Temporal Variability of Edaphic Fauna and its Functional Groups in Agroforestry System
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https://doi.org/10.37002/biodiversidadebrasileira.v12i2.1918Keywords:
Climate changes, mixed ombrophilous forest, soil biota diversity, soil arthropodsAbstract
Soil biota abundance varies substantially across seasonal changes in subtropical ecosystems. The aim with this study was to evaluate soil organisms' abundance and diversity as affected by seasonality in an agroforestry system at the Southern Brazil. Using methods for specimen's extraction and identification on Family level and functional groups in different periods (e.g., seasons), we observed that during the spring, we found the highest abundance of Blattidae Carabidae, Larvae of Culicidae, Forficulidae, Halictophagidae, Larvae of Muscoidea e Nitidulidae, and for all identified functional groups (e.g., herbivores, ecosystem engineers, litter transformers, and predators). We also found that precipitation, minimal temperature, soil organic carbon and total nitrogen were the main factors contributing to the soil biota seasonal variation. Our results indicated the importance to consider Acaridae, Araneidae, Blattidae, Carabidae, Formicidae, Halictophagidae, Isotomidae, Larvae of Muscoidea, Nitidulidae, Paronellidae, Staphylinidae, Thripidae as bioindicators for environmental changes.Â
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