Cacao agroforestry systems improve soil fertility: Comparison of soil properties between forest, cacao agroforestry systems, and pasture in the Colombian Amazon

LR Suárez, JCS Salazar, F Casanoves… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
The objective of our work was to evaluate soil quality in different cacao agroforestry systems
(AFS) in the Colombian Amazon. We compared soil quality of AFS at the study site with soil …

[HTML][HTML] Terrestrial invertebrates as bioindicators in restoration ecology: A global bibliometric survey

FLG Borges, M da Rosa Oliveira, TC de Almeida… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodiversity promotion activities, such as ecological restoration, are recognized as
instruments to arrest and mitigate the diminishing health of ecosystems. The restoration of …

Soil macroarthropod community and soil biological quality index in a green manure farming system of the Brazilian semi-arid

KS Forstall-Sosa, TAF de Souza, E de Oliveira Lucena… - Biologia, 2021 - Springer
Soil macroarthropods are organisms considered as key factors to sustain soil quality and
sustainability due to their services to soil ecosystem. The community structure and seasonal …

[HTML][HTML] Improvement of vegetation structure enhances bird functional traits and habitat resilience in an area of ongoing restoration in the Atlantic Forest

MA Melo, MAG SILVA, AJ Piratelli - Anais da Academia Brasileira de …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Ecological restoration is a traditional option for recovering biodiversity and ecosystem
functions. Birds perform pollination, seed dispersal, and pest-control services, which …

Soil macrofauna under different land uses in the Colombian Amazon

LR Suárez, YTP Josa, EJA Samboni… - Pesquisa …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
The objective of this work was to evaluate the soil macrofauna and the bioindicator
taxonomic groups associated with different land uses in the Colombian Amazon. Twelve …

Macrofauna edáfica: composición, variación y utilización como bioindicador según el impacto del uso y calidad del suelo

GCC Dávila, JAS Rendón… - Acta Botánica …, 2022 - revistasgeotech.com
La macrofauna edáfica como parte de la biodiversidad terrestre contribuye con importantes
servicios ecosistémicos, entre los más relevantes, el secuestro y la liberación del carbono …

Soil biota community composition as affected by Cryptostegia madagascariensis invasion in a tropical Cambisol from North-eastern Brazil

EO de Lucena, T Souza, SIA da Silva, S Kormann… - Tropical Ecology, 2021 - Springer
We aimed to analyse the effects of Cryptostegia madagascariensis' invasion on soil biota
community composition from a tropical Fluvisol at the Brazilian Northeast. We collected soil …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity and abundance of soil macrofauna in three land use systems in eastern Amazonia

WLF Vasconcelos, DM Rodrigues… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Given the influence of edaphic macrofauna in the physical, chemical, and biological
processes that sustain the organic matter cycle in the soil of tropical ecosystems, this study …

Conserving the invisible common: advances and challenges of the insect conservation in Brazil

CAS Souza, IRS Cordeiro, OM Magalhães… - Brazilian Archives of …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Abstract In 2019, B. Jarvis paraphrased E. Wilson in that “insects are a case study in terms of
the invisible importance of the common”. However, threats to insect diversity are rapidly …

Soil quality restoration during the natural succession of abandoned cattle pastures in deforested landscapes in the Colombian Amazon

CH Rodríguez-León, CP Peña-Venegas, A Sterling… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Successional processes in abandoned pastures in the Amazon region have been well-
documented for the floristic component; however, soil succession has been poorly studied …