Soil spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in native and reforested Araucaria forests

Pereira, José Luiz de Andrade Rezende; Cardoso, Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira; Brescovit, Antônio D.; Filho, Luís Carlos Iuñes de Oliveira; Segat, Julia Corá; Baretta, Carolina Riviera Duarte Maluche; Baretta, Dilmar

doi:10.1590/1678-992x-2019-0198

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“…Oonopidae was the most abundant family of the order Araneae. The presence of this family has been reported in other studies carried out in tropical forests and cultivated areas (Rosa et al, 2018;Pereira et al, 2021). Dupérré and Tapia (2017) also found that the Oonopidae family was the most abundant and concluded that this family is a very important component in Neotropical forests.…”

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Soil macrofauna, mesofauna and microfauna and their relationship with soil quality in agricultural areas in northern Colombia: ecological implications

Chamorro-Martínez¹,

Torregroza-Espinosa²,

Pallares³

et al. 2022

Revista Brasileira De Ciência Do Solo

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Soil fauna is an essential component of the soil ecosystem for maintaining nutrient cycling and biological soil fertility. This study assessed the soil biodiversity (macrofauna, mesofauna, and microfauna) to define strategies for the sustainable management of tropical agricultural soils. The study was carried out in 200 agricultural production units in the Department of Sucre, in northern Colombia. Physicochemical properties (organic matter, nitrogen, phosphorus, and pH) were determined for each soil sample. The Berlesse-Tullgren method was used to determine the composition of macrofauna and mesofauna, while the sown surface plate counting method was applied for microfauna. Community biodiversity was quantified with diversity indices, and Pearson correlation was carried out to determine the relationships between soil fauna and soil quality indicators. For the macrofauna, 1330 individuals were found, distributed in 22 orders and 65 families; the families Tenebrionidae, Formicidae, Staphylinidae, Scarabaeidae and Julide presented the highest abundance and distribution. Mesofauna presented 1,171 individuals, distributed in the classes Arachnida with seven families and Collembola with four families; the Scheloribatidae, Isotomidae and Galumnidae families presented the highest abundance and distribution. The indices of richness, Shannon-Wiener diversity and Simpson dominance indicated that biodiversity was higher for macrofauna. Pearson's correlation indicated significant correlations between soil mesofauna and soil organic matter (R 2 = 0.87; p≤0.05) and phosphorous (R 2 = 0.70; p≤0.05). The relationships between fauna and soil chemical properties indicate that soil biological diversity is sensitive to changes in the soil environment. This study revealed the importance of investigating the three components of soil fauna (macrofauna, mesofauna, and microfauna), since all three contribute to soil enrichment to grow nourished crops that allow plants to survive under climate change. Finally, this study may serve as a baseline to define strategies for sustainable management of tropical agricultural soils.

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Soil macrofauna, mesofauna and microfauna and their relationship with soil quality in agricultural areas in northern Colombia: ecological implications

Chamorro-Martínez¹,

Torregroza-Espinosa²,

Pallares³

et al. 2022

Revista Brasileira De Ciência Do Solo

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Ground-dwelling spider families and forest structure variables for monitoring ecologically sustainable logging operations

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Summary Approximately 80% of neotropical forests are subject to unsustainable economic practices, such as logging. Spiders are a megadiverse taxonomic group with a particularly great diversity in forest ecosystems and could help indicate the sustainability of logging operations. At six sites at 400–700 m altitude in the piedmont forest of north-western Argentina, spiders collected using pitfall traps and forest structure and spider assemblage structure variables were quantified in order to examine the association between them and to identify indicator spider families. Logging changes forest structure and seems to generate an unsuitable habitat for spiders associated with mature forests. The family taxonomic level is a good surrogate for spider morphospecies. The Mysmenidae, Nemesiidae, Theridiidae, Pholcidae, Hahniidae and Tetragnathidae families were associated with upper canopy cover of 20% or more and with more than two dead fallen trees per 0.1 ha and >15 live trees per 0.1 ha, found in unlogged forests. Bearing in mind that the piedmont forest of north-western Argentina is being logged in the absence of sustainability criteria, we suggest including spiders in monitoring schemes to complement the information obtained from more readily used groups, such as charismatic vertebrates.

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Responses of soil arthropods to fertilisation with ruminant manure in irrigated buffel grass production

Silva,

Andrade,

Gois

et al. 2023

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

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Soil spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in native and reforested Araucaria forests

Cited by 3 publications

References 37 publications

Soil macrofauna, mesofauna and microfauna and their relationship with soil quality in agricultural areas in northern Colombia: ecological implications

Soil macrofauna, mesofauna and microfauna and their relationship with soil quality in agricultural areas in northern Colombia: ecological implications

Ground-dwelling spider families and forest structure variables for monitoring ecologically sustainable logging operations

Responses of soil arthropods to fertilisation with ruminant manure in irrigated buffel grass production

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