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- Title
Oligochaetes (Clitellata) of the Mata Atlântica (Parana, Brazil): first results of the SOLOBIOMA project.
- Authors
Römbke, Jörg; Collado, Rut; Schmelz, Rüdiger M.
- Abstract
In the framework of the German-Brazilian SOLOBIOMA project, oligochaete worms (mainly Glossoscolecidae and Enchytraeidae) are being sampled in early, medium, and advanced secondary forests and pastures under different soil conditions in the Brazilian Mata Atlântica (in total 27 sites). One objective of this work is to identify the factors that determine the presence or absence of species. Preliminary results indicate that the species diversity of earthworms is low and does not differ between the various forest and soil types, whereas their abundance and biomass are highly variable. The enchytraeid communities show a different picture with high taxonomic diversity, but low abundance and biomass at nearly all sites.
- Subjects
GERMANY; OLIGOCHAETA; BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; FORAGE plants; SPECIES diversity; BIODIVERSITY
- Publication
Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Biology, Ecology, 2005, Vol 54, Issue 4, p302
- ISSN
1406-0914
- Publication type
Article