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The importance of secondary tropical forests regarding the maintenance   of soil fauna abundance and diversity is poorly known. The aims of this   study were (1) to describe soil fauna abundance and diversity and (2)   to assess the determinants of soil fauna abundance and diversity in two   stands of a tropical semi-evergreen secondary forest. Soil macrofauna   and microarthropod abundance and soil macrofauna diversity were   described at two sites developed on different soils and with different   site histories: (1) a natural secondary stand (natural forest) under   two dominant tree species, Pisonia subcordata and Bursera simaruba, and   (2) a planted secondary forest (planted forest) under three tree   species, B. simaruba, Swietenia macrophylla, and Tabebuia heterophylla.   The effects of both soil and main tree species' litter quality were   assessed to explain soil fauna abundance and diversity. The abundance   of soil macrofauna was significantly higher in the soil under the   planted forest, and soil fauna communities were contrasted between the   two sites. In the planted forest, a soil-dwelling macrofauna community   developed (mainly consisting of the anecic earthworm Polypheretima   elongata). In the natural forest, soil macrofauna and microarthropod   communities were located at the soil surface. The effect of plant   litter quality varied according to each dominant tree species and was   superimposed to soil effect. The lowest macrofauna abundance was   associated with B. simaruba in the natural forest. T. heterophylla   supported a much greater macrofauna community than the two other tree   species studied at the same soil, and it appears likely that this is   due to the palatability of its leaves compared with the other trees   (low lignin, tannins, soluble phenols).

biology and fertility of soils

Soil fauna abundance and diversity in a secondary semi-evergreen forest in Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles): influence of soil type and dominant tree species