Soil Macrofauna Communities in Atlantic Forest Fragments with Varying Disturbance Levels

Soil macrofauna communities were evaluated in three semi-deciduous seasonal Atlantic Forest fragments with different disturbance levels in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil. Sampling was performed in August and December 2005 at three sites representing primary forest, intermediate regeneration, and initial regeneration stages. The data likely contains the abundance of 42 taxa, assessed using the standard Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme methodology.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between forest disturbance levels and soil macrofauna abundance based on the described sampling sites.
• Comparing taxonomic composition across primary and regenerating forest stages based on the 42 assessed taxa.
• Analyzing spatial distribution of soil fauna based on the 5x5 square grid sampling design with 10-meter intervals.

Strengths

• Sampling was conducted at three distinct sites representing a gradient of forest disturbance and regeneration.
• The study assessed the abundance of a total of 42 different taxa.
• Sampling followed a structured 5x5 grid with 25 samples per fragment, using a standardized methodology (TSBF).

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, which limits suitability assessment.
• The dataset is from a specific study in 2005; its temporal and geographic generalizability may be limited.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Vanesca Korasaki, Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, via paperswithcode.

Collection Method

Soil and litter fauna were hand-sorted from monoliths of 25x25 cm using the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme (TSBF) standard methodology.

Time Range

August and December 2005

Geography

Londrina, Paraná, Brazil (Mata dos Godoy State Park, Arthur Thomas Municipal Park, Horto Florestal of the Universidade Estadual de Londrina)