Biodiversity preservation of the black alder forest in the Tsuman forestry (Kivertsi National Nature Park "Tsumanska Pushcha", Ukraine)

Authors

  • Kateryna Sukhomlin Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
  • Iryna Kuzmyshyna Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
  • Tatiana Trush Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
  • Mariia Zinchenko Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
  • Svitlana Dyakiv Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
  • Oleksandr Zinchenko Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29038/2617-4723-2022-2-8

Keywords:

black alder forest, state of the flora, diversity of invertebrates, comparison of fauna

Abstract

Field research was carried out during the vegetation period of 2022. In the Kivertsi National Nature Park "Tsumanska Pushcha"of Volyn Region were found 65 species of vascular plants and 28 animal taxa in the black alder forest of the Tsuman Forestry. Survey of a model plot with an area of 2100 m2 in sq. 25, ed. 11 Tsuman forestry operations were carried out during the growing season (14.05, 28.05, 11.06, 25.06, 16.07, 13.08, 10.09, 25.09.2022). The forest is represented by monodominant plantations of Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaerth. with admixture of Carpinus betulus L., Quercus robur L., Pinus sylvestris L.. The shrub layer is poorly developed. Anemonoides nemorosa (L.) Holub (syn. Anemone nemorosa), Maianthemum bifolium (L.) F.W.Schmidt, Milium effusum L., Vaccinium myrtillus L.are common species in the grass layer.

The distance of the research area from the urban-type settlement Tsuman and highways contributed to the significant preservation of vegetation cover – the absolute majority of plant species represent aboriginal flora – 61 species (93,9 %). The synanthropic fraction is represented by only 4 species (6.1%), including 1.5% of apophytes, 3.1% of archaeophytes, and 1.5% of chenophytes, which indicates significant preservation of the spontaneous flora.

The eudodominant group of invertebrates were representatives of various orders of the class Insecta 34.45%, and the dominant position was occupied by Collembola of the orders Poduromorpha and Symphypleona, sarcoptiform mites Sarcoptiformes, in particular shell mites Oribatida and spiders Araneae. The subdominants include woodlice Oniscidea, millipedes Myriapoda. Insects of this group include Carabidae, Staphylinidae, dung beetles Geortupidae, ants Formicidae, and Diptera. Recedents are earthworms Lumbricidae, harvesters Opiliones, false scorpions Pseudoscorpiones; among insects - silverfishes Lepismatidae, forest cockroaches Blattellidae, possibly Neuroptera, aphids Aphidoidea, cicadas Cicadidae, “true bugs” Heteroptera, earwigs Forficulidae, barklices Psocidae, carrion beetles Silphidae, true weevils Curculionidae, weevils Elateridae, goldflies Buprestidae, fleas Hystrichopsyllidae from the genus Palaeopsylla.

The greatest faunal diversity according to the Margalef index (3.19) is characteristic of "windows", gaps - lighted areas formed as a result of falling trees of the first tier. The fauna of the compared sample areas are similar, the indicators of the similarity index vary between 0.90 and 0.92.

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2023-01-31

How to Cite

Biodiversity preservation of the black alder forest in the Tsuman forestry (Kivertsi National Nature Park "Tsumanska Pushcha", Ukraine). (2023). Notes in Current Biology, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.29038/2617-4723-2022-2-8