Diversity and abundance of soil macrofauna in three land use systems in eastern Amazonia
Werica Larissa Farias de Vasconcelos, Diego de Macedo Rodrigues, Rafael Oliveira Carvalho Silva, Sônia Sena Alfaia
Abstract
Given the influence of edaphic macrofauna in the physical, chemical, and biological processes that sustain the organic matter cycle in the soil of tropical ecosystems, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of the sequence: Secondary Forest – Pasture – Eucalyptus monoculture on the macrofauna structure in Southeast of Pará State, Brazil. In each land use system, two 350 m transect were taken. The data was collected in 8 sampling sites, which were 50 m apart in each transect [...]
Topics & Concepts
EdaphicTransectEnvironmental scienceMonocultureAmazon rainforestEcologyAbundance (ecology)Land useEcosystemAgroforestryGeographyHydrology (agriculture)ForestrySoil waterSoil scienceBiologyGeologyGeotechnical engineeringSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsIsotope Analysis in Ecology