Does Tree ID and Tree Diversity Affect Soil Macrofauna Community?
Anthropological activities have led to rapid losses in biodiversity all around the world through overexploitation, eutrophication, habitat destruction, and landscape fragmentation (Hautier, 2010). As primary producers, the aboveground vegetation biodiversity has a strong impact on other dynamics of the ecosystem, including the soil fauna community. The soil macrofauna is heavily impacted by the aboveground vegetation as they use organic materials created by trees as the nutrient sources at different trophic levels and are dependent on the microhabitats created by trees. In this study, tree diversity and tree ID show some minimal impacts on the diversity and abundance of the macrofauna. On the other hand, soil properties such as moisture, pH, and net Nitrogen mineralization seem to be independent of tree diversity and tree ID.