plantations may influence soil fauna directly or indirectly. this research was conducted in order to study the influence of species plantations on soil macrofauna. plantations of eight tree species including nitrogen fixing trees and non-nitrogen fixing trees based on complete randomized block design with 3 replicates were established in 1372 in dez riverside. soil macrofauna were studied rando...

Soils represent a large carbon pool, approximately 1500 Gt, equivalent to almost three times the quantity stored in terrestrial biomass and twice the amount stored in the atmosphere. Any modifi cation of land-use or land management can induce variations in soil carbon stocks, even in agricultural systems that are perceived to be in a steady state. Th ese modifi cations also alter soil macrofaun...

abstract soil invertebrate and their spatial pattern are affected strongly by environmental factors. spatial variability of soil properties is one of the most important reasons of the macrofauna variability. this study was conducted to investigate the spatial variability of soil properties and soil macrofauna biomass in the riparian forest landscape of karkhe river. soil macro fauna were sample...

Running title: 23 Soil macrofauna in the 'Quesungual' agroforestry system 24 25 2 Abstract 26 Smallholder agroforestry systems often incorporate features that are associated with abundant, 27 diverse soil macrofauna populations. This study sampled soil macrofauna communities across 28 four major land uses present within agricultural landscapes where the Quesungual Slash-and-29 Mulch Agroforestr...

Soil macrofauna play major roles in ecosystem functioning; however the ecological effects of macrofauna are influenced by their spatial distribution. Close relationships to soil properties are one major factor for determining spatial pattern of macrofauna. Information about macrofauna distribution pattern is scarce especially at regional scales. The limited numbers of studies available suggest ...

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