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| Morais,José W de; Oliveira,Viviane dos S; Dambros,Cristian de S; Tapia-Coral,Sandra C; Acioli,Agno N S. |
| The mesofauna has an important function in the soil and it is represented mainly by Acari Oribatida and Collembola. We report the first data on the density and diversity of the soil mesofauna in Benjamin Constant, Amazonas State, Brazil. The following systems were evaluated: primary forest, secondary forest, agroforestry system, cultivated areas and pastures. A total of 101 samples were collected 100 m apart from each other and specimens were collected by using Berlese-Tullgren method. The highest density was registered in secondary forest (29,776 specimens.m-2). Acari Oribatida was the dominant group (7.072 specimens.m-2) in the pasture, suggesting that mites show higher capacity of adaptation to disturbed environments and/or due to the presence of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Soil invertebrate; Biodiversity; Soil fauna; Tropical forest. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2010000200001 |
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