International Colloquium on Soil Zoology
25-29 August, 2008
Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainable Management of Soil Animals
Positivo Theater - Petit Auditorium

Monday, 25 August
9h – 9h30 Inaugural Session
9h30 – 10h Introductory Presentation – Soil Zoology in the 21st Century: Present and future challenges. PATRICK LAVELLE (Université Paris VI/IRD, France)

10h – 10h20 Coffee Break

Session 1. Soil Animal Biodiversity: The Final Frontier
10h20 – 14h30 Theme I: Monitoring Soil Animal Biodiversity
Chair-persons: José Paulo Souza & Nobuhiro Kaneko

10h20 – 10h50 Introductory Presentation – Soil fauna community composition: a trait perspective. MATTYHIAS BERG (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

10h50 – 11h10 Talk 1 - BISPO, A.; CREAMER, R.; DOMBOS, M.; FUCHS, M.; GRAEFE, U.; SOUSA, J.P.; PERES, G.; RÖMBKE, J.; RUTGERS, M.; WINDING, A. Monitoring the decline of soil biodiversity in European soils

11h10 – 11h30 Talk 2 - CLUZEAU, D.; PERES, G.; CANNAVACCIUOLO, M.; BELLIDO, A.; GUERNION, M.; RUIZ, N.; CORTET, J.; MATEILLE, T.; MARTIN-LAURENT, F.; VELASQUEZ, E.; MERCIER, V.; BISPO, A.; VILLENAVE, C.; RANJARD, L.; CHASSOUD, R.; ROUGE, L.; JOLIVET, C.; LERMERCIER-FOUCAULT, B.; PONGE, J.F. How to manage and analyse a large biodiversity data set: the case of the regional “RMQS BioDiv” experience?

11h30 – 11h50 Talk 3 - ZAITSEV, A.S.; BERG, M.P.; VAN STRAALEN, N.M. Landscape age explains spatial trends in oribatid mite diversity

11h50 – 12h10 Talk 4 - LINDO, Z. Patterns of diversity in arboreal and terrestrial oribatid mite communities

12h10 – 13h50 Lunch

13h50 – 14h10 Talk 5 - SILVA, P.M.; BERG, M.P.; BOLGER, T.; GAMA, M.M.; LUKKARI, T.; PONGE, J.F.; SIMON, C.; TRASER, A.; VANDERGEN, A.J.; BRENNAN, A.; DUBS, F.; IVITIS, E.; STOFER, S.; WATT, A.D.; SOUSA, J.P. Can species traits tell a more consistent story than taxonomical composition? A study on effects of a forest fragmentation gradient on Collembola over 8 European countries

14h10 – 14h30 Talk 6 - ROUGERIE, R.; DECAENS, T.; DEHARVENG, L.; CHANG, C.H.; JAMES, S.; PROCO, D.; HEBERT, P. DNA barcodes for soil animal taxonomy: transcending the final frontier

14h30 – 17h20 Theme II: Soil Animals As Environmental Bioindicators
Chair-Persons: Thibaud Decaëns & Maurizio Paoletti

14h30 – 15h Introductory Presentation – Which bioindicators are better? Is it feasible to assess environmental health with just a few taxa? MAURIZIO PAOLLETI (Pádova University, Italy)

15h – 15h20 Talk 1 - MENDES, S.; RUIZ-CAMACHO, N.; FREITAS, H.; LAVELLE, P.; SOUSA, J.P. Bioindicators and biological indexes of soil quality. Improving the application of IBQS index in assessing effects of management practices on Mediterranean areas using soil epigeal macrofauna

15h20 – 15h40 Talk 2 - SCHON, N.L.; YEATES, G.W.; MACKAY, A.D.; HEDLEY, M.J.; MINOR, M.A. Towards an invertebrate-based index of soil health for pastoral soils in New Zealand

15h40 – 16h Coffee Break

16h – 16h20 Talk 3 - BISPO, A.; GRAND, C.; GALSOMIES, L. From the development to the selection of soil bioindicators for monitoring soil quality and assessing ecological risks linked to contaminants

16h20 – 16h40 Talk 4 - VILLENAVE, C.; RABARY, B.; CHOTTE, J.L.; BLANCHART, E.; DJIGAL, D. The use of nematofauna as indicator of soil ecosystem functioning in long term experiment on tillage and cover crops in Madagascar

16h40 – 17h Talk 5 - BIHN, J.H.; VERHAAG, M. Ants as environmental indicators in the Mata Atlântica

17h – 17h20 Talk 6 - RAUB, F. What can soil arthropods indicate at different taxonomic levels in tropical agro-ecosystems?

