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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Structuring of the epigeal fauna in restoration of Brazilian semiarid forest in the short term

Juvenal Martins Gomes A , Wilbert Valkinir Cabreira https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8377-1083 B , Sandra Santana de Lima B , Rodrigo Camara de Souza B , Raissa Nascimento dos Santos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5067-6792 B , Ana Licia Patriota Feliciano C , Luiz Carlos Marangon C and Marcos Gervasio Pereira https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1402-3612 B *
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A Federal North Institute of Minas, Araçuaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

B Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

C Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.

* Correspondence to: mgervasiopereira01@gmail.com

Handling Editor: Patrick Lavelle

Soil Research 61(3) 284-294 https://doi.org/10.1071/SR21204
Submitted: 1 August 2021  Accepted: 27 September 2022   Published: 4 November 2022

© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing

Abstract

Context: The Caatinga biome, located in the Brazilian semiarid region, has few remnants of riparian forest. Thus, it is essential to know the effectiveness of strategies aimed at forest recovery.

Aims: The objective of this study was to investigate the use of the epigeal fauna as a bioindicator tool of soil quality and ecosystem sustainability to determine the best native forest restoration strategy in the Caatinga in Belém do São Francisco, Pernambuco, Brazil.

Methods: In areas previously dominated by Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC., three treatments were installed: conventional planting of native species (P), planting of native species in islands (applied nucleation, N), and natural regeneration (NR). These restoration treatments were compared with an area of high P. juliflora dominance (PJ). Epigeal fauna were captured in two periods of the year (wet and dry seasons) using pitfall traps in a completely randomised design. We estimated the total abundance, richness, diversity, and evenness, as well as the trophic guilds of the epigeal fauna.

Key results: The epigeal fauna organisms were distributed in 22 taxonomic groups. The Saprophagous Diplopoda group was exclusive to PJ. The Predator Pseudocorpionida group was not observed in the NR area in any period. Cluster analysis revealed more dissimilarity of the NR with the other areas.

Conclusions: In the short term (less than 2 years), P increased the diversity and richness of the epigeal fauna and promoted better structuring of the Microphagous/Saprophagous (Entomobryomorpha, Poduromorpha, and Symphypleona) trophic guild, while NR promoted better structuring of the Herbivorous (Auchenorryhncha and Heteroptera) and Saprophagous/Predator (Formicidae and Coleoptera) trophic guilds.

Implications: In the short term, conventional planting benefited the epigeal fauna due to the high diversity of planted species.

Keywords: applied nucleation, Caatinga, conventional planting, natural regeneration, Pielou evenness index, pitfall, Shannon diversity index, soil fauna.


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