Soil Macrofauna Communities in a Native Atlantic Forest Fragment in Brazil

42 soil macrofauna taxa were assessed in February 2001 at the Mata dos Godoy State Park in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil. The data was collected by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) using the standard Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme (TSBF) methodology, hand-sorting monoliths down to 40 cm depth.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil biodiversity patterns based on taxa abundance data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing community composition of soil-dwelling organisms in a native forest fragment
• Benchmarking soil macrofauna data collected via the TSBF standard methodology

Strengths

• Data collection follows the standardized TSBF methodology, aiding comparability.
• Taxonomic assessment covers 42 distinct soil macrofauna groups.

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

Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA)

Collection Method

Monoliths were hand-sorted for litter and soil-dwelling taxa following the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme (TSBF) standard methodology.

Time Range

February 2001

Geography

Mata dos Godoy State Park, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil