| Summary: | Background. In forest ecosystems, soil organisms perform an important ecosystem role in the destruction
of organic matter. Destructors include, among others, small soil arthropods (Collembola). The patterns
of distribution of this group in forests of different formations are insufficiently studied. The study is devoted to
the identification of species composition and spatial structure of diversity of collembola in forests of different
formations of the Valuev Moscow forest park. Materials and methods. The study was carried out in summer and
autumn in the trial plots in broadleaved, mixed and coniferous forests. The material was collected using a scaleoriented
inventory design based on a large number of samples describing areas ranging from a few square centimeters
to 100 square meters in each habitat. Results. The species list of springtails of the Valuev Moscow forest
park for different forests formations is given. The range of functional groups by latitude of the set of habitats under development (specialized forest, eurythmy and ruderal forms) showed the wellbeing of the area. An increase
in the number of species with increasing sampling effort (SAR, SSER) is analyzed. Estimates of the average number
of species in areas of different size (8 cm2, 1 dm2, 6 dm2, 1 m2 and 3 m2) in different forests formations and their
seasonal changes were obtained. Conclusions. Species richness was comparable, and the total number of species
was lower than in natural forests. The Valuev Moscow forest park differs from many other Moscow forest parks in
its insignificant participation in communities of ruderal forms. The share of species found in the 1 m2 area of the
area is practically independent of the species richness of collembola of habitats and is similar in different forest
formations. The species saturation of small areas ranging from several square centimeters to several square decimeters
during the growing season increases by 1.5–2.5 times. The above estimates of species richness of collembola
at sites of different sizes allow forecasting the number of species in the habitats of forest formations of different
types.
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