Oribatid mites and springtails from a coffee plantation in Sierra Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico

• Main Authors: Aldo Bernal Rojas, José G. Palacios‑vargas, Norma E. García‑calderón
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: em Sierra Sur; Oaxaca; México; Mite; Springtail
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1032.1446; http://seer.sct.embrapa.br/index.php/pab/article/download/1385/5795/

Abstract – The objective of this work was to compare the oribatid mite and springtail communities in three plots with different soil use – Coffee (CP), secondary vegetation or fallow fields (acahual, A) and a cloud mountain forest (CMF) – within a coffee plantation located in Santa Maria Huatulco, Oaxaca State, Mexico. In each plot 20 samples (10 of soil, 10 of litter) were taken and processed in Berlese funnels. The extracted fauna was preserved in 70% ethanol. A total of 3,031 oribatid mites belonging to 33 species, and 1,177 specimens of springtails belonging to 43 species, were collected. The number of species recorded was: 27 at CP (14 oribatids; 13 springtails), 44 at A