Soil invertebrates in southern Brazilian Araucaria forest - grassland mosaic: differences between disturbed and undisturbed areas

Frainer, André; Duarte, Marcelo Maisonette

doi:10.1590/s0073-47212009000300013

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“…Also, in the cultivated field Ladang 2 the intensive tillage and agricultural activity in this site led to increased stress on the diversity of invertebrates, so, the diversity was low. The present findings are in contrast to Frainer and Duarte, (2009). There was a difference in the Coleoptera between the two communities where the density was high in the disturbed fields compared to the undisturbed fields, where some coleopterans were resistant to the disturbance (Ronqui & Lopes 2006;Frainer & Duarte, 2009).…”

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“…The present findings are in contrast to Frainer and Duarte, (2009). There was a difference in the Coleoptera between the two communities where the density was high in the disturbed fields compared to the undisturbed fields, where some coleopterans were resistant to the disturbance (Ronqui & Lopes 2006;Frainer & Duarte, 2009). Furthermore, there could be several explanations for differences like the physical properties of the soil, soil cover, soil moisture, soil organic matter that can be the determining factors.…”

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Morphospecies diversity of soil invertebrates in Cultivated and Uncultivated fields

Maqtan

Omar

Mustafa

et al. 2018

Journal of Bioscience and Applied Research

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The soil environment is teeming with living organisms full of biological life and is one of the most abundant and diverse ecosystems on earth. However, due to unsustainable agriculture practices, the fertile topsoil is often lost; the soil becomes useless for agriculture. Therefore, we cannot lose sight of the fundamental role of the soil biological entities in maintaining the sustainability of the soil, and the role of organism's biodiversity in the soil to counter against various stress. Therefore, the main objective of this work is detecting diversity and density of soil invertebrates between a cultivated field (Ladang 2) and uncultivated field (CEFS), Results showed that the highest abundance of invertebrates was recorded at CEFS 834 with 3.7 m2 density and the lowest was in Ladang 2: 225 with 1.2 m2 density, belonging to 35 different morphospecies from 4 Phylum, 4 subphyla, 6 class, 2 subclass, and 19 orders. A total of 15 morphospecies were collected in the cultivated field Ladang 2, while 25 morphospecies were collected in the uncultivated filed CEFS. Out of 25 morphospecies found in this area, 10 were exclusive to this environment. Annelida, Amphipoda, Isopoda, Collembola, and Hymenoptera were the dominant taxa in CEFS, comprising: 8.15%, 10.55%, 17.98%, 14.14%, and 26.97% respectively. But Acarina, Coleoptera, and Insect larva 39.68%, 5.95%, and 3.97% respectively were the dominant taxa in Ladang 2. The diversity was highest in the CEFS (H = 2.29) and lowest in the Ladang2 field (H = 1.74). Unfortunately, many aspects of the soil invertebrates have not been documented in Malaysia. For example, why they become dominant in a certain location and what is the impact on that particular ecosystem. This study showed that it is essential to maintain natural habitat because agricultural practices have a major influence on soil invertebrate diversity and hopefully through this study able to suggest sound agriculture management to safeguard the soil ecosystems. Due to the limited information about soil invertebrates in Malaysia and the limited scope of this study, it is premature to make any conclusion and therefore warrant further studies.

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Morphospecies diversity of soil invertebrates in Cultivated and Uncultivated fields

Maqtan

Omar

Mustafa

et al. 2018

Journal of Bioscience and Applied Research

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“…In the edge habitats of tawa ( Beilschmiedia tawa ) forests of New Zeeland a positive edge effect on millipede abundance was also demonstrated. In contrary, other studies showed no difference in millipede abundance between forest and forest edge habitats in Brasil ( Frainer and Duarte 2009 ), in South-Africa ( Weiermans and van Aarde 2003 ) and in the United Kingdom ( Riutta et al 2012 ).…”

