The study was conducted on an agroecological family farm in Morro Redondo (RS) in order to verify local knowledge about soil fauna and management practices in ecological horticultural production systems. The family farmer emphasized the role of earthworms in the soil and recognized the influence of management practices on soil fauna. The soil fauna density was higher in winter time, but the diversity was reduced and the dominance was increased. The potential use of local knowledge as a valuable contribution to academic knowledge for assessing the influence of management practices on soil fauna is discussed in this paper
ethnoecology; soil invertebrates; Enchytraeidae; Oligochaeta
