Monitoring soil restoration in an open-pit mine in northern Italy

Menta, Cristina; Conti, Federica D.; Pinto, Stefania; Leoni, Alan; Fondón, Carlos Lozano

doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.07.013

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“…The edaphic communities play important roles in assisting soil formation, contributing to the improvement of soil characteristics and playing a key role in several processes, thus being a useful tool for evaluating and monitoring soil quality (MENTA et al, 2014). In addition, edaphic populations can be affected by factors such as soil type, vegetation, and climatic conditions (BERUDE et al, 2015), and can thus inform about the state of degradation, recovery, conservation or even climate change.…”

Section: Arthropod Bioindicators Of Environmental Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Arthropod bioindicators of environmental quality

Spiller

Garlet

2017

AGRO@MBIENTE ON-LINE

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The phylum Arthropoda is one of the most diverse groups under the terrestrial surface comprising different classes of insects that occupy different environments. Some groups have a close relationship with the habitat they occupy, responding significantly to changes in the environment, thus indicating the level of change in the environment by their presence or absence. The present study aimed to demonstrate the importance of edaphic fauna as a bioindicator of environmental quality. This is a bibliographic review based on specialized consultation of scientific articles in the databases Google Scholar, SciELO-Scientific Electronic Library and ResearchGate. The studies found that environmental quality can be measured from the diversity and abundance of arthropods that live and perform their functions in the soil. Macrofauna influences important soil chemical and physical processes such as nutrient cycling, structuring and homogenization, and increased productivity, among others. The mesofauna, besides acting on soil properties, acts on the regulation of microbial populations, is sensitive to changes and responds promptly. The groups Acari, Collembola, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera and Araneae are indicated in several studies as potential bioindicators because they are commonly sampled in different environments. The factors identified as conditioning factors of the presence of these groups are environmental heterogeneity, type of vegetation cover and availability of litter, applied management system, seasonality, soil characteristics, and anthropic activities, among others. In short, because they respond quickly, the changes are considered to be efficient biological indicators; therefore, knowing the diversity of species and their degree of interaction with the environment allows us to analyze the effects of anthropic modifications in ecosystems.Resumo: O filo Arthropoda é um dos grupos mais diversos da superfície terrestre, compreendendo diferentes classes de insetos que ocupam diversos ambientes. Alguns grupos, entretanto, apresentam relação estreita com o habitat que ocupam, respondendo de forma significativa às modificações no ambiente, o que acaba indicando o nível de alteração desse mesmo ambiente através de sua presença ou ausência. O presente estudo objetivou demonstrar a importância da fauna edáfica como bioindicadora de qualidade ambiental. Trata-se de uma revisão bibliográfica baseada em consulta especializada de artigos científicos nos bancos de dados Google Acadêmico, SciELO-Scientific Eletronic Library e ResearchGate. Os trabalhos encontrados apontaram que a qualidade ambiental pode ser mensurada a partir da diversidade e abundância de artrópodes que vivem e desempenham suas funções no solo. A macrofauna influencia importantes processos químicos e físicos do solo como a ciclagem de nutrientes, estruturação e homogeneização, aumento da produtividade, dentre outros. Já a mesofauna, além de atuar sobre as propriedades edáficas, atua na regulação de populações microbianas e é sensível às alterações, respondendo pr...

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Section: Arthropod Bioindicators Of Environmental Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Arthropod bioindicators of environmental quality

Spiller

Garlet

2017

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“…Degraded soils are in the middle, followed by cropped lands. The QBS-ar index has been used successfully to test for the effects of forest cutting, grazing, trampling, industrial activities, emission, agriculture, heavy metals, and other anthropogenic effects (Gardi, Menta, & Leoni, 2008;Menta, Conti, Pinto, Leoni, & Lozano-Fondoon, 2014).…”

Section: Soil Meso-faunal Diversitymentioning

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Towards the co‐ordination of terrestrial ecosystem protocols across European research infrastructures

Firbank

Bertora

Blankman

et al. 2017

Ecology and Evolution

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The study of ecosystem processes over multiple scales of space and time is often best achieved using comparable data from multiple sites. Yet, long‐term ecological observatories have often developed their own data collection protocols. Here, we address this problem by proposing a set of ecological protocols suitable for widespread adoption by the ecological community. Scientists from the European ecological research community prioritized terrestrial ecosystem parameters that could benefit from a more consistent approach to data collection within the resources available at most long‐term ecological observatories. Parameters for which standard methods are in widespread use, or for which methods are evolving rapidly, were not selected. Protocols were developed by domain experts, building on existing methods where possible, and refined through a process of field testing and training. They address above‐ground plant biomass; decomposition; land use and management; leaf area index; soil mesofaunal diversity; soil C and N stocks, and greenhouse gas emissions from soils. These complement existing methods to provide a complete assessment of ecological integrity. These protocols offer integrated approaches to ecological data collection that are low cost and are starting to be used across the European Long Term Ecological Research community.

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“…The EMI is a valué assigned at each taxonomic group and ranges from 1 to 20, from the lowest to the greatest adaptation to the soil. For more details see Gardi et al (2008); Tabaglio et al (2009);Menta et al (2011);Blasi et al (2013) and Menta et al (2014).…”

Section: Soil Biodiversity íNdicesmentioning

confidence: 99%