Composition and ecological distribution of forest soil animalin Confucian graveyard of Qufu

摘要

Soil animal communities of Secondary forest, Platycladus forest and Onerous acutissima forest inConfucian graveyard of Qufu were investigated. 3583 specimens were collected, belonging separately to 5 Phylums, 11 Classes and 23 Orders. TWo dominant groups and 9 common groups account for 94,45% of me totalnumbers. The soil animals in these three forest habitats differ in composition, ecological distribution and importantindices. The dominant groups of soil animals in the three forests were the same, but other groups differ moregreatly, Diversity index (H) and evenness index (E) of soil animal in Secondary forest are the highest, and yetdominance indexs (C) in Onerous acutissima foerst is the highest. Most soil animals in each forest habitats congregate to the surface soil layer. Their sorts and individual numbers are all layer I > 11 >ill. It is very similar for composition of soil animals in the three forests,