Table 1.

Soil animal taxa identified in this study. The vertical habitats of the collembolan species are based on studies by Takeda [33,34]. FH, fragmented litter and humus; L, litter.

sample	ID	notes on family, order and class	habitat
Collembola
Folsomia octoculata	F_octoculata	Isotomidae	FH layer
Tetracanthella sylvatica	T_sylvatica	Isotomidae	L layer, but shows vertical migration
Isotoma carpenteri	I_carpenteri	Isotomidae	FH layer
Onychiurus flavescens	O_flavescens	Onychiuridae	FH layer
Onychiurus sibiricus	O_sibiricus	Onychiuridae	FH layer, but shows vertical migration
Oncopodura yosiiana	O_yosiiana	Oncopoduridae	FH layer
Tomocerus varius	T_varius	Tomoceridae	L layer
Tomocerus ocreatus	T_ocreatus	Tomoceridae	L layer
Entomobryidae	Entomobryidae	Entomobryidae: mix of Entomobrya spp., Lepidocyrtus spp., Homidia spp. and Sinella spp.	L layer
Neanurinae	Neanurinae	Neanuridae: mix of Neanura kitayamana, Vitronura pygmaea and Vitronura mandarina	L layer
Neanuroidea	Neanuroidea	Neanuridae, Odontellidae: mix of Friesia japonica, Pseudachorutes spp. and Superodontella sp.1	L layer
			trophic position
others
Prostigmata	Prostigmata	Acari	predator
Mesostigmata	Mesostigmata	Acari	predator
Oribatida	Oribatida	Acari	decomposer
Araneae	Araneae	Araneae	predator
Geophilomorpha	Geophilomorpha	Chilopoda	predator
Lithobiomorpha	Lithobiomorpha	Chilopoda	predator
Diplopoda_adult	Diplopoda_ad	Diplopoda	decomposer
Diplopoda_juvenile	Diplopoda_ju	Diplopoda	decomposer
Pseudoscorpiones	Pseudoscorpiones	Pseudoscorpiones	predator
Symphyla	Symphyla	Symphyla	decomposer