@article{PAR00002297,
  title = {{S}oil macrofauna communities and cover crops in a {C}errado {O}xisol under no tillage},
  author = {{S}antos, {G}. {G}. and da {S}ilveira, {P}. {M}. and {M}archao, {R}. {L}. and {B}ecquer, {T}hierry and {B}albino, {L}. {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he objective of this work was to characterize soil fauna groups and to evaluate the effects of cover crops under no-tillage system, in a {C}errado {O}xisol, in two evaluation periods. {T}he cover crops: {C}rotalaria juncea, {C}ajanus cajan, {S}tylosanthes guianensis, {B}rachiaria brizantha, {B}rachiaria brizantha/{Z}ea mays association, {P}ennisetum glaucum, {P}anicum maximum and {S}orghum bicolor were cultivated from {N}ovember to {A}pril of each year. {C}ommon bean was sown every {S}eptember under centre pivot irrigation. {T}he area of each plot was 60 m(2). {S}oil monoliths (25x25 cm) were taken randomly from each plot, at 0-10 cm and 10-20 cm dephs, in {A}pril and {S}eptember, 2005, and macrofauna was hand sorted. {I}dentified groups in decreasing order of total density are: {F}ormicidae, {O}ligochaeta, {D}ermaptera, {C}oleoptera, {H}emiptera, {M}iriapoda, {I}soptera, {A}raneae, {L}epidoptera, {B}lattodea and {D}iptera larvae. {C}rotalaria juncea showed the highest macrofauna density, followed by {B}. brizantha, {B}. brizantha/{Z}ea mays association, {S}orghum bicolor, {S}tylosanthes guianensis, {C}ajanus cajans, {P}ennisetum. glaucum, {P}anicum maximum. {T}he use of cover species in no-tillage system, associated with irrigation, promotes soil colonization by macrofauna.},
  keywords = {soil biology ; tropical gramineous ; soil invertebrates ; soil quality ; crop rotation},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}esquisa {A}gropecuaria {B}rasileira},
  volume = {43},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {115--122},
  ISSN = {0100-204{X}},
  year = {2008},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00002297},
}