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Food- and density-dependent dispersal : Evidence from a soil collembolan
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- Bengtsson, G. (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Biologiska institutionen,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Department of Biology,Faculty of Science
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- Hedlund, K. (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Biologiska institutionen,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Department of Biology,Faculty of Science
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- Rundgren, S. (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Biologiska institutionen,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Department of Biology,Faculty of Science
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- JSTOR, 1994
- 1994
- English.
- In: Journal of Animal Ecology. - : JSTOR. - 0021-8790. ; 63:3, s. 513-520
- Journal article (peer-reviewed)
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- 1. Dispersal in a fungivore species of Collembola, Onychiurus armatus, in a homo- geneous soil was theoretically approached as a deterministic compartmental process, in which the movement of animals between discrete patches could be described by a series of differential equations or by the discrete geometric probability distribution, assuming a constant probability to move from one patch to the next. 2. Experiments were designed for a release of collembolans in two types of soil in a physical arrangement of distinct patches represented by vials connected by tubings to cover a distance of 40 cm. Dispersal distances of individuals were determined, and theoretical and observed distributions compared. 3. Dispersal rates, estimated from transfer rate constants, ranged from 0 020 to 1 42 day-1, suggesting that an average 0. armatus moved less than 10 cm day -1. The probability to leave a patch varied between 0 10 and 0 50. 4. Dispersal was dependent on population density, soil type and length of fungal mycelium; it was almost twice as high at a high than at a low density (90 000 and 30000 individuals m-2) in a mor soil and four times as high in a sandy compared with a mor soil. Dispersal rate decreased as the mycelial length increased, especially in a sandy soil. 5. Collembolans in a feeding phase had a higher tendency to disperse than those that were moulting. 6. Enriching the soil patch at 40 cm distance from the release point with a favoured food item, the fungal species Mortierella isabellina, increased dispersal rate by more than four times in a mor soil, suggesting that fungal odour can attract collembolans from a large distance and enhance their rate of movement more than a three-fold increase of their population density does.
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- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)
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