17h20 – 18h Break

18h – 19h Special Guest Presentation – Soil animal biodiversity: The final frontier. HENRI M. ANDRÉ (Louvain University, Belgium)

19h – 21h Welcome Cocktail

Tuesday, 26 August
Session 2. Soil Animals as Pests and Beneficials in Sustainable Land Use Systems

8h30 – 12h Theme I: Soil Animals as Pests and Beneficials
Chair-persons: Juvenil Cares & Geoff Baker

8h30 – 9h Introductory Presentation – Balancing our act: Optimizing functional biodiversity in soils whilst minimizing the impact of pest species. GEOFF BAKER (CSIRO, Australia)

9h – 9h20 Talk 1 - CARES, J.E; ANDRADE, E.P. The potential of soil nematodes as a tool for monitoring sustainability in Amazonian land use systems

9h20 – 9h40 Talk 2 - BUTENSCHOEN, O.; SCHEU, S. Interactions of litter diversity and decomposer diversity on nitrogen fluxes during litter decomposition - a microcosm study using 15N stable isotopes

9h40 – 10h Talk 3 - LAOSSI, K.R.; NOGUERA, D.; BAROT, S. Effects of endogeic and anecic earthworms on the competition between annual plants in a microcosm

10h – 10h20 Coffee Break

10h20 – 10h40 Talk 4 - KANEKO, N.; KAWAGUCHI, T.; TOYOTA, A.; NISHIZAWA, T.; NAGAOSA, K.; IWASHIMA, N.; OHTA, H.; KATO, K.; MASUNAGA, T.; MURAKAMI, M.; HIURA, T. Linking earthworm activity to plant growth by cast analysis in a cool temperate forest in Japan

10h40 – 11h Talk 5 - HUERTA, E.; MONTEJO-MENESES, E.; VIDAL, O.; JARQUIN, A. How earthworms may enhance Zea mays and Capsicum sp. production

11h – 11h20 Talk 6 - LASZCANO, C.; REVILLA, P.; MALVAR, R.A.; ORDÁS, B.; GÓMEZ-BRANDÓN, M.; MONROY, F.; DOMÍNGUEZ, J. Nutritional and non-nutritional effects of vermicompost on the growth and yield, of sweet maize (Zea mays L.): role of plant genotype and effects on soil properties.

11h20 – 11h40 Talk 7 - YANG, X.; YU, G.; DU, J.; ZHANG, H. Exotic earthworm (Pontoscolex corethrurus) invasions in rubber plantation in Xishuangbanna, Southwestern China: distribution, population dynamics and ecosystem consequences.

11h40 – 12h Talk 8 - SNYDER, B.A.; CALLAHAM Jr., M.C.; LOWE, C.N.; ROSTKOWSKI, S.C.; HENDRIX, P.F. Interactions between the invasive earthworm Amynthas agrestis (Megascolecidae) and the North American millipede Sigmoria ainsliei (Xystodesmidae).

12h – 13h30 Lunch

13h30 – 15h Posters, Sessions 1 and 2 (in dinning room)

15h – 17h50 Theme II: Soil Animal Ecology and Ecotoxicology
Chair-persons: Marcos Garcia & Jörg Römbke

15h – 15h30 Introductory Presentation – Ecotoxicological assessment of contaminated land. ROMAN KUPERMAN (Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, USA)

15h30 – 15h50 Talk 1 - THEIßEN, B.; SCHÄFFER, A.; ROß-NICKOLL, M. The relevance of characterizing biocoenoses in agricultural landscapes for the risk assessment of plant protection products – Is it possible to define a typical collembolan coenosis of in-crop and off-crop habitats?

