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Collembolans and Mites Communities as a Tool for Assessing Soil Quality: Effect of Eucalyptus Plantations on Soil Mesofauna Biodiversity


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1 Department of Soil Science, Laboratory of Soil Microbiology–Agronomy UFRGS. Av. Bento Goncalves, 7712, Porto Alegre/RS, CEP 91540-000, Brazil
2 Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calcada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
3 Agronomy Department, University of Florida, 3125 McCarty Hall B, Gainesville, FL 32611, PO Box 110500, United States
4 Santa Catarina State Rural Extension and Agricultural Research Agency, Cacador Experiment Station, Post Box 591, CEP 89500 - Cacador-SC, Brazil
 

This study aimed to assess the population dynamics of collembolans and mites in an area under eucalyptus cultivation and native grassland, and their use as bioindicators to quantify changes in soil quality. Soil samples were collected monthly and the microarthropods were extracted by the Berlese-Tullgren modified funnel method. There were differences in the abundance of mites and collembolans in the area, showing that eucalyptus alter the diversity of the micro-arthropods edaphic. The abundance of mites and collembolans was found to be an excellent tool for studying the impact of farming on edaphic biodiversity.

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Acari, Biological Indicators, Environmental Change, Springtails.
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Authors

Gleidson Gimenes Rieff
Department of Soil Science, Laboratory of Soil Microbiology–Agronomy UFRGS. Av. Bento Goncalves, 7712, Porto Alegre/RS, CEP 91540-000, Brazil
Tiago Natal-da-Luz
Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calcada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
Jose Paulo Sousa
Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Calcada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
Marcelo Osorio Wallau
Agronomy Department, University of Florida, 3125 McCarty Hall B, Gainesville, FL 32611, PO Box 110500, United States
Leandro Hahn
Santa Catarina State Rural Extension and Agricultural Research Agency, Cacador Experiment Station, Post Box 591, CEP 89500 - Cacador-SC, Brazil
Enilson Luiz Saccol de Sa
Department of Soil Science, Laboratory of Soil Microbiology–Agronomy UFRGS. Av. Bento Goncalves, 7712, Porto Alegre/RS, CEP 91540-000, Brazil

Abstract


This study aimed to assess the population dynamics of collembolans and mites in an area under eucalyptus cultivation and native grassland, and their use as bioindicators to quantify changes in soil quality. Soil samples were collected monthly and the microarthropods were extracted by the Berlese-Tullgren modified funnel method. There were differences in the abundance of mites and collembolans in the area, showing that eucalyptus alter the diversity of the micro-arthropods edaphic. The abundance of mites and collembolans was found to be an excellent tool for studying the impact of farming on edaphic biodiversity.

Keywords


Acari, Biological Indicators, Environmental Change, Springtails.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv110%2Fi4%2F713-719