Seasonal Decomposition Rates of Broadleaf and Conifer Wood Litter in Far Eastern Tropical Forest Communities
Table 5
Mean abundance of soil macrofauna in three forest communities.
Species
Family
Mean abundance of macrofauna in each forest community
Karst
Lowland
Pine
Dry
Wet
Dry
Wet
Dry
Wet
Captured using rectangular sampling ring in the forest soil (individuals/400 cm2)
Odontotermes sp.
Termitidae
47.9 a
1.0 b
2.4 a
1.2 a
26.9 a
0.3 b
Odontomachus sp.
Formicidae
6.8 d
10.2 d
4.3 d
9.8 e
2.8 d
5.4 d
Solenopsis geminata
Formicidae
8.9 g
6.9 g
5.2 g
8.9 h
0.3 g
4.4 h
Eudrilus eugeniae
Eudrilidae
2.3 j
6.7 k
3.8 j
7.3 k
2.8 j
5.1 k
Paratrechina longicornis
Formicidae
1.0 m
2.3 m
1.4 m
1.6 m
0.6 m
1.0 m
Willowsia sp.
Entomobryidae
0.6 p
3.4 q
5.0 p
4.4 p
1.2 p
1.2 p
Philoscia sp.
Philosciidae
1.1 s
2.0 s
0.1 s
2.3 t
0.3 s
0.7 s
Total in the forest soil
68.6 v
32.5 v
22.2 v
35.5 w
34.9 v
18.1 v
Captured in the pitfall trap on the forest floor (individual/56.72 cm2/7 days)
Odontomachus sp.
Formicidae
13.2 a
27.4 a
10.0 a
15.5 a
4.8 a
9.7 a
Willowsia sp.
Entomobryidae
6.5 d
13.6 e
7.0 d
13.0 e
4.0 d
12.5 e
Xyleborus sp.
Curculionidae
5.0 g
8.0 h
3.3 g
8.4 h
1.1 g
3.7 g
Paratrechina longicornis
Formicidae
2.8 j
7.1 j
7.7 j
7.9 j
3.7 j
4.6 j
Solenopsis geminata
Formicidae
5.1 m
5.8 m
2.8 m
6.1 m
2.0 m
4.5 m
Ips sp.
Scolytidae
2.1 p
5.6 p
2.4 p
3.1 p
1.0 p
1.2 p
Teleogryllus sp.
Gryllidae
1.1 s
0.9 s
0.1 s
2.7 t
0.3 s
1.1 s
Total on the forest floor
35.8 v
68.4 w
33.3 v
56.7 w
16.9 v
37.3 w
Different letters after the mean abundance value in the rows of each forest community column indicate significant differences between seasons in each forest community (ANOVA with Tukey’s HSD method at ).
