Towards an ecological index for tropical soil quality based on soil macrofauna Em busca de um índice ecológico para a qualidade de solo tropical com base na macrofauna edáfica

The objective of this work was to construct a simple index based on the presence/absence of different groups of soil macrofauna to determine the ecological quality of soils. The index was tested with data from 20 sites in South and Central Tabasco, Mexico, and a positive relation between the model a...

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Main Authors: Esperanza Huerta, Christian Kampichler, Violette Geissen, Susana Ochoa-Gaona, Ben de Jong, Salvador Hernández-Daumás
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Embrapa Informação Tecnológica 2009-08-01
Series:Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2009000800039