Invertebrate activity under snow in a South-Norwegian spruce forest

Abstract: The activity of invertebrates under snow was studied by pitfall traps during two winter seasons in a high altitude spruce forest in southern Norway. With a snow layer varying between about 30 and 150 cm during the sampling periods, the temperature in the subnivean air space stayed close to 0 oC. Traps were emptied and replaced at least once a month during the snow-covered period, from October/November to April/May. For phenological purposes, some trapping was also performed just before or after the snow period. Most invertebrate groups were identified to species level. Beneath a permanent snow cover, the most species-rich groups collected were Collembola (22 species), Acari (22 taxa), spiders (12 species) and beetles (13 species). Collembola and Acari (microarthropods) always dominated in numbers. Subnivean catches also included Opiliones, Pseudoscorpiones, Trichoceridae, Limoniidae, Brachycera, Mecoptera, Gastropoda, and Harpacticoidea (Copepoda). Beetle larvae of Cholevidae and S.... https://www.soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/245

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Invertebrate activity under snow in a South-Norwegian spruce forest ; volume:83 ; number:2 ; year:2011 ; Soil organisms ; 83, Heft 2 (2011)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Hågvar, Sigmund ; Hågvar, Eline Benestad

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023080204281012592313
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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