Soil fauna changing in after‐pine harvesting's areas along a temporal gradient of Atlantic Forest regeneration

作者：Camila Elis Casaril, Luís Carlos Iuñes de Oliveira Filho, Mireli Moura Pitz Floriani, Dilmar Baretta, Osmar Klauberg Filho · 发表于：Annals of Applied Biology · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1111/aab.12932 · 被引用次数：4 · 研究领域：Fire effects on ecosystems、Rangeland and Wildlife Management、Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Abstract Monoculture of pine alters the soil fauna community structure, but forest farms, mixed with natural areas, are restoring the original vegetation to protect, the diversity and ecosystem functions. In restoration initiatives it is necessary to consider the soil fauna. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate how the process of restoration of the soil community occurs over time in areas after pine harvesting. Areas in natural regeneration with 4 and 10 years, pine plantations adjacent to these areas (representing previous use), and areas of natural forest (reference) were evaluated, it was evaluated three areas per treatment, with six sampling points spaced 30 m apart, totalling 18 sampling points for each treatment ( n = 18). Soil mesofauna and macrofauna were collected through soil monoliths and pitfall traps. The comparison of the statistical analysis was to check for changes in the soil fauna over time (4 and 10 years) compared with that observed in secondary forest areas. The study showed that, along the natural regeneration time (4 and 10 years), it was observed increments in the diversity and evenness of the soil community and a reduction in the dominance of groups like Formicidae and increases in the community structure complexity with the resurgence of micropredators/regulators (Collembola and Acari), litter transformers (Oligochaeta, Diplopoda, Blattodea, Coleoptera (Larva), Diptera (Larva) and Coleoptera) and predators (Pseudoscorpiones, Opiliones, Symp...