Communities of Soil Invertebrates in Protected Areas of the Southern Coast of Crimea
Journal: Moscow University Soil Science Bulletin
Year: 2020

Soil and zoological studies of the arboretum of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden and Cape Martian Reserve (southern coast of Crimea) were carried out. Twenty two taxonomic groups of large invertebrate soil animals, whose number was about 1000 specimens/m2 and biomass about 25 g/m2, were found in the bulk stratozems of the garden and in natural red-colored soils of the reserve. The territory of botanical garden is characterized by a greater biomass and taxonomic diversity of the soil macrofauna than