Influence of compaction of a forest soil on the soil fauna in a subtropical region: I. Oribatei (Acari, Cryptostigmata) and Collembola (Insecta)

Ushiwata, Cláudio T; Sautter, Klaus Dieter; Kobiyama, Masato

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751995000400018

Abstract

An experiment to observe some changes of composition and population of Oribatei and Collembola was carried out on a Cambicsoil covered with Pinus taeda L. (Pinaceae). This study area is located on the Canguiri Experimental Station Center, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 20km north to Curitiba city, Brazil. The climate of the area is subtropical. The observations resulted in a conclusion that the compaction strongly changes the structure of edaphic mesofauna community as the consequence of the modification of physical properties of soils.

Oribatei; Collembola; compaction; subtropical region

Influence of compaction of a forest soil on the soil fauna in a subtropical region. I. Oribatei (Acari, Cryptostigmata) and Collembola (Insecta)

Cláudio T. Ushiwata^I; Klaus Dieter Sautter^II; Masato Kobiyama^III

^IGraduate Schools of Agriculture. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. Fuchu-city, Tokyo 183, Japan

^IICurso de Pós-graduação em Engenharia Florestal. Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 2959, 80001-970 Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

^IIIDepartamento de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Caixa Postal 476, 88040-900 Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil

ABSTRACT

An experiment to observe some changes of composition and population of Oribatei and Collembola was carried out on a Cambicsoil covered with Pinus taeda L. (Pinaceae). This study area is located on the Canguiri Experimental Station Center, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 20km north to Curitiba city, Brazil. The climate of the area is subtropical. The observations resulted in a conclusion that the compaction strongly changes the structure of edaphic mesofauna community as the consequence of the modification of physical properties of soils.

Key words: Oribatei, Collembola, compaction, subtropical region

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The autors are grateful to Dr. E. Franklin, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), for critical reading of this manuscript. Mr. L.M.P. Milla is thanked for a statistical analysis.

Recebido em 01.III.1994; aceito em 04.IV.1996.

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Christiansen, K. 1964. Bionomics of Collembola. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 9:147-178.
Dickerson, B.P. 1976. Soil compaction after tree-length skiddingin nothern Mississippi. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 40:965-966.
Gisin, H. 1960. Collembolenfauna Europas. Museum dHistoire Naturelle, Geneve, 312p.
Hermosilla, W.; A.R. Reca; J.A. Pujalte & J. Rubio. 1977. Effectos de la compactation del suelo sobre la fauna edafica en campos pastoreados (Partido de Chascomus, Provincia de Buenos Aires - Argentina). Physis 36 (92):227-236.
Kaiser, E.A.; C. Heiseer; G. Walenzik & O. Heinemeyer. 1991. The effect of mechanical soil compaction on microbial biomass development, Collembolan fauna, denitrification and mineralization in an agricultural location. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 66 (1):531-534.
King, K.L. & K.L. Hutchinson. 1980. Effects of superphosphate and stocking intensity on grassland microarthropods. J. Appl. Ecol. 17:581-591.
Kobiyama, M. & C.T. Ushiwata. 1993. Influence of compaction on physical properties of a forest soil. 1^st Panamerican Forestry Congress 1, Curitiba, p. 254-258.
Maack, R. 1968. Geografia Física do Estado do Parana. Curitiba, BNDEPR, 350p.
Muniz, P.J.C.; Baldanzi, G. & S.P. Netto. 1975. Ensaio de adubação em Pinus elliotti e Pinus taeda no sul do Brasil. Revista Floresta 5 (1):5-13.
Primavesi, A. 1978. O Manejo Ecológico do Solo: Agricultura em Regiões Tropicais, São Paulo, 541p.
Sands, R. & G.D. Bowen. 1979. Compaction of sandy soil in radiata pine forests. II. Effects of compaction on root configuration and growth of radiata pine seedlings. Aust. For. Res. 8:163-170.
Sautter, K.D. & H.R. dos Santos. 1991. Recuperação de solos degradados pela mineração de xisto, tendo como bioindicadores insetos da Ordem Collembola. Rev. Set. Ciênc. Agrár. 11 (1-2):85-91.
Thompson, A. & C.A. Edwards. 1974. Effects of pesticides on nontarget invertebrates in freshwater and soil, p. 341-375. In: W.D. Guenzi (Ed.). Pesticides in soil and water. Soil Sci. Soc. of America.
Tomlin, A.D. 1975. Toxicity of soil application of insecticides to three species of springtails (Collembola) under laboratory conditions. Can. Ent. 107:769-774.
Wolf, D. & A. Hadas. 1984. Soil compaction effects on cotton emergence. Trans. Amer. Soc. Agric. Engineers 27:655-659.

