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Community structures of Mesostigmata, Prostigmata and Oribatida in broad-leaved regeneration forests and conifer plantations of various ages

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The community structures of Mesostigmata, Prostigmata, and Oribatida in the soil of broad-leaved regeneration forests and conifer plantations of various ages were assessed alongside soil and plant environmental variables using three response metrics (density, species richness, and species–abundance distribution). The density and species richness of mites recovered swiftly after clear-cutting or replanting. Oribatid mites dominated the soil mite communities in terms of densities and species richness for both forest types. Soil mite communities in broad-leaved forests was related to forest age, the crown tree communities index, and forest-floor litter weight. In contrast, soil mite communities in the conifer plantation sites were related to various indices of understory plants. The development of the understory plants was synchronized with the silvicultural schedules, including a closed canopy and thinning. Such a conifer plantation management may affect indirectly the community of mites.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the staff of the Insect Ecology Laboratory and the Kiso Experimental Station at the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute for their help and guidance in the field research and laboratory analysis. This study was supported by research grant #200004 of the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, and partly by the Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan [(C) (22580175, 21241010)] and the Global Environmental Research Fund (S9).

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  1. Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan

    Motohiro Hasegawa, Kimiko Okabe, Shun’ichi Makino, Isamu Okochi, Hiroshi Tanaka & Tadashi Sakata

  2. Association of International Research Initiatives for Environmental Studies, Ueno1-4-4, Taitoku, Tokyo, 110-0005, Japan

    Kenji Fukuyama

  3. Kyusyu Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Kurokami 4-11-16, Kumamoto, 860-0862, Japan

    Hideaki Goto

  4. Kansai Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Nagai-Kyutaro 68, Momoyama-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, 612-0855, Japan

    Takeo Mizoguchi

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Appendix 1

Table 2 Spearman rank correlation coefficients of species in Mesostigmata, Prostigmata and Oribatida with environmental variables which showed significant correlation with 1st and 2nd axis scores of NMS for each mite taxa community in broad-leaved forests
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Table 3 Spearman rank correlation coefficients of species in Mesostigmata, Prostigmata and Oribatida with environmental variables which showed significant correlation with 1st and 2nd axis scores of NMS for each mite taxa community in conifer plantation
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Hasegawa, M., Okabe, K., Fukuyama, K. et al. Community structures of Mesostigmata, Prostigmata and Oribatida in broad-leaved regeneration forests and conifer plantations of various ages. Exp Appl Acarol 59, 391–408 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-012-9618-x

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