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Soil macrofauna communities in urban public parks of Curitiba, Paraná state, Brazil
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Abstract
Soil macrofauna communities were evaluated in five urban parks of the city of Curitiba, Paraná state, Brazil: Barigui, Tingui, Barreirinha and Passaúna Municipal parks and the Botanic Garden. Samples were taken in November 2013 and July 2014 in two areas of each park: one with native Atlantic Forest, and the other with a grass lawn. Five samples were taken in each land use on each date, using the standard methodology of the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme (TSBF), where soil (down to 20 cm depth) and litter fauna were hand-sorted from monoliths of 25x25 cm, and the abundance of a total of 42 taxa was assessed.