Hay-bait traps are a useful tool for sampling of soil dwelling millipedes and centipedes

By

Tuf, Ivan H.
Chmelík, Vojtěch
Dobroruka, Igor
Hábová, Lucie
Hudcová, Petra
Šipoš, Jan
Stašiov, Slavomír

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

510

Pages

197-207

Subjects

agroecosystem , Chilopoda , Diplopoda , Soil fauna , soil sampling

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.510.9020

 

Abstract

Some species of centipedes and millipedes inhabit upper soil layers exclusively and are not recorded by pitfall trapping. Because of their sensitivity to soil conditions, they can be sampled quantitatively for evaluation of soil conditions. Soil samples are heavy to transport and their processing is time consuming, and such sampling leads to disturbance of the soil surface which land-owners do not like. We evaluated the use of hay-bait traps to sample soil dwelling millipedes and centipedes. The effectiveness of this method was found to be similar to the effectiveness of soil sampling. Hay-bait traps installed for 8–10 weeks can substitute for direct soil sampling in ecological and inventory studies.