15h50 – 16h10 Coffee Break

16h10 – 16h30 Talk 2 - CHELINHO, S.; LOPES, I.; NATAL-DA-LUZ, T.; DOMENE, X.; ANDRADE, A.; ESPINDOLA, E.; RIBEIRO, R.; SOUSA, J.P. Assessing the impact of pesticides in tropical ecosystems: a case study with carbofuran in Brazil

16h30 – 16h50 Talk 3 - LUMARET, J.P.; MARTINEZ, I.M.; CRUZ, M.R. Suspected effects on dung beetle populations (Coleoptera) of the regular applications of an herbicide

16h50 – 17h10 Talk 4 - OWOJORI, O.J.; REINECKE, A.J.; VOUA-OTOMO, P.; REINECKE, S.A. Comparative effects of salinity on survival and reproduction in three soil organisms (Enchytraeus doerjesi, Folsomia candida, and Eisenia fetida)

17h10 – 17h30 Talk 5 - GÓMEZ-BRANDÓN, M.; LAZCANO, C.; LORES, M.; BAATH, E.; DOMÍNGUEZ, J. Effects of earthworms on the microbial community structure and activity during vermicomposting

17h30 – 17h50 Talk 6 - FABER, J.H.; VAN DER HOUT, A.; MARTAKIS, G.F.P.; KOOLS, S.A.E. Density dependent functioning of Lumbricus rubellus in soil processes

Wednesday, 27 August
Technical Tours
8h – 18h

Thursday, 28 August

Session 3. Soil Zoology in the Tropics
8h30 – 14h Theme I: Soil Zoology in the Neotropics
Chair-persons: M. Adetola Badejo & Hubert Höfer

8h30 – 9h Introductory Talk – Importance of soil animals in tropical ecosystems, with a special emphasis on termites. CHRISTOPHER MARTIUS (ICARDA, Uzbekistan)

9h – 9h20 Talk 1 - BAROIS, I.; VELASQUEZ, E.; LAVELLE, P.; NEGRETE-YANKELEVICH, S.; GARCIA, J.A.; ALVAREZ-SANCHEZ, J.; CASTILLO-CAMPOS, G.; CRAM, S.; FRAGOSO, C.; FRANCO-NAVARRO, F.; MARTINEZ-ROMERO, E.; MEZA, E.; BUENO-VILLEGAS, J.; GOMEZ, J.; SORMANI, C. Soil quality parameters that determine the below ground biodiversity in Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico

9h20 – 9h40 Talk 2 - PODGAISKI, L.R.; QUADROS, A.F.; ARAUJO, P.B.; OTT, R. Influence of artificial shelters on distribution and abundance of Neotropical terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Oniscidea) in a forest soil

9h40 – 10h Talk 3 - QUADROS, A.F.; ARAUJO, P.B.; ZIMMER, M.; CAUBET, Y. Coexistence of two Neotropical terrestrial isopods: Dynamics, reproductive strategies and resource use

10h – 10h20 Coffee Break

10h20 – 10h40 Talk 4 - SCHMIDT, P.; HÖFER, H. Field experiments managing soil fauna and soil fertility in a central Amazonian polyculture

10h40 – 11h Talk 5 - HOPP, P.W.; OTTERMANNS, R.; HÖFER, H.; MARQUES, R.; ROSS-NICKOLL, M. Recovery of leaf-litter beetles during forest regeneration in the Atlantic Forest of Southern Brazil

11h – 11h20 Talk 6 - VERHAAG, M.; RABELING, C. Ants as soil organisms - methods and results from diversity and ecological studies in the Neotropics

11h20 – 11h40 Talk 7 - SCHMELZ, R.M.; RÖMBKE, J.; COLLADO, R. Enchytraeid distribution in different habitat types of Southern Brazil

11h40 – 12h Talk 8 - SCHEUERMANN, L.; RAUB, F.; HÖFER, H. Monitoring spider diversity to assess the potential of secondary forests for biodiversity conservation in the southern Mata Atlântica

12h – 13h40 Lunch

13h40 – 14h Talk 9 - MAGDALENA-VAZQUEZ, M.; ALVARES, G.; MONTANO, H.; KLOMPEN, H. Mexico, a center of diversity for Opilioacarida (Acari: Parasitiformes)

14h – 15h10 Theme II: Soil Zoology in the Paleotropics
Chair-persons: Elizabeth Franklin & David Bignell

14h – 14h30 Introductory Presentation – ASB and CSMBGBD: towards a universal sampling protocol for soil biotas in the humid tropics. DAVID BIGNELL (Queen Mary University of London, UK)

14h30 – 14h50 Talk 1 – TONDOH, J.E.; GUEI, A.M.; CZUZDI, C. An integrated method for a rapid assessment of earthworm communities in tropical ecosystems

