ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Algeria’s Semi-Arid Lands: Edaphic Fauna Diversity in Different Land-Use Systems
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Laboratory of Natural Resources and Management of Sensitive Environments, Larbi Ben M’hidi University, Oum-El-Bouaghi 04000, Algeria
 
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Department of Nature and Life Sciences, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Nature and Life Sciences, Larbi Ben M’hidi University, Oum-El-Bouaghi 04000, Algeria
 
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Department of Nature and Life Sciences, Faculty of life Sciences, University Batna 2, 05000, Algeria
 
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Department of Ecology, Université 8 mai 1945, Guelma, Guelma, 24000, Algeria
 
 
Submission date: 2024-04-19
 
 
Final revision date: 2024-08-11
 
 
Acceptance date: 2024-08-23
 
 
Online publication date: 2024-11-21
 
 
Corresponding author
Hinda Hafid   

Laboratory of Natural Resources and Management of Sensitive Environments, Larbi Ben M’hidi University, Oum-El-Bouaghi 04000, Algeria
 
 
 
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The objective of the study was to analyze the variety of soil fauna in various land-use systems, including fallow, apple, olive, apricot, pistachio, durum wheat, soft wheat, and garlic. Pitfall traps and the TSBF method were used to evaluate the organisms; beyond the organisms, they were categorized into major taxonomic groups (orders). The diversity was measured utilizing abundance, mean and total richness, equitability, and Shannon indices. Pistachio (584 individuals/m2) and fallow (577 individuals/m2) had the highest abundance, according to the results, whereas nurseries had the lowest number (22 individuals/m2). The highest values of biological indices were favored by uniform fallow land management (H’=1.79). 49.58% of the data along the main axis and 31.89% of the data along the secondary axis were explained by principal component analysis (PCA). The results presented illustrate the significant variations in abundance and diversity between the different land-use systems, highlighting the impact of these practices on soil fauna dynamics.
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