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Morphological Diversity of Coleoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) in Agriculture and Forest Systems

Pâmela Niederauer Pompeo, Luís Carlos Iuñes de Oliveira, Marcielli Aparecida Borges dos Santos, Álvaro Luiz Mafra, Osmar Klauberg, Dilmar Baretta

30/Oct/2017

ABSTRACT Coleopterans (Coleoptera) are major ecosystem service providers. However ecomorphological features that are comparable in a wide range of invertebrates within this group and in various environments must be found, to be able to study regions with different species, contributing to overcome difficulties of the taxonomic approach and understand the functioning of ecosystems. This research addressed the diversity of Coleoptera, using a methodology of ecomorphological traits, as well as their relation with the land use systems (LUS) and the soil […]

Biological Soil Properties in Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forest Systems

Paula Camylla Ramos Assis, Luís Fernando Stone, André Luís Rodrigues da Silveira, Janaína de Moura Oliveira, Flávio Jesus Wruck, Beáta Emöke Madari

12/Jun/2017

ABSTRACT Currently, agricultural productivity and sustainable development are the desired bases for the creation of production systems. Farming for greater production and the efficient use of soil resources are at the core of modern systems. However, the way in which agricultural management and practices can change soil quality has become increasingly important. The aim of this study was to detect changes in soil biological properties caused by implementation of the integrated crop-livestock-forest system (iCLF) and to identify the properties suitable […]