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“…The edge effect on different arthropod taxa was frequently studied during the last decades ( Coleoptera : Magura 2000, Lövei et al 2006 ; Ewers and Didham 2008 ; Isopoda : Antonovic et al 2012 ; multi-taxa approaches: Frainer and Duarte 2009 , Biereinger et al 2013 ). Millipedes were relatively little studied in the context of the edge effect, in spite of the rapid changes in temperature, soil structure and soil water content at forest edges ( Camargo and Kapos 1995 , Gehlhausen et al 2000 ) and its major influence on litter decomposition processes in forests.…”

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Distribution of millipedes (Myriapoda, Diplopoda) along a forest interior – forest edge – grassland habitat complex

Bogyó

Magura

Nagy

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We studied the distribution of millipedes in a forest interior-forest edge-grassland habitat complex in the Hajdúság Landscape Protection Area (NE Hungary). The habitat types were as follows: (1) lowland oak forest, (2) forest edge with increased ground vegetation and shrub cover, and (3) mesophilous grassland. We collected millipedes by litter and soil sifting. There were overall 30 sifted litter and soil samples: 3 habitat types × 2 replicates × 5 soil and litter samples per habitats. We collected 9 millipede species; the most abundant species was Glomeris tetrasticha, which was the most abundant species in the forest edge as well. The most abundant species in the forest interior was Kryphioiulus occultus, while the most abundant species in the grassland was Megaphyllum unilineatum. Our result showed that the number of millipede species was significantly lower in the grassland than in the forest or in the edge, however there were no significant difference in the number of species between the forest interior and the forest edge. We found significantly the highest number of millipede individuals in the forest edge. There were differences in the composition of the millipede assemblages of the three habitats. The results of the DCCA showed that forest edge and forest interior habitats were clearly separated from the grassland habitats. The forest edge habitat was characterized by high air temperature, high soil moisture, high soil pH, high soil enzyme activity, high shrub cover and low canopy cover. The IndVal and the DCCA methods revealed the following character species of the forest edge habitats: Glomeris tetrasticha and Leptoiulus cibdellus. Changes in millipede abundance and composition were highly correlated with the vegetation structure.

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“…In addition, the C. citriodora litterfall is considered as unpalatable for some species of the soil macrofauna, besides being a chemical barrier against the natural regeneration of native species (Frainer & Duarte, 2009;Diniz et al, 2011). Thus, the C. citriodora species is indicated as inhibitor of the natural regeneration of native forests since the decomposition and the cycling of nutrients are not favored in environments with the presence of this species (Valpassos et al, 2007;Evaristo et al, 2011).…”

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Edaphic Macrofauna as a Recovery Indicator of Abandoned Areas of Corymbia citriodora in the Southeastern Brazil

Sardo

Lima

2019

Floresta Ambient.

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The edaphic macrofauna may reflect changes in soil use. This study aimed to answer two questions: (1) Has the management of eucalyptus by girdling, promote stimulation or inhibition in the guilds of the edaphic macrofauna? (2) Can soil macrofauna be used as an indicator of the recovery of abandoned eucalyptus areas? For that purpose, we compared the composition and diversity of the edaphic macrofauna in areas of secondary forest, abandoned non-girdled eucalyptus plantations and girdled eucalyptus plantations. The secondary forest presented greater richness, abundance and diversity of edaphic macrofauna, followed by areas of girdled eucalyptus, with the lowest values found in areas with non-girdled eucalyptus. Therefore, the edaphic macrofauna responded to the management by girdling, through the stimulation of the taxonomic groups in the different guilds and can be indicated as a good indicator of the recovery of disturbed areas.

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Soil invertebrates in southern Brazilian Araucaria forest - grassland mosaic: differences between disturbed and undisturbed areas

Cited by 7 publications

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Morphospecies diversity of soil invertebrates in Cultivated and Uncultivated fields

Morphospecies diversity of soil invertebrates in Cultivated and Uncultivated fields

Distribution of millipedes (Myriapoda, Diplopoda) along a forest interior – forest edge – grassland habitat complex

Edaphic Macrofauna as a Recovery Indicator of Abandoned Areas of Corymbia citriodora in the Southeastern Brazil

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