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Structure and function of soil fauna communities in Amazonian anthropogenic and natural ecosystems

The soil biological conditions of two 5-year-old polyculture tree plantations in Amazonia were studied comparatively to a 13-year-old secondary forest and a nearby undisturbed primary forest. The polycultures had been planted to regenerate the soil degraded by land preparation and a former rubber tr...

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Autor principal: Höfer, Hubert
Outros Autores: Hanagarth, Werner, Garcia, Marcos Vinicius Bastos, Martius, Christopher, Franklin, E., Römbke, Jörg, Beck, Ludwig
Grau: Artigo
Idioma: English
Publicado em: European Journal of Soil Biology 2020
Assuntos:
Formicidae
Hevea Brasiliensis
Isoptera
Acesso em linha: https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/19146
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spelling oai:repositorio:1-19146 Structure and function of soil fauna communities in Amazonian anthropogenic and natural ecosystems Höfer, Hubert Hanagarth, Werner Garcia, Marcos Vinicius Bastos Martius, Christopher Franklin, E. Römbke, Jörg Beck, Ludwig Formicidae Hevea Brasiliensis Isoptera The soil biological conditions of two 5-year-old polyculture tree plantations in Amazonia were studied comparatively to a 13-year-old secondary forest and a nearby undisturbed primary forest. The polycultures had been planted to regenerate the soil degraded by land preparation and a former rubber tree monoculture. Abundance and biomass of functional groups of soil meso- and macrofauna were measured at three-months-intervals over 2 years and litterbag experiments with fauna exclusion were carried out. This paper concentrates on the description of the structure of the soil fauna communities, forming the background for an evaluation of the decomposition processes in polyculture plantations. Decomposition rates were strongly determined by the macrofauna particularly in primary forest, where large earthworms, termites and ants dominated the soil fauna. In the plantations, where litter originated predominantly from the non-planted, adventitious vegetation, an abundant decomposer fauna was found, in which however other groups or species dominated. Although decomposition rates in the plantations were about 60% lower and soil biological variables like organic matter-, nitrogen-content and water holding capacity were slightly lower than in the primary forest, conditions seem favourable for a manipulation of the soil fauna by management of secondary vegetation and litter quantities. © 2001 Éditions scientifiques et économiques Elsevier SAS. 2020-06-15T22:05:46Z 2020-06-15T22:05:46Z 2001 Artigo https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/19146 10.1016/S1164-5563(01)01089-5 en Volume 37, Número 4, Pags. 229-235 Restrito European Journal of Soil Biology
institution Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - Repositório Institucional
collection INPA-RI
language English
topic Formicidae
Hevea Brasiliensis
Isoptera
spellingShingle Formicidae
Hevea Brasiliensis
Isoptera
Höfer, Hubert
Structure and function of soil fauna communities in Amazonian anthropogenic and natural ecosystems
topic_facet Formicidae
Hevea Brasiliensis
Isoptera
description The soil biological conditions of two 5-year-old polyculture tree plantations in Amazonia were studied comparatively to a 13-year-old secondary forest and a nearby undisturbed primary forest. The polycultures had been planted to regenerate the soil degraded by land preparation and a former rubber tree monoculture. Abundance and biomass of functional groups of soil meso- and macrofauna were measured at three-months-intervals over 2 years and litterbag experiments with fauna exclusion were carried out. This paper concentrates on the description of the structure of the soil fauna communities, forming the background for an evaluation of the decomposition processes in polyculture plantations. Decomposition rates were strongly determined by the macrofauna particularly in primary forest, where large earthworms, termites and ants dominated the soil fauna. In the plantations, where litter originated predominantly from the non-planted, adventitious vegetation, an abundant decomposer fauna was found, in which however other groups or species dominated. Although decomposition rates in the plantations were about 60% lower and soil biological variables like organic matter-, nitrogen-content and water holding capacity were slightly lower than in the primary forest, conditions seem favourable for a manipulation of the soil fauna by management of secondary vegetation and litter quantities. © 2001 Éditions scientifiques et économiques Elsevier SAS.
format Artigo
author Höfer, Hubert
author2 Hanagarth, Werner
Garcia, Marcos Vinicius Bastos
Martius, Christopher
Franklin, E.
Römbke, Jörg
Beck, Ludwig
author2Str Hanagarth, Werner
Garcia, Marcos Vinicius Bastos
Martius, Christopher
Franklin, E.
Römbke, Jörg
Beck, Ludwig
title Structure and function of soil fauna communities in Amazonian anthropogenic and natural ecosystems
title_short Structure and function of soil fauna communities in Amazonian anthropogenic and natural ecosystems
title_full Structure and function of soil fauna communities in Amazonian anthropogenic and natural ecosystems
title_fullStr Structure and function of soil fauna communities in Amazonian anthropogenic and natural ecosystems
title_full_unstemmed Structure and function of soil fauna communities in Amazonian anthropogenic and natural ecosystems
title_sort structure and function of soil fauna communities in amazonian anthropogenic and natural ecosystems
publisher European Journal of Soil Biology
publishDate 2020
url https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/19146
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