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- Title
LAND USE AT ST. MARTA RANGE, LOS TUXTLAS, VERACRUZ, MEXICO - HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE COLLEMBOLA COMMUNITY?
- Authors
GÓMEZ-ANAYA, J. A.; CASTAÑO-MENESES, G.; PALACIOS-VARGAS, J. G.
- Abstract
The abundance of Collembola families were studied in three localities with four different landuse types: forest, agroforestry, grassland and corn crop, all located in the Santa Marta Range, Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, Veracruz, Mexico. Samples of litter and soil were collected in each land use during the dry season, February and March 2005, and processed by Berlese-Tullgren funnels. In addition, physical and chemical parameters of soil were measured. A nested MANOVA was applied to evaluate land-use and site effect on edaphic parameters, and a nested ANOVA was used to evaluate their effect on the Collembola abundance. In addition to this, a Cluster Analysis (CA) and Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) were used. Besides, Shannon diversity index was calculated. A total of 1,088 collembolans from seven families were gathered, with the most abundant being Isotomidae, Entomobryidae and Hypogastruridae. The nested MANOVA and ANOVA revealed significant effect of the site and land-use on the soil parameters and Collembola abundance, respectively. CA formed two main groups based mainly on sites and biotopes. The CCA, showed that abundance of Onychiuridae and Odontellidae are related with altitude, Na and Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC). Diversity was higher in forest than in corn crop and grassland. The corn crop showed a higher incidence of Isotomidae and Entomobryidae than the other sites. Thus, the changes in the Collembola community at family level can be useful to recognize the quality of soil in different land uses.
- Subjects
LAND use; FORESTS &; forestry; AGROFORESTRY; GRASSLANDS; CORN; COLLEMBOLA; SOIL testing
- Publication
Applied Ecology & Environmental Research, 2018, Vol 16, Issue 4, p4357
- ISSN
1589-1623
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15666/aeer/1604_43574373