Soil macrofauna play major roles in ecosystem functioning; however the ecological effects of macrofauna are influenced by their spatial distribution. Close relationships to soil properties are one major factor for determining spatial pattern of macrofauna. Information about macrofauna distribution pattern is scarce especially at regional scales. The limited numbers of studies available suggest ...

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plantations may influence soil fauna directly or indirectly. this research was conducted in order to study the influence of species plantations on soil macrofauna. plantations of eight tree species including nitrogen fixing trees and non-nitrogen fixing trees based on complete randomized block design with 3 replicates were established in 1372 in dez riverside. soil macrofauna were studied rando...

Running title: 23 Soil macrofauna in the 'Quesungual' agroforestry system 24 25 2 Abstract 26 Smallholder agroforestry systems often incorporate features that are associated with abundant, 27 diverse soil macrofauna populations. This study sampled soil macrofauna communities across 28 four major land uses present within agricultural landscapes where the Quesungual Slash-and-29 Mulch Agroforestr...

the effects of land use, crop type and crop management on soil fauna were investigated with survey of four habitats in jajarm. the habitats included rangelands, alfalfa (medicago sativa l.) fields and low-input and high-input of wheat (triticum aestivum l.) fields, each with four sample units. in each sample unit, the macrofauna collected with pitfall traps, sorted and counted in terms of famil...

Studies were done to see the effects of five toxic baits based on metaldehyde and/or carbaryl on the taxonomic composition of soil meso and macrofauna, and determined the density of beneficial organisms in soybean under no tillage. Six treatments were tested and soil monoliths were taken before application and at 45 and 75 days after application (DAA). Before application, 1601 individuals were ...

Meurer, A.Z. & Netto,S.A. 2007. Seasonal dynamics of benthic communities in a shallow sublittoral site of Laguna Estuarine System (South, Brazil). Braz. J. Aquat. Sci. Technol. 11(2):53-62. ISSN 1808-7035. The seasonal variability of the benthic community in a shallow sublittoral site was analyzed at the Laguna Estuarine System, a chocked lagoon in South Brazil. Seasonal replicate samples for t...