemical properties on collembolan communities diversity, as indicators of soil biological quality. Our results showed that the maintenance of specific land cover types and the presence of a litter layer were crucial factors in favoring high collembolan richness in urban parks, likely by ensuring adequate trophic resources and spatial niches. In addition, park age, urban density and previous land use of areas may be involved in shaping collembolan communities. Indeed, the most diverse and structured communities inhabit soils of the oldest urban park, with the lowest surrounding urban density and mild land use change.
Plan de classement
Biologie du sol [074] ; Etudes, transformation, conservation du milieu naturel [082] ; Urbanisation et sociétés urbaines [102]
Description Géographique
ITALIE ; NAPLES ; ZONE MEDITERRANEENNE
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010070969]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010070969
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