Yorkina, Nadiia and Tarusova, Natalia and Umerova, Ava and Telyuk, Polina and Cherniak, Yevheniia (2021) Spatial Organization of the Micromollusc Community under Recreational Load. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 4 (2). ISSN 2581-6853
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Abstract
The recreational load is an important factor in transforming the living
conditions of living organisms in the urban environment. This article
examines the role of recreation as a driver of the changing habitat of
soil micromolluscs in the park environment in an urban landscape.
The hypothesis that recreational exposure changes the hierarchical
organization of the spatial distribution of the micromollusc
community was tested. An experimental polygon was located in
Novooleksandrivskiy Park (Melitopol, Ukraine) and represented 7
transects with 18 test points in each. The set of soil properties
explained 24.7% of the variation in the mollusc community. The
distance from trees was able to explain 6.8% of mollusc community
variation. The distance from recreational pathways was able to
explain 12.2% of the variation in the mollusc community. The spatial
eigenfunctions were able to explain 54.2% of mollusc community
variation. The spatial patterns of variation in the structure of the
assemblage of molluscs were found to be due to various causes.
Thus, the broad-scale component was due to the distance from trees
and the distance fro m the recreational pathways and was associated
with the variability of soil penetration resistance, aggregate structure,
electrical conductivity, soil moisture and density. The recreational
load is the cause of this pattern formation. In turn, the medium-scale
component reflected the influence of soil aggregate composition on
the mollusс community and components independent of soil
properties. The fine-scale component reflected the variability of the
mollusc community, which was independent of soil properties.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Z Статті у наукометричних базах > Web of Science |
Divisions: | Навчально-науковий інститут соціально-педагогічної та мистецької освіти > Кафедра інструментального виконавства та музичного мистецтва естради |
Depositing User: | Users 16 not found. |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2021 12:22 |
Last Modified: | 07 Jun 2021 12:22 |
URI: | https://eprints.mdpu.org.ua/id/eprint/11873 |