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CAPTULO 1
La Macrofauna del Suelo: Un Recurso
Natural Aprovechable pero Poco
Conocido
J. J. Jimnez* , T. Decans**, R. J. Thomas* y
P. Lavelle***
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Ingenieros
del ecosistema
Transformadores
de la hojarasca
Micro-
depredadores
Microflora
Figura 1-2. Relaciones de interaccin entre los microorganismos y los macroorganismos del suelo. A
medida que aumenta el tamao del organismo, sus relaciones con la microflora van desde
la depredacin hasta el mutualismo externo e interno; adems, las estructuras biognicas
son cada vez ms slidas (Lavelle 1997).
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Galeras Propiedades
Cmaras hdricas
Seleccin de
partculas finas
Ingestin de grandes
cantidades de suelo
Domos
epgeos Pedognesis
Nidos
Figura 1-3. Efectos causados por los ingenieros ecolgicos en las propiedades fsicas del suelo (Lavelle
1997).
Figura 1-4. Efectos causados por las lombrices en la materia orgnica (MO) del suelo a diferentes
niveles de una escala temporal y una espacial (Lavelle 1997).
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