Relationship scales of soil arthropods and vegetation structure of Cerrado phytophysiognomies

Siqueira, Glécio M.; Silva, Raimunda A.

doi:10.1590/1807-1929/agriambi.v26n7p479-487

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Articles • Rev. bras. eng. agríc. ambient. 26 (7) • July 2022 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1807-1929/agriambi.v26n7p479-487 copy

Relationship scales of soil arthropods and vegetation structure of Cerrado phytophysiognomies¹ 1 Research developed at Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia da Amazônia, Chapadinha, Maranhão, Brazil

Relações de escala de artrópodes do solo e a estrutura da vegetação de fitofisionomias de Cerrado

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HIGHLIGHTS:

Soil arthropods and vegetation represent complex systems.

Soil arthropods and vegetation are related on multiple scales.

Joint correlations of soil arthropods and vegetation were stronger than their single statistical correlations.

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to assess the scale relationships of soil arthropods and the vegetation structure of Cerrado phytophysiognomies. The experimental plots were set in areas with dense Cerrado (T1), typical Cerrado (T2), and sparse Cerrado (T3). The edaphic fauna was collected at 128 points through pitfall traps, and the vegetation was evaluated in subplots of 9 m². The data were evaluated using descriptive statistics, geostatistics, multifractal analysis, and joint multifractal analysis. The soil arthropods and vegetation structure were adjusted to a geostatistical model, except for arborescent plants (T1) and arthropod abundance and arboreal plants (T2), which showed a pure nugget effect. The studied variables showed different degrees of multifractality. The graphs of joint multifractal dimension showed circular lines with high values of joint correlation for the pairs of arthropod richness versus the abundance of plant strata (r = -0.498), arthropod richness versus herbaceous plants (r = 0.323), and arthropod richness versus arboreal plants (r = 0.451) at T1. The soil fauna was influenced by the composition of the plant strata. The plots with dense Cerrado (T1) and sparse Cerrado (T3) showed the greatest spatial dependence between the samples. The multifractal analysis showed that the plot with sparse Cerrado (T3) had the greatest heterogeneity of measurement along the geometric support. In contrast, the greatest asymmetry of the singularity spectrum was described for the plot with dense Cerrado (T1). The use of geostatistical and multifractal analysis tools enabled us to characterize the scale relationships between the variables.

Key words:
biological indicators; plant formations; Brazilian savanna; geostatistics; multifractal

	Clay	Silt	Sand	OC (g dm^-3)	pH (CaCl₂)	P (mg dm^-3)	K⁺	Ca²⁺	Mg²⁺	SB	CEC	V%
	(%)			OC (g dm^-3)	pH (CaCl₂)	P (mg dm^-3)	(mmol_c dm^-3)					V%
Transect 1 (T1)	8	6	86	20	4.3	2	2.1	9	7	21.8	52.0	42.0
Transect 2 (T2)	16	6	78	12	4.3	5	3.7	6	4	19.8	48.4	40.9
Transect 3 (T3)	14	6	80	20	4.5	13	2.5	13	4	19.5	47.5	41.1

	Sum	Mean	SD	CV (%)	Skewness	Kurtosis	D*
T1 – Dense Cerrado
Arthropod abundance	3.456	27.000 a	22.722	84.155	1.439	2.084	0.137n
Arthropod richness		5.781 a	2.416	41.806	0.475	0.999	0.167Ln
Abundance of plant strata	4.479	34.992 a	18.205	52.025	1.276	2.770	0.121n
Herbaceous	1.346	10.516 a	6.926	65.863	1.311	2.154	0.154Ln
Arborescent	1.142	8.922 a	10.071	112.881	7.671	74.435	0.216Ln
Arboreal	1.991	15.555 a	9.948	63.953	1.031	1.437	0.123n
DBH	408.950	3.220 a	2.219	68.914	2.393	7.332	0.226Ln
T2 – Typical Cerrado
Arthropod abundance	1.629	12.727 b	10.838	85.160	1.610	3.367	0.165Ln
Arthropod richness		4.726 b	2.589	54.781	0.409	0.630	0.122n
Abundance of plant strata	4.205	32.852 a	10.764	32.765	0.527	-0.147	0.104n
Herbaceous	1.200	9.375 a	4.631	49.400	0.657	0.022	0.101n
Arborescent	1.240	9.688 a	4.543	46.899	1.090	1.858	0.144Ln
Arboreal	1.765	13.789 a	8.438	61.197	0.845	-0.004	0.123n
DBH	467	3.652 a	1.577	43.178	2.572	13.615	0.140n
T3 – Sparse Cerrado
Arthropod abundance	2.343	18.305 b	18.837	102.910	1.384	2.303	0.166Ln
Arthropod richness		2.867 c	1.949	67.999	0.526	0.436	0.145Ln
Abundance of plant strata	3.228	25.219 b	8.800	34.893	0.474	0.952	0.094n
Herbaceous	1.254	9.797 a	5.095	52.006	0.902	1.151	0.114n
Arborescent	930	7.266 a	3.959	54.495	1.372	3.948	0.120n
Arboreal	1.044	8.156 b	3.881	47.583	0.543	0.311	0.086n
DBH	402	3.142 a	1.538	48.962	1.483	2.939	0.177Ln

Variables	Model	C₀	C₁	A (m)	SDR (%)
T1 – Dense Cerrado
Log Arthropod abundance	Gaussian	1.70	0.50	100	77.27
Log Arthropod richness	Spherical	0.20	0.08	70	74.07
Log Abundance of plant strata	Spherical	0.30	0.25	80	54.54
Log Herbaceous	Spherical	0.60	0.53	115	53.09
Log Arborescent	Pure nugget effect
Log Arboreal	Gaussian	1.09	0.70	110	60.89
Log DBH	Spherical	0.50	0.20	110	71.42
T2 – Typical Cerrado
Log Arthropod abundance	Pure nugget effect
Log Arthropod richness	Spherical	0.30	0.10	83	75.00
Log Abundance of plant strata	Spherical	0.18	0.08	65	69.23
Log Herbaceous	Spherical	0.42	0.21	70	66.66
Log Arborescent	Spherical	0.40	0.12	70	76.92
Log Arboreal	Pure nugget effect
Log DBH	Gaussian	0.21	0.16	80	56.75
T3 – Sparse Cerrado
Log Arthropod abundance	Spherical	1.70	0.90	110	65.38
Log Arthropod richness	Spherical	0.25	0.16	80	60.97
Log Abundance of plant strata	Spherical	0.23	0.16	60	57.50
Log Herbaceous	Spherical	0.45	0.17	80	72.58
Log Arborescent	Spherical	0.50	0.20	70	71.42
Log Arboreal	Spherical	0.40	0.27	60	59.70
Log DBH	Spherical	0.30	0.17	80	63.82

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Relationship scales of soil arthropods and vegetation structure of Cerrado phytophysiognomies1 1 Research developed at Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia da Amazônia, Chapadinha, Maranhão, Brazil

Relações de escala de artrópodes do solo e a estrutura da vegetação de fitofisionomias de Cerrado

HIGHLIGHTS:

ABSTRACT

Relationship scales of soil arthropods and vegetation structure of Cerrado phytophysiognomies¹ 1 Research developed at Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia da Amazônia, Chapadinha, Maranhão, Brazil