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<p>Changes in the structure of epigeic animal groups indicate ecological stability, which are influenced by urbanization, agriculture, and forestry. The aim of the paper was to assess the impact of agrarian land in the vicinity of urban and suburban landscape and non-fragmented forest in the vicinity of rural landscape on the occurrence of epigeic groups. We recorded the pitfall traps - 19, 676 individuals belonging to 20 taxonomic groups at 9 localities representing 7 types of habitat. Our results indicate a year-on-year increase in the number of individuals of epigeic groups in the city, with surrounding agrarian land. We found a correlation between eudominant epigeic groups of Aranea and Hymenoptera and rural landscape with the non-fragmented surrounding. Coleoptera has shown a link between the conditions of urban and suburban landscape with the surrounding developed agriculture. We confirmed a statistically significant effect for luminosity (p = 0.002), humidity (p = 0.025) and pH (p = 0.017).</p>
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Changes in the structure of epigeic animal groups indicate ecological stability, which are influenced by urbanization, agriculture, and forestry. The aim of the paper was to assess the impact of agrarian land in the vicinity of urban and suburban landscape and non-fragmented forest in the vicinity of rural landscape on the occurrence of epigeic groups. We recorded the pitfall traps - 19, 676 individuals belonging to 20 taxonomic groups at 9 localities representing 7 types of habitat. Our results indicate a year-on-year increase in the number of individuals of epigeic groups in the city, with surrounding agrarian land. We found a correlation between eudominant epigeic groups of Aranea and Hymenoptera and rural landscape with the non-fragmented surrounding. Coleoptera has shown a link between the conditions of urban and suburban landscape with the surrounding developed agriculture. We confirmed a statistically significant effect for luminosity (p = 0.002), humidity (p = 0.025) and pH (p = 0.017).

Dispersion of the epigeic fauna groups in the agricultural landscape

Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra

Department of Environment and Zoology, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Folia Oecologica

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Changes in the structure of epigeic animal groups indicate ecological stability, which are influenced by urbanization, agriculture, and forestry. The aim of...

Dispersion of the epigeic fauna groups in the agricultural landscape

Published Online: Jul 31, 2021

Page range: 147 - 155

Received: Dec 01, 2020

Accepted: Jun 01, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foecol-2021-0015

Keywords
agriculture, epigeic groups, Slovakia, spatial modelling

© 2021 Vladimír Langraf et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Dispersion of the epigeic fauna groups in the agricultural landscape

Published Online: Jul 31, 2021

Page range: 147 - 155

Received: Dec 01, 2020

Accepted: Jun 01, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foecol-2021-0015

Keywordsagriculture, epigeic groups, Slovakia, spatial modelling

© 2021 Vladimír Langraf et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
agriculture, epigeic groups, Slovakia, spatial modelling