Further notes on the effect of silvicultural practices upon the fauna of coniferous forest soil

Three years after termination of the field work of an earlier five-year survey the den sities of enchytraeids and micro-arthropods were studied in three representative localities. The present stage in the succession of the fauna and flora is outlined and compared with the situation three years earlier. those on enchytraeids and the author Valpas for During the years 1961 - 1966, a survey of the those on springtails. effects of various silvicultural practices upon the arthropod, annelid and nematode popula tions in the litter and humus of Finnish conifer- 1 Material and methods