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| Ferreira,Aila Soares; Rocha,Isabel Medeiros dos Santos; Bellini,Bruno Cavalcante; Vasconcellos,Alexandre. |
| ABSTRACT The spatial distribution of abiotic resources and environmental conditions can vary at small scales within terrestrial ecosystems, influencing the composition of soil fauna. Epiedaphic springtails (Collembola) of a semiarid Caatinga ecosystem were studied to determine if factors related to vegetation structure, such as species richness, aerial biomass, litterfall, and soil characteristics (pH, granulometry and soil organic matter), influence species richness and abundance of this group. A total of 5,513 individuals were collected of 15 species distributed in 13 genera and 9 families. The most abundant species were Temeritas sp., with 2,086 (38% of the total abundance) individuals, and Neotropiella meridionalis (Arlé, 1939), with 1,911 (35% of the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Caatinga; Diversity; Soil dynamics; Soil mesofauna; Neotropical Region. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702018000100324 |
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| Ernesto,Matilde Vasconcelos; Liberal,Carolina Nunes; Ferreira,Aila Soares; Alves,Ana Claudia Firmino; Zeppelini,Douglas; Martins,Celso Feitosa; Pereira-Colavite,Alessandre; Creão-Duarte,Antônio José; Vasconcellos,Alexandre. |
| Abstract: In detritus-based trophic systems, springtails, dung beetles, saprophagous calyptrate flies and termites consume and fragment organic matter and control populations of decomposer microorganisms, exerting a strong influence on energy and nutrient fluxes. A faunal inventory of these four groups of hexapods was performed in Serra de Santa Catarina (SSC), an area of arboreal-shrub caatinga located in the state of Paraíba, with the purpose of characterizing the assemblages of these taxa, and highlighting their unique links to the local ecosystem. Samplings were performed in May, 2014, and April, 2015, both during the rainy season. Standard sampling protocols for biodiversity inventory of the various taxa were used, including both active and passive... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Coleoptera; Collembola; Diptera; Isoptera; Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests; Semiarid. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032018000200303 |
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