Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok VII. - Natura Somogyiensis 22. (Kaposvár, 2012)
Winkler D. - Traser Gy. N.: Eco-faunistic study on the Collembola fauna in the Vasvár-Nagymákfa area (Őrség, Western Hungary)
40 Natura Somogyiensis agymákfa beech forest oak-ash-elm forest mesotrophic wet meadow tall herb fen meadow Fig. 1: Study sites in Vasvár-Nagymákfa (Google Earth) (Fig 1). BF - beech forest (47°1'35.15"N; 16°44'8.32"E, 202 m asl) with beech (Fagus syl- vatica) monodominace. Scattered trees of European Alder (Alnus glutinosa) and Wild Cherry (Cerasus avium) are also present. OAEF - lowland riverine oak-ash-elm forest (47°2'1.55"N; 16°43'54.40"E, 188 m asl). Beside the Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur) and European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) several riverine forest species constitute the tree layer. WM - lowland mesotrophic wet meadow Á-NÉR: D34 (47° 2'23.20"N, 16°44’51,09"E, 178 m asl) with typical dominant grass species (e.g. Agrostis alba, Deschampsia caespi- tosa, Festuca pratensis, Poa pratensis) and numerous protected plant species. THFM - tall herb fen meadow association (47° 2'22.77"N; 16°44'54.19"E, 178 m asl), with characteristic species like Angelica sylvestris, Cirsium oleraceum, Filipendula ulmaria. The presence of Solidago spp. is prominent. Sampling, extraction and taxonomic identification Soil cores samples of 100 cm3 were taken from the 0 to 5 cm layer. A total of 37 samples were obtained from the three different habitats ranging from 8 to 12 samples per site. Extraction of Collembola specimens from the soil was carried with the help of a modified Tullgren’s apparatus at room temperature (Balogh 1958). Supplementary sampling was done in the beech forest and in the wet meadow using suction method to detect the species mainly present aboveground with more efficiency. Specimens were collected in 70% ethanol and separated under a binocular microscope. The Collembola
