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The effects of different soil management techniques (spring-summer soil tillage and three different types of grass mulching — with spontaneous herbs, with Festuca arundinacea, and with Trifolium subterraneum) on the abundance and distribution of Oribatid mites in the vineyard agroecosystem were studied. Samples of turf were taken from the ground cover along the rows six times between June and November 1996. The epigeal and ipogeal parts of the herbage core samples were divided and processed differently.
On a total surface sampled of nearly 0.2 m2, for every treatment, the density ranged from 3,300/m2 adult individuals in grass mulching with Festuca to 6,900/m2 adult individuals with spontaneous herbs. On the herbage cover of the vineyards, 4,316 specimens belonging to 51 species of Oribatids were recorded. Forty-nine species were found in the organic layer associated with the surface of the soil (Tectocepheus velatus, Eupelops curtipilus and Scbeloribates cf. minifimbriatus were the dominant species) and 29 species were recorded on the epigeal and ipogeal parts of the herbage. The comparison of the Shannon-Wiener diversity index and Equitability calculated for every treatment has highlighted the uniformity of the mite fauna in the habitats studied. The soil management techniques considered make significant differences on the number of specimens of Oribatid mites.
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Nannelli, R., Simoni, S. (2002). Influence of different types of grass mulching on the communities of Oribatid mites in the vineyards. In: Bernini, F., Nannelli, R., Nuzzaci, G., de Lillo, E. (eds) Acarid Phylogeny and Evolution: Adaptation in Mites and Ticks. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0611-7_37
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