Soil Macrofauna Communities in Integrated Production Systems in Paraná, Brazil

Soil macrofauna communities were sampled in September 2016 at the Canguiri Farm in Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil. The data likely contains abundance counts for 42 taxa across four different land use systems, each with three replicates. The study was conducted by Talita Ferreira of the Federal University of Paraná using the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme (TSBF) methodology.

Use Cases

• Compare soil biodiversity between integrated and conventional agricultural systems based on the described land use treatments.
• Model the relationship between land use type and macrofauna abundance based on the 42 assessed taxa.
• Analyze the effect of crop-pasture-forest integration on soil communities based on the agrosilvopastoral system description.

Strengths

• Data collection follows a standardized methodology (TSBF) for soil fauna sampling.
• Experimental design includes three replicates for each of the four land use systems.
• The description specifies the assessment of 42 distinct taxa.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Talita Ferreira, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Collection Method

Samples were hand-sorted from soil and litter monoliths (25x25 cm, down to 20 cm depth) using the TSBF standard methodology.

Time Range

September 2016

Geography

Canguiri Farm, Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil