Long-term effects of fertilization on soil organism diversity

TAF de Souza, H Freitas - … Agriculture Reviews 28: Ecology for Agriculture, 2018 - Springer
Fertilization applied in long-term farming systems exerts a crucial influence on soil organism
diversity and soil properties. This chapter reviews the use of fertilizers for conventional and …

Conserving the invisible common: advances and challenges of the insect conservation in Brazil

CAS Souza, IRS Cordeiro, OM Magalhães… - Brazilian Archives of …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Abstract In 2019, B. Jarvis paraphrased E. Wilson in that “insects are a case study in terms of
the invisible importance of the common”. However, threats to insect diversity are rapidly …

Caracterização da macrofauna edáfica em sistemas de produção de grãos no Sudoeste do Piauí

DP Santos, GG Santos, IL Santos… - Pesquisa …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
O objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar a macrofauna edáfica em sistemas de produção de
grãos sob plantio direto e convencional no Sudoeste do Piauí, na região de Matopiba …

Cover crop farming system affects macroarthropods community diversity in Regosol of Caatinga, Brazil

LN de Melo, TAF de Souza, D Santos - Biologia, 2019 - Springer
The influence of a 3-years cultivation of legumes on macroarthropod community composition
was investigated. Soil samples were taken from a field experiment which was conducted for …

Impact of exotic pastures on epigeic arthropod diversity and contribution of native and exotic plant sources to their diet in the central Brazilian savanna

VT Pompermaier, TB Kisaka, JF Ribeiro, GB Nardoto - Pedobiologia, 2020 - Elsevier
Much of the Brazilian savanna (known locally as the Cerrado) has been converted to
pasture of African C4 grasses (exotic pastures) for livestock production. The resulting habitat …

Effects of environmental parameters on beetle assemblage in a fragmented tropical rainforest of South America

RP Salomão, LC Brito, L Iannuzzi, AFA Lira… - Journal of Insect …, 2019 - Springer
As a result of habitat fragmentation, the environmental structures of forest remnants change
and alter their microclimatic conditions. Edaphic beetles comprise several families that are …

[HTML][HTML] La macrofauna edáfica, indicadora de contaminación por metales pesados en suelos ganaderos de Mayabeque, Cuba

MA Mesa-Pérez, M Echemendía-Pérez… - Pastos y …, 2016 - scielo.sld.cu
Se realizó un estudio con el objetivo de evaluar el comportamiento de la macrofauna
edáfica en suelos ganaderos de la provincia Mayabeque, Cuba, con diferentes grados de …

Ecological importance of lepidopteran defoliators on eucalyptus plantations based in faunistic and natural enemy analyses

TC Ghiotto, MC Barbosa, JC Guerreiro… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Areas planted with Eucalyptus urophylla ST Blake variety platyphylla F. Muell.(Myrtaceae)
expand annually in most regions of Brazil. Many lepidopteran species defoliate this plant …

What a few hairs can tell us about the resource use of giant armadillos

M Magioli, N Attias, G Massocato, D Kluyber… - Integrative …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding of resource requirements of vulnerable species is key for conservation
planning. Here, we used stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen isotopes (δ15N) of hair from …

Soil macrofauna in a Cerrado/Caatinga ecotone under different crops in Southwestern Piauí State, Brazil

DP Santos, TR Schossler, IL Santos, NB Melo… - Ciência Rural, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Objetivou-se caracterizar a macrofauna edáfica sob diferentes cultivos comparando-os a
vegetação nativa de ecótono Cerrado/Caatinga no Sudoeste do Piauí. As áreas estudadas …