The habitat of the geophagous tropical earthworm minhocuçu Chibui bari (Righi; Guerra, 1985), up to 60 cm long, are different soils in the state of Acre. The activity of this species results in the production of large amounts of nutrient-rich casts. The objective of this study was to evaluate maize growth in soil with activity of the earthworm Chibui bari. The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse of the University Federal of Acre, in Rio Branco, Acre, in 2009. […]

The objective of this study was to study the effects of soil macrofauna on physical and chemical attributes and spectral reflectance of an Oxisol, Ultisol and Vertisol in Piracicaba (SP), Brazil. Along a topossequence, the soil aggregates produced by ants (Atta sp.), termites (Cornitermes cumulans) and earthworms (Pontoscolex corethrurus), were collected and compared with the control soil without recent visible animal activity. Soil chemical analysis and granulometry were carried out. The soil spectral behavior was determined in laboratory with a […]