Studies on the ecological effect of <em>Silphium perfoliatum</em> in Bavaria

Authors

  • Johannes Burmeister Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft (LfL), Institut für Ökologischen Landbau, Bodenkultur und Ressourcenschutz, Freising
  • Roswitha Walter Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft (LfL), Institut für Ökologischen Landbau, Bodenkultur und Ressourcenschutz, Freising

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5073/JfK.2016.12.11

Keywords:

Silphium perfoliatum, earthworms, pollinators, insects, Octodrilus pseudolissaensioides

Abstract

The study from Bavaria showed an increase of earthworm abundance and biomass on two fields respectively five and seven years after the establishment of Silphium perfoliatum when compared to an annually farmed arable land (winter triticale, ryegrass). Nearby grasslands of the same farm showed the highest earthworm abundance and biomass. At one site the earthworm species Octodrilus pseudolissaensioides (Zicsi, 1994) was found, a species that has not been reported from Germany till now. Census of pollinators revealed many wild pollinators in addition to honeybees.

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Published

2016-12-01

Issue

Vol. 68 No. 12 (2016): Special issue cup plant

Section

Short Communication

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