Open AccessEscala de independencia espacial de la mesofauna edáfica en un transecto bosque-pastizal del Jardín Botánico Francisco Javier Clavijero
Author(s) -
Diana Marcela Aguirre Rueda,
Simoneta NegreteYankelevich,
Carlos Fragoso González
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acta zoológica mexicana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2448-8445
pISSN - 0065-1737
DOI - 10.21829/azm.2011.271744
Subject(s) - coccidae , soil mesofauna , edaphic , forestry , sampling (signal processing) , transect , scale (ratio) , geography , ecology , biology , botany , cartography , soil biology , pest analysis , soil water , homoptera , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
In order to evaluate the scale of spatial patterns in edaphic mesofauna in a pasture-forest gradient, a collection of soil samples was obtained from a transect, followed by faunal extraction, counting and sorting. Only Sternorrhyncha (except Coccidae) and Coccidae geostatistical analysis showed spatial dependence within the scale 25-500 cm. Results suggest a revision of the current methods of soilfauna sampling, in which sampling intensity and intervals could be optimized for each taxon.