Research Article

Land Use Intensification Effects in Soil Arthropod Community of an Entisol in Pernambuco State, Brazil

Table 5

Parameters and indices used to assess arthropod communities under native forest and the different agricultural land uses studied.

Abundance ± std
(Ind·pitfall·day−1)
CVShannon
index
Pielou
index
Mean richnessTotal
richness

Native forest 34.72.7090.7128.414
Elephant grass37.81.6410.4448.413
Apple guava69.50.4390.1158.214
Passion fruit15.02.9830.7648.615
Carrot45.81.1500.36369
Maize30.22.5620.8084.49
Tomato18.22.7490.86779
Green pepper20.91.2670.366811