Abstract
Succession of soil mesofauna has been studied since 1980 on two experimental plots; one has been left undisturbed, the other was managed as a lawn until 1987. Community structure (species level) of the Gamasina taxocenoses of the two plots was used to form groups according to size classes, preferred humidity, food preference and reproductive performance. The size of the animals seems to be a very important feature, which correlates with other characteristics, particularly feeding. In many cases the guilds exhibit very obvious patterns in successional time and as a consequence of management. Changes of vegetation due to management or succession are reflected in community structure of Gamasina, often because of differences in microclimate. Colonisers reappear with increasing running wild of the managed plot after 1987.
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Koehler, H.H. (1999). Gamasina in a succession of thirteen years. In: Bruin, J., van der Geest, L.P.S., Sabelis, M.W. (eds) Ecology and Evolution of the Acari. Series Entomologica, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1343-6_44
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