14h50 – 15h10 Talk 2 – BADEJO, A. Challenges in taxonomic studies of oribatid mites in Nigeria and Brazil

15h10 – 15h30 Coffee Break

15h30 – 17h Posters, Sessions 3 and 4 (in dinning room)

20h – 23h Conference Dinner (walking distance from Holliday Inn Hotel)

21h30 – 21h45 Announcement of photo contest winners (“I love Brazil-kit” prizes)

21h45 – 23h Soil Animal Song and Dance Session

Friday, 29 August

Session 4. Soil Animals and Ecosystem Services
9h – 12h10 Theme I: Soil Animals and Ecosystem Sustainability
Chair-persons: Renato Marques & Patrick Lavelle

9h – 9h30 Introductory Presentation – Why care about soil animals. JONATHAN ANDERSON (Exeter University)

9h30 – 9h50 Talk 1 - HEDDE, M.; BUREAU, F.; CHAUVAT, M.; DECAENS, T. Mechanisms responsible for diversity-leaf degradation relationship within litter invertebrate experimental assemblages

9h50 – 10h10 Talk 2 - BLANCHART, E.; MARILLEAU, N.; CAMBIER, C.; DROGOUL, A.; PERRIER, E.; CHOTTE, J.L. SWORM: an agent-based model to simulate the effects of earthworms on soil structure

10h10 – 10h30 Coffee Break

10h30 – 10h50 Talk 3 - MUYS, B.; VALCKX, J.; GOVERS, G.; HERMY, M. Long-term ecosystem engineering: earthworms and biogenic landscape formation

10h50 - 11h10 Talk 4 - JANA, U.; REPELLIN, A.; BAROT, S.; BLOUIN, M.; LAVELLE, P.; ZUILY-FODIL, Y. Earthworm impact on the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana plasticity

11h10 – 11h30 Talk 5 - FROUZ, J.; SATOSHI, K.; PIZL, V. The role of soil fauna in soil formation and organic matter accumulation in post mining sites

11h30 – 11h50 Talk 6 - De GOEDE, R.; POSTMA-BLAAUW, M.; BLOEM, J.; FABER, J.; BRUSSAARD, L. Nitrogen cycling and soil biodiversity after (de-) intensification of agroecosystem management

11h50 – 12h10 Talk 7 - WEINER, J.; ROZEN, A.; SOBCZYK, L.; BEZKOROVAYNAYA, I.; PASNIK, G.; RADWANSKI, J.; KOLACZ, E.; STASIK, E.; MUZYK, P.; JELEN, K. Factors affecting the structure of soil and epigeic fauna in forest monocultures: the Siemianice common garden experiment with 14 tree species

12h10 – 14h Lunch

14h – 16h30 Theme II: Global Ecosystem Changes and Soil Animals
Chair-persons: Flávio Luizão & Volkmar Wolters

14h – 14h30 Introductory Presentation – Climate change, soil quality and biodiversity in Amazonia. PHILIP FEARNSIDE (INPA, Brazil)

14h30 – 14h50 Talk 1 - LUIZÃO, F; TAPIA-CORAL, S.; LUIZÃO, R.C.C.; BRAGA, R. Actual and potential effects of climate change on soil biodiversity and ecology in Amazonia

14h50 – 15h10 Talk 2 - BRIONES, M.J.I.; OSTLE, N.J.; GARNETT, M.H.; MACNAMARA, N.P.; POSKITT, J. Soil fauna responses to climate change: implications for modeling ecosystem carbon function

15h10 – 15h30 Talk 3 - HASSAL, M.; WARD, N. Effects of climate change on faunal stimulation of CO2 emissions from soils

15h30 – 15h50 Coffee Break

15h50 – 16h10 Talk 4 - LOURI LUBBERS, I.M.; GIANNOPOULOS, G.; RIZHIYA, E.; BERTORA, C.; BRUSSAARD, L.; VAN GROENINGEN, J.W. Trade-offs between N2O emission and C-sequestration in the soil: the role of earthworms

16h10 – 16h30 Talk 5 - CHAPUIS-LARDY, L.; WEBER, L.; FROSSARD, E.; RAZAFIMBELO, T.; TOUCET, J.; BLANCHART, E. Earthworm influence on carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide fluxes from two Malagasy clayey soils

16h30 – 17h Closing session, acknowledgments, discussion of following venue (Organizers and Patrick Lavelle)