Changes in soil arthropod functional group in a wheat crop under conventional and no tillage systems in Argentina

• Published in: Applied soil ecology : a section of Agriculture, ecosystems & environment Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 61 - 68
• Main Authors: Marasas, M.E, Sarandón, S.J, Cicchino, A.C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.09.2001; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Argentina; Arthropod biomass; arthropod communities; Arthropod fauna; Biological and medical sciences; Cropping systems. Cultivation. Soil tillage; detritivores; feeding preferences; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; no-tillage; Pitfall traps; plowing; predatory arthropods; Soil ecology; soil insects; Soil tillage; species diversity; Tillage practices; Tillage. Tending. Growth control; Triticum aestivum; wheat soils; South America; Argentina; America; Tillage practices; Arthropod fauna; Arthropod biomass; Soil ecology; Pitfall traps; Monocotyledones; Pitfall trap; Soil tillage; Cultivated soil; Saprophagous; Zero tillage; Mollisols; Cereal crop; Agroecosystem; Trophic group; Soil fauna; Phytophagous; Gramineae; Arthropoda; Angiospermae; Spermatophyta; Predator; Invertebrata; Triticum aestivum

Different functional groups of soil arthropodofauna present in the agro-ecosystem can be severely modified by tillage practices. The abundance of different trophic groups subject to conventional tillage (CT) and no tillage (NT) practices were evaluated compared to a natural field boundary (FB) in a...