Effect of brushwood transposition on the leaf litter arthropod fauna in a cerrado area
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2013-09-01
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Benetton Vergilio, Paula Cristina [UNESP]
Naschenveng Knoll, Fatima do Rosario [UNESP]
Mariano, Daniela da Silva
Dinardi, Nagila Maiara [UNESP]
Ueda, Marcos Yukio
Cavassan, Osmar [UNESP]
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo
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The results of ecological restoration techniques can be monitored through biological indicators of soil quality such as the leaf litter arthropod fauna. This study aimed to determine the immediate effect of brushwood transposition transferred from an area of native vegetation to a disturbed area, on the leaf litter arthropod fauna in a degraded cerrado area. The arthropod fauna of four areas was compared: a degraded area with signal grass, two experimental brushwood transposition areas, with and without castor oil plants, and an area of native cerrado. In total, 7,660 individuals belonging to 23 taxa were sampled. Acari and Collembola were the most abundant taxa in all studied areas, followed by Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, and Symphyla. The brushwood transposition area without castor oil plants had the lowest abundance and dominance and the highest diversity of all areas, providing evidence of changes in the soil community. Conversely, the results showed that the presence of castor oil plants hampered early succession, negatively affecting ecological restoration in this area.
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ecological restoration, signal grass, mesofauna, Acari, Collembola
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Revista Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo. Vicosa: Soc Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo, v. 37, n. 5, p. 1158-1163, 2013.