The responses of soil arthropod composition to wetland restoration in Westzhuojiaying,Beijing

By the methods of hand-sorting,Tullgren's,the soil arthropod composition structure in the wetland restored for a year in Westzhuojiaying of Beijing was investigated,also compared with the wasteland and surrounding apricot forest.A total of 3 226 soil animals in 39 groups belonging to 4 classes,19 orders,36 families were collected.Compared with the wasteland,the number of individuals and groups,and the diversity of the soil arthropods in restored wetland were significantly(p0.05) increased,while with the surrounding apricot forest not significantly different.The community structure of soil arthropod had no significant difference(p0.05) among the areas of Amorpha fruticosa,Salix saposhnikovii,Morus mongolica,and Hippophae rhamnoides,also no significant difference(p0.05) among the different soil layers.The results showed that wetland restoration truly achieved some effects,but it was still in the early stages of recovery due to short restoration time.