As the abundance and diversity of soil mesofauna in forest ecosystems is large, the aim of this present study was to evaluate the fluctuation and the populational number of individuals from mesofauna, amongst them Acari and Collembola, in three parts of forests placed in Bororó and Jaguapiú tribes and another one in Azulão farm, in a region of Dourados-MS. The experiment was led in a totally random outline in factorial 3 (fragment) x 5 (individuals) x 15 (period of sampling) with 10 repetitions. The samplings were carried out fortnightly, from February to September of 2005. The individuals were collected through a modified Berlesse funnel. Individuals Oribatida (Arachinida: Acari) were those which presented the highest populational numbers, differing statistically from Gamasida (Arachinida: Acari) and individuals Enthomobriidae (Collembola) during march, may and august of 2005, in all analysed parts. The individuals percentage from soil fauna in the three parts differed themselves statistically, being higher in Azulão area.
Acari; edaphic mesofauna; populational fluctuation
