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Biodiversity of Soil Mesofauna Associated with the Design of Home Gardens in Mapuche Agroecosystems—Case Study in the Araucanía Region

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  • Santiago Peredo Parada

    (Group of Agroecology and Environment (GAMA), University of Santiago de Chile, Santiago 7501015, Chile)

  • Claudia Barrera Salas

    (Group of Agroecology and Environment (GAMA), University of Santiago de Chile, Santiago 7501015, Chile
    STAND Group, University of Granada, C.U. de Cartuja, Calle P. Vicente Callao 3, 18011 Granada, Spain)

  • Sara Burbi

    (Group of Agroecology and Environment (GAMA), University of Santiago de Chile, Santiago 7501015, Chile
    Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127 Pisa, Italy)

Abstract

Home gardens play a transcendental role in food sovereignty, for which the management of habitats above ground and underground are complementary strategies. This study aims to compare the biodiversity of soil mesofauna groups between agroecosystems with a conventional and an agroecological design. Through the combination of quantitative (plant inventories) and qualitative (mobile interviewing and talking maps) techniques, the units of this study was described. Soil samples were mounted in a Berlesse–Tullgren system, and the abundance, richness, diversity, and equality of soil organisms were determined. The relationships between functional groups were compared taxonomically and biocenotically. The results indicated higher equality in the conventional home garden, while the communities studied present a medium taxocenotic similarity, without great biocenotic differences. The diversity and richness of taxa, as well as the abundance in each group identified, were higher in the agroecological garden, which had more medicinal and aromatic plants.

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  • Santiago Peredo Parada & Claudia Barrera Salas & Sara Burbi, 2023. "Biodiversity of Soil Mesofauna Associated with the Design of Home Gardens in Mapuche Agroecosystems—Case Study in the Araucanía Region," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-15, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:12:y:2023:i:9:p:1704-:d:1229591
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