We surveyed pseudoscorpion fauna in the soil organic layer in managed and abandoned secondary forests in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, and studied the effects of forest management on the pseudoscorpions. The vegetation structure was generally more developed in abandoned stands than in managed stands. The depth of the soil organic layer was not significantly different between the two stand types. We observed a total of seven pseudoscorpion species belonging to five genera. Pseudoscorpion species richness and densities were higher in abandoned stands than in managed stands. We did not find any pseudoscorpions in stands where the summed vegetation cover was less than 150%.
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Yamamoto, T., Nakagoshi, N. & Touyama, Y. Ecological study of pseudoscorpion fauna in the soil organic layer in managed and abandoned secondary forests. Ecol Res 16, 593–601 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00422.x
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