02151nab a2200301 i 4500 BR-BrBNA 20260330143929.0 260330b2019 bl.qr|pooa||| 00| 0 eng | BR-BrBNA eng F40 P01 K10 Nascimento, Mariana dos Santos Barreto-Garcia, Patrícia Anjos Bittencourt Scoriza, Rafael Nogueira Pereira, Jhuly Ely Santos Edaphic Macrofauna as Indicator of Edge Effect in Semi-deciduous Forest Fragments Publicação on-line; 39 ref.; 3 tables; 1 illus.; Summary (En) ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate the edge effect using the macrofauna community of the soil as indicator in three fragments of Semi-deciduous Seasonal Forest in the city of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil. Three sampling ranges denominated edge, transition and interior were delimited in each fragment. The macrofauna community was sampled at two seasons of the year (dry and wet). Monoliths were collected from soil at 10 cm depth in each range. The density and richness of the fauna, as well as the Shannon diversity index and the Pielou equitability index, were calculated. It was observed that the edge effect is expressed from the presence/absence of orders of individuals in the different fragment ranges, with no interference in the density, average wealth or number of individuals in each group. The edaphic community presents higher density and average richness in the dry period within the transition and interior range of the fragments. Keywords: fragmentation, density, richness. FLORESTA MATA ATLÂNTICA ECOLOGIA FLORESTAL PRESERVAÇÃO DA NATUREZA 2929 347952 Rio de Janeiro-RJ Instituto de Florestas - UFRRJ 1994 2025-0451 Floresta e Ambiente (Brazil) 1415-0980 / ISSN 2179-8087 0nline v. 26(3) p. 1-8; (2019) BR2026000223 https://www.scielo.br/j/floram/a/3WVkj4mQxgrTXMnP3L5GLgF/?format=pdf&lang=en ANA 341144 341144