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cje ›› 2001, Vol. ›› Issue (5): 32-35.

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Change on the Comosition and Distribution of Soil Arthropod Community before and afier Burning in the Secondary Forest of Xishuangbanna

Yang Xiaodong, Tang Yong, Tang Jianwei   

  1. Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223
  • Received:2000-10-25 Revised:2001-04-03 Online:2001-10-10

Abstract: The effects of controlled burning of slash and burn agriculture on soil arthropod community of a 7 year tropical secondary forest in Xishuangbanna were studiedThe results showed that groups of soil arthropod decreased 28.57%,and individuals of soil arthropod reduced 72.7% after burningThe composition of soil arthropod communities changed as wellThe proportion of individuals of Acari,Collembola,Protura in the 0~15cm soil layer and Hymenoptera (ant) in burned leftover increased,and became dominant groups of soil arthropod communities after firingThe vertical structure of soil arthropod communities in secondary forest was disorderedThere were much more groups and individuals of soil arthropod in soil bottom than those in soil surface after fireThe diversity of soil arthropod communities decreased after fire

Key words: arid region, ecological restoration, sustainable development, farmer household livelihoods.

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