ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO STUDY SOIL EDAPHIC FAUNA

Os levantamentos realizados sobre popula\ue7\uf5es da fauna ed\ue1fica podem n\ue3o mostrar diferen\ue7as de abund\ue2ncia de organismos por esbarrarem na dificuldade de instala\ue7\ue3o das armadilhas de coleta, rotineiramente utilizadas. Contudo, para uma maior praticidade de implanta\ue7\ue3o e de determina\ue7\ue3o do n\uedvel populacional de organismos ed\ue1ficos, foi avaliada uma metodologia alternativa \ue0 armadilha de Tretzel (modificada), o m\ue9todo Provid, para a coleta da fauna ed\ue1fica, proposto pelos autores deste trabalho. Os dois m\ue9todos foram instalados em nove diferentes \ue1reas, com tr\ueas repeti\ue7\uf5es por m\ue9todo. As \ue1reas diferiram quanto \ue0 localiza\ue7\ue3o, tipo de solo e cobertura vegetal. Os par\ue2metros avaliados para a popula\ue7\ue3o da fauna ed\ue1fica foram riqueza: abund\ue2ncia e \uedndice de diversidade de Simpson. Diferen\ue7as estat\uedsticas significativas n\ue3o foram encontradas para os dois m\ue9todos de coleta de organismos ed\ue1ficos entre as nove \ue1reas analisadas para os par\ue2metros avaliados. Portanto, pode-se concluir que a metodologia de coleta da fauna ed\ue1fica pelo m\ue9todo Provid pode ser utilizada de uma forma t\ue3o eficiente quanto \ue0 armadilha de Tretzel modificada. O m\ue9todo Provid \ue9 pr\ue1tico e f\ue1cil de usar.Study of soil organisms population may not detect differences of organisms number due to the difficulty of pitfall installation methods routinely used. However, to a better practice and determination of population level of soil organisms, it was evaluated an alternative methodology to the pitfall Tretzel (modified). The method is called Provid, for the collection of the soil organisms, proposed by the authors of this work. The two methods were installed in nine different areas, with three replication for each method. The areas differed in terms of location, soil type and vegetable covering. The appraised parameters were richeness, abundance and Simpson\ub4s index. As results, it was not found significant statistical differences for the two methods of collection of organism\ub4s edaphios among the nine analyzed areas, for the appraised parameters. Therefore, that the methodology of collection of the soil organisms for the Provid method can be used as efficient as the pitfall Tretzel modified method. The Provid method is practical and easy to be managed