The Faunal composition of humus soil in Melghat forest of India
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biogenic, fauna, forest, humus soil, invertebrates, litterAbstract
A good soil consists of minerals and bioorganic substances. Biogenic part consists of soil animals ranging from microscopic animals to large animals and organized in to complex food web. Among the soil fauna, soil invertebrates are important component of tropical forest ecosystem. The Melghat forest is mixed dry deciduous type and soils are bouldry to gritty loam. The forest generates large volume of litter as they grow, but all the litter is converted to soil organic matter, the job is done by a complex community of bacteria, fungi and diverse invertebrate animals. The animal members of the soil biota are numerous and diverse. The most invertebrates were group of hexapods, myripods, arachnids and oligochits. The soil fauna characterized by the degree of presence in the soil or micro habitat utilization by different life forms. The present attempt was made to study the faunal composition of litter and humus soil.
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