Soil macrofauna communities in Brazilian land-use systems

Brown, George, Demetrio, Wilian, Gabriac, Quentin, Pasini, Amarildo, Korasaki, Vanesca, Oliveira, Lenita, dos Santos, Julio, Torres, Eleno, Galerani, Paulo, Gazziero, Dionisio, Benito, Norton, Nunes, Daiane, Santos, Alessandra, Ferreira, Talita, Nadolny, Herlon, Bartz, Marie, Maschio, Wagner, Dudas, Rafaela, Zagatto, Mauricio, Niva, Cintia, Clasen, Lina, Sautter, Klaus, Froufe, Luis, Seoane, Carlos Eduardo, de Moraes, Aníbal, James, Samuel, Alberton, Odair, Brandão júnior, Osvaldino, Saraiva, Odilon, Garcia, Antonio, Oliveira, Elma, César, Raul, Corrêa-Ferreira, Beatriz, Bruz, Lilianne, da Silva, Elodie, Cardoso, Gilherme, Lavelle, Patrick, Velásquez, Elena, Cremonesi, Marcus, Parron, Lucília, Baggio, Amilton, Neves, Edinelson, Hungria, Mariangela, Campos, Thiago, da Silva, Vagner, Reissmann, Carlos, Conrado, Ana, Bouillet, Jean-Pierre, Gonçalves, José and Peres, Carlos and et al. (2024) Soil macrofauna communities in Brazilian land-use systems. Biodiversity Data Journal, 12. ISSN 1314-2836

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Abstract

Background Soil animal communities include more than 40 higher-order taxa, representing over 23% of all described species. These animals have a wide range of feeding sources and contribute to several important soil functions and ecosystem services. Although many studies have assessed macroinvertebrate communities in Brazil, few of them have been published in journals and even fewer have made the data openly available for consultation and further use. As part of ongoing efforts to synthesise the global soil macrofauna communities and to increase the amount of openly-accessible data in GBIF and other repositories related to soil biodiversity, the present paper provides links to 29 soil macroinvertebrate datasets covering 42 soil fauna taxa, collected in various land-use systems in Brazil. A total of 83,085 georeferenced occurrences of these taxa are presented, based on quantitative estimates performed using a standardised sampling method commonly adopted worldwide to collect soil macrofauna populations, i.e. the TSBF (Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme) protocol. This consists of digging soil monoliths of 25 x 25 cm area, with handsorting of the macroinvertebrates visible to the naked eye from the surface litter and from within the soil, typically in the upper 0–20 cm layer (but sometimes shallower, i.e. top 0–10 cm or deeper to 0–40 cm, depending on the site). The land-use systems included anthropogenic sites managed with agricultural systems (e.g. pastures, annual and perennial crops, agroforestry), as well as planted forests and native vegetation located mostly in the southern Brazilian State of Paraná (96 sites), with a few additional sites in the neighbouring states of São Paulo (21 sites) and Santa Catarina (five sites). Important metadata on soil properties, particularly soil chemical parameters (mainly pH, C, P, Ca, K, Mg, Al contents, exchangeable acidity, Cation Exchange Capacity, Base Saturation and, infrequently, total N), particle size distribution (mainly % sand, silt and clay) and, infrequently, soil moisture and bulk density, as well as on human management practices (land use and vegetation cover) are provided. These data will be particularly useful for those interested in estimating land-use change impacts on soil biodiversity and its implications for below-ground foodwebs, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem service delivery. New information Quantitative estimates are provided for 42 soil animal taxa, for two biodiversity hotspots: the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes. Data are provided at the individual monolith level, representing sampling events ranging from February 2001 up to September 2016 in 122 sampling sites and over 1800 samples, for a total of 83,085 ocurrences.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	atlantic forest,agriculture,biodiversity,bioindicators,land-use impacts,soil macroinvertebrates,insect science,ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics,animal science and zoology,agricultural and biological sciences (miscellaneous),plant science,ecology,sdg 15 - life on land ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1109
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	15 Apr 2025 15:30
Last Modified:	23 Apr 2025 10:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/99045
DOI:	10.3897/BDJ.12.e115000

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