Влияние некоторых антропогенных факторов на почвенную мезофауну в лесах Беловежской пущи

Abstract

The main types of anthropogenic effects upon the forests of Belovezhskaya Pushcha, namely, - the cutting of spruce patches which have been dried due to a mass attack of bark beetles and an increase in the number of wild ungulates - affect differently on the soil mesofauna. In the first case, a restructuring of its species takes place, with the total density and biomass being the same; while in the second case, a general decrease in its density occur, mainly at the expence of the soil-forming species.