INFLUÊNCIA DE DIFERENTES COBERTURAS FLORESTAIS NA FAUNA DO SOLO NA FLONA MÁRIO XAVIER, NO MUNICÍPIO DE SEROPÉDICA, RJ

Different forest coverings influence in the soil fa una at Flona Mario Xavier municipality of Seropedic aRJ. This study aims to develop a seasonal evaluation of different forest covering influence (secondary forest, sabia and andiroba manmade forest) on soil fauna of a Haplic Albaqualf. The soil fauna was collected with pitt fall traps along 7 days and ran domly distributed. Temperature and soil wet was observed with a geothermomether and by gravimetric method respectively right in the day of traps setting. Litter intake reduction at autumn promotes a microclimatic stress in soil interface ‐ soil-li tter and food for soil fauna, adversely affecting the activi ty and the Shannon & Pileau index. Andiroba and Sabia manmade forest had been similar and the secondary forest presented little similarity, which reflects diversity of the floristic areas. Formicidae and Co llembola were the dominant taxonomic groups in the evaluated areas.