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1995

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[1] Aritajat, U.; D.S. Madge & P.T. Gooderham. 1977. The effects of compaction of agricultural soil on soil fauna. 1. Field investigations. Pedobiologia 17:262-282.

[2] Balogh, J. 1972. The Oribatid Genera of the World. Budapest, Akademiai Kiado, 181 p.

[3] Christiansen, K. 1964. Bionomics of Collembola. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 9:147-178.

[4] Dickerson, B.P. 1976. Soil compaction after tree-length skiddingin nothern Mississippi. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 40:965-966.

[5] Gisin, H. 1960. Collembolenfauna Europas. Museum dHistoire Naturelle, Geneve, 312p.

[6] Hermosilla, W.; A.R. Reca; J.A. Pujalte & J. Rubio. 1977. Effectos de la compactation del suelo sobre la fauna edafica en campos pastoreados (Partido de Chascomus, Provincia de Buenos Aires - Argentina). Physis 36 (92):227-236.

[7] Kaiser, E.A.; C. Heiseer; G. Walenzik & O. Heinemeyer. 1991. The effect of mechanical soil compaction on microbial biomass development, Collembolan fauna, denitrification and mineralization in an agricultural location. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 66 (1):531-534.

[8] King, K.L. & K.L. Hutchinson. 1980. Effects of superphosphate and stocking intensity on grassland microarthropods. J. Appl. Ecol. 17:581-591.

[9] Kobiyama, M. & C.T. Ushiwata. 1993. Influence of compaction on physical properties of a forest soil. 1^st Panamerican Forestry Congress 1, Curitiba, p. 254-258.

[10] Maack, R. 1968. Geografia Física do Estado do Parana. Curitiba, BNDEPR, 350p.

[11] Muniz, P.J.C.; Baldanzi, G. & S.P. Netto. 1975. Ensaio de adubação em Pinus elliotti e Pinus taeda no sul do Brasil. Revista Floresta 5 (1):5-13.

[12] Primavesi, A. 1978. O Manejo Ecológico do Solo: Agricultura em Regiões Tropicais, São Paulo, 541p.

[13] Sands, R. & G.D. Bowen. 1979. Compaction of sandy soil in radiata pine forests. II. Effects of compaction on root configuration and growth of radiata pine seedlings. Aust. For. Res. 8:163-170.

[14] Sautter, K.D. & H.R. dos Santos. 1991. Recuperação de solos degradados pela mineração de xisto, tendo como bioindicadores insetos da Ordem Collembola. Rev. Set. Ciênc. Agrár. 11 (1-2):85-91.

[15] Thompson, A. & C.A. Edwards. 1974. Effects of pesticides on nontarget invertebrates in freshwater and soil, p. 341-375. In: W.D. Guenzi (Ed.). Pesticides in soil and water. Soil Sci. Soc. of America.

[16] Tomlin, A.D. 1975. Toxicity of soil application of insecticides to three species of springtails (Collembola) under laboratory conditions. Can. Ent. 107:769-774.

[17] Wolf, D. & A. Hadas. 1984. Soil compaction effects on cotton emergence. Trans. Amer. Soc. Agric. Engineers 27:655-659.