Spiders (Araneae) as a component of ground-dwelling animal assemblages of the energy crop fields in northern Bukovyna (Ukraine)
Author:
Tymchuk Kateryna12, Polchaninova Nina3, Zhuk Alina1, Leheta Uliana1, Voloshyn Volodymyr2, Fedorіak Mariia1
Affiliation:
1. Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University , Kotsiyubynski Street 2, 58012 , Chernivtsi , Ukraine 2. Bukovinian State Medical University , Theater Square 2, 58000 , Chernivtsi , Ukraine 3. V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University , Svobody Square 4, 61022 , Kharkiv , Ukraine
Abstract
Abstract
Energy cropping has positive effect only if considering and mitigating potential biodiversity loss in agroecosystems. While investigating ground-dwelling animal assemblages in experimental fields of miscanthus and switchgrass in comparison with a legume-grass mixture and an abandoned field, we found low abundance and taxon diversity of the energy crops assemblages. Spiders comprised 3.3‒3.8% of collected arthropods in the switchgrass and miscanthus and 8.3‒10.1% in the abandoned field and grass mixture. Forty-seven spider species were collected: 14 species in the miscanthus field, 18 in the switchgrass, 23 in the grass mixture and 31 in the abandoned field. Spider diversity was the lowest in the miscanthus, while the number of specimens was minimal in the switchgrass. According to our findings, energy crops hosted poor spider assemblages with no species found exclusively in these habitats. To mitigate the negative impact of biofuel production on biodiversity, we recommend preserving areas of semi-natural vegetation in the agricultural landscape.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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