Soil Macrofauna Communities Across Seven Land Use Systems in Paraná, Brazil

October 2013 and January 2014 sampling of soil macrofauna communities on a private farm in Santo Inácio, Paraná, Brazil. The data likely contains abundance records for 42 taxa across seven land use systems, including agrosilvopastoral, silvopastoral, pasture, sugarcane, and native forest. The dataset was created by Herlon Nadolny of Universidade Federal do Paraná using the standard TSBF methodology.

Use Cases

• Compare soil macrofauna abundance and diversity based on land use system type described in the study.
• Model relationships between agricultural practices (e.g., conventional tillage vs. agroforestry) and soil community composition.
• Assess the conservation value of native Atlantic Forest fragments relative to managed agricultural systems for soil fauna.
• Analyze seasonal variation in soil macrofauna communities between the October and January sampling periods.

Strengths

• Sampling follows the standardized Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme (TSBF) methodology.
• Covers seven distinct land use systems, allowing for comparative analysis.
• Assesses the abundance of a total of 42 different taxa.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single farm location, which may limit geographic generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Herlon Nadolny, Universidade Federal do Paraná, via paperswithcode.

Collection Method

Soil and litter fauna were hand-sorted from 25x25 cm monoliths down to 20 cm depth.

Time Range

October 2013, January 2014

Geography

Estância JAE farm, Santo Inácio, Paraná, Brazil