Influence of four soil maintenance practices on Collembola communities in a Mediterranean vineyard

We studied the influence of four soil maintenance practices on Collembola communities in the soil of a Mediterranean vineyard: (a) postemergence herbicide with glyphosate; (b) postemergence and pre-emergence herbicides with glyphosate, terbuthylazine, diuron and oryzalin; (c) natural flora and (d) t...

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Published in:Pedobiologia 2004-01, Vol.48 (5), p.623-630
Main Authors: Renaud, Angélique, Poinsot-Balaguer, Nicole, Cortet, Jérôme, Le Petit, Jean
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural sciences
Biodiversity and Ecology
Collembola
Environmental Sciences
Life Sciences
Soil maintenance practices
Soil samples
Soil study
Vineyard
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Summary:We studied the influence of four soil maintenance practices on Collembola communities in the soil of a Mediterranean vineyard: (a) postemergence herbicide with glyphosate; (b) postemergence and pre-emergence herbicides with glyphosate, terbuthylazine, diuron and oryzalin; (c) natural flora and (d) tillage to a depth of 10–15 cm. Total Collembola abundance, species diversity and species richness significantly varied between the four practices. Notably, the practice using postemergence and pre-emergence herbicides had significantly lower values. Identification of Collembola at species level allowed an interspecies comparison and revealed significant differences for the most common species between the four practices, with each practice being characterized by a different set of species. None of the species were found to be significantly more abundant in the plots treated with postemergence and pre-emergence herbicides.
ISSN:0031-4056
1873-1511
DOI:10.1016/j.pedobi.2004.07.002