<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Abundance, biomass and functional structure of the saprophagous macrofauna in the litter and soil of Mediterranean oak forests</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PEDOBIOLOGIA</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1999</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GUSTAV FISCHER VERLAG</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VILLENGANG 2, D-07745 JENA, GERMANY</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">43</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">319-327</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The saprophagous macrofauna (macroarthropods, gastropods, earthworms)&lt;br/&gt;was sampled in five Mediterranean forests of southern France: two helm&lt;br/&gt;oak (Quercus ilex) sites on limestone, two downy oak (Q. pubescens)&lt;br/&gt;sites on limestone and a helm oak site on schist. The total biomass was&lt;br/&gt;high, ranging from 52.1 to 113.1 g fresh mass m(-2). Classification of&lt;br/&gt;species into functional groups (epigeic, epi-anecic, anecic and&lt;br/&gt;endogeic) showed that the four groups were well represented in this&lt;br/&gt;region. However, the density and biomass of epigeic macroarthropods&lt;br/&gt;(mainly millipedes) were significantly higher at the helm oak sites on&lt;br/&gt;limestone (186 ind. m(-2); 9.6 g m(-2)) than at the other sites. In&lt;br/&gt;contrast, the density and biomass of epi-anecic earthworms (Lumbricus&lt;br/&gt;spp.) were higher at the downy oak: sites on limestone (13 ind. m(-2);&lt;br/&gt;16.7 g m(-2)). Anecic earthworms (Aporrectodea and Scherotheca spp.)&lt;br/&gt;were dominant in terms of biomass at all sites (overall mean 56.6 g&lt;br/&gt;m(-2)). Although the results are consistent with possible competitive&lt;br/&gt;interactions between epigeic macroarthropods and epi-anecic earthworms,&lt;br/&gt;they also show a high degree of coexistence between both of these groups&lt;br/&gt;and anecic earthworms. The study provides an insight into the possible&lt;br/&gt;responses of the macrofauna of N-W Europe to climate change towards&lt;br/&gt;warmer and drier conditions. There is potential for maintenance of all&lt;br/&gt;the functional groups that take part in the formation of forest mull.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>