EMBRAPA FLORESTAS | Soil macrofauna communities in various land use systems in Itatinga, São Paulo, Brazil

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Soil macrofauna communities were evaluated in February 2014 in a number of land use systems in Itatinga, São Paulo state, Brazil. At the University of São Paulo Forestry Department Experimental Station, the following land uses were studied: 1) a mixed Eucalyptus grandis and Acacia mangium tree plantation; 2) an Acacia mangium tree plantation; 3) a Eucalyptus grandis tree plantation; and 4) a semi-deciduous native Atlantic Forest fragment. At a private farm in the Distrito de Lobo, the following land uses were sampled: 1) a mixed Eucalyptus grandis and Acacia mangium tree plantation; 2) an Acacia mangium tree plantation; 3) a Eucalyptus grandis tree plantation; 4) a sugarcane plantation; and 5) a permanent pasture. At the Fazenda Americana of the Duratex Company, a Eucalyptus sp. plantation was sampled on two soil textural types: a sandy clay loam and a clay loam. Samples were taken using the standard methodology of the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme (TSBF), where soil (down to 20 cm depth) and litter fauna were hand-sorted from monoliths of 25x25 cm, and the abundance of a total of 42 taxa was assessed.

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