Soil termites in primary forest, secondary forest and an agroforestry plantation system in central Amazonia.
Litter and soil termites were collected with soil cores (21cm diameter) in a primary forest site, a secondary forest site and two sites of a polyculture plantation system in central Amazonia (Brazil), in three-monthly intervals from 1997 to 1999. Termite genus diversity, abundance and biomass all were highest in the primary forest. The values in the secondary forest were half those of the primary forest, and they were lowest in the plantation systems, indicating that the latter sites may suffer from functional constraints concerning the process of organic residue decomposition.
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| Format: | Parte de livro biblioteca |
| Language: | English eng |
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1999
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| Subjects: | Brasil, Amazonas, Manaus, Tropical rain forest, Agrossilvicultura, Biomassa, Cultivo Multiplo, Cupim de Montículo, Decomposição, Fauna Edáfica, Floresta Tropical Úmida, Isoptera, Matéria Orgânica, Serapilheira, Termitidae, agroforestry, biomass, degradation, forest litter, multiple cropping, organic matter, soil fauna, |
| Online Access: | http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/669561 |
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