[PDF] Top 20 SOIL FAUNA AS AN INDICATOR OF SOIL QUALITY IN FOREST STANDS, PASTURE AND SECONDARY FOREST

... between soil invertebrates and environmental variations are relatively unknown in the assessment of soil ...objective of this study was to evaluate soil quality ... See full document

... subperennial forest, considered a benchmark for assessing the original conditions of the soil; an area cultivated with subsistence crops (maize, beans, and cassava) for 35 years that ... See full document

... values of richness of taxonomic groups of invertebrate soil macrofauna in the two sample collection periods were significantly greater in the NF ...(10.04 in the winter ... See full document

... overall quality of the models may be considered satisfactory, thus providing useful volume estimation tools in forest management operations in the Southern Brazilian ...combination ... See full document

... richness and maximum diversity were higher in the MC area, differing significantly from the other ...observed in any evaluated ecological index. The Formicidae and Isoptera groups were more ... See full document

... component of the soil respond? It is the microbiological constituent of the soil that is responsible for maintaining nutrient cycling in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, ... See full document

... study in Paraty, southeastern Brazil, in areas under different management regimes and plant ...(AFS-1 and AFS-2), a secondary forest, and a cassava ...effects of ... See full document

... (MIB) of carabid beetles as an in- dicator of successional changes in pine forests growing in dry and fresh ...wet and humid forest habitats are ...carabid ... See full document

... difference in species composition between secondary forest and Pinus plantation would indicate that richness and abundance of soil arthropods are larger in native ... See full document

... physical quality of a Typic Hapludult soil under secondary forest, pasture and three leguminous tree species: Acacia (Acacia auriculiformis), Sabia (Mimosa ... See full document

... formation and stability are related to soil quality, contributing significantly to the carbon storage and nutrient maintenance capacities of the ...soil. Soil aggregates ... See full document

... biomass and metabolic activity The highest MBC was found in the soil under native forest, followed by secondary forest, peach-palm and ...MBC and were similar to ... See full document

... temperature of 19.3 °C and rainfall of 1,494 ...rainfall of 16 mm, whereas the highest average rainfall of 269 mm occurs in ...January. Soil in the area is ... See full document

... Atlantic Forest degradation and fragmentation imposes the need for soil and vegetation assessments in order to estimate the environmental vulnerability of the ...objective ... See full document

... absence of spi- der families and their abundances were sensitive eco- logical indicators of human intervention in forests of Araucaria trees at the Parque Estadual de Campos do Jordão, ... See full document

... costs, soil physical, chemical and biological improvement to promote production sustainable ...variability and the linear and special correlations between the plant and soil ... See full document

... horizon of P3, at a depth of ...oxidation of more soluble forms of iron (Figure ...content, and pores, promoting a red color surrounded by a fine yellowish-red material (Figure ... See full document

... (PCA) of spore and soil attributes with AMF species from three phytophysiognomies: Restinga Forest (REF), Lowland Ombrophilous Dense Forest (LLF) and Montane Ombrophilous Dense ... See full document

... determination of the humic acid (HA) and fulvic acid (FA) contents can provide an estimate of the effect of the different ecosystems studied on the process of humi- fication ... See full document

... effects of abiotic factors, such as water, on the functioning of ecosystems can be assessed by observational or manipulative experiments (Sala and Jackson, ...effects of soil moisture ... See full document