Spatial variability of insect communities in a homogenous system: Measuring biodiversity using Malaise trapped beetles in a Pinus radiata plantation in New Zealand

Hutcheson, John A.; Jones, Diane C.

doi:10.1016/s0378-1127(98)00495-2

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“…This observation also agrees with Murdoch et al (1972) and Southwood et al (1979) who reported that physical complexity of an environment usually affects arthropod abundance and diversity. It can therefore be deduced that habitat fragmentation and distribution factors contribute to environmental complexity, and this might have affected structural integrity and diversity of the habitat studied as also reported by (Hutcheson and Jones 1999). The lower species diversity of insects in fallow land (Table 2) resulted predominantly from the absence of tree species with higher conservation value because most of economic tree species have been exploited and is in agreement with findings of Thomas (1991).…”

Section: Diversity Of Insect Herbivoressupporting

confidence: 85%

“…This observation is supported by Lattin (1993), and Hutcheson and Jones (1999) who noted that terrestrial arthropod diversity including that of Coleoptera could be influenced by coarse woody debris. This was found to be the critical component of structural diversity, and is greater in untouched forest land, the habitat with the highest diversity, followed by cocoa agroforest land.…”

Section: Diversity Of Insect Herbivoresmentioning

confidence: 58%

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Influence of human activities on diversity and abundance of insects in Akure Forest Reserve, Ondo State, Nigeria

Adeduntan¹

2010

International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences

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This study was carried out to assess the impacts of human activities on insect diversity and abundance in Akure Forest Reserve, Nigeria. Three land uses (fallow land, cocoa agroforest and unlogged forest) were selected for field work within the forest reserve. An hectare block was centrally demarcated in each of the land use types where insects collection and enumeration of trees species took place. 13,578 insects distributed among 30 families belonging to 15 orders were collected and identified and preserved in the insect boxes in the Museum. Within the fallow land, a total of 5,182 insects belonging to 46 families and 8 orders were encountered, while in the cocoa agroforest, 5,884 insects distributed among 50 families and 10 orders and unlogged forest, consist of 2,490 insects distributed into 10 orders and 56 families. The families and order with the highest number of individual insects are Lepidoptera (4,000) and Orthopetera (1,260). These insects are mainly defoliators. The Shannon-weiner diversity index shows that unlogged forest is more diverse than the cocoa agroforest and fallow land. The tree species with the highest frequency per hectare is Cordia platythrsa (Boragiaceae) (6) in fallow land, Theobroma cacao (50) in cocoa agroforestry land Celtis zenkerii (Ulmaceae) in unlogged forest land. A total of 14, 26 and 41 species of tree were identified in the fallow land, cocoa agroforestry land and untouched forest respectively.

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Section: Diversity Of Insect Herbivoressupporting

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Section: Diversity Of Insect Herbivoresmentioning

confidence: 58%

Influence of human activities on diversity and abundance of insects in Akure Forest Reserve, Ondo State, Nigeria

Adeduntan¹

2010

International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences

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“…Em decorrência destas características, vários estudos (Hutcheson 1990, Humphrey et al 1999, Hutcheson & Jones 1999) têm encontrado elementos que apontam os Coleoptera como possíveis indicadores de diversidade e de ambiente, principalmente na determinação de níveis de conservação de áreas florestadas.…”

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“…Nas comunidades de Coleoptera de Vila Velha, as proporções diferenciadas, aumentando o número de espécies comuns e diminuindo o de espécies raras nas áreas mais conservadas, pode estar relacionada também à menor produtividade das florestas mais maduras. A menor riqueza de espécies raras em florestas maduras já foi referida por Hutcheson & Jones (1999).…”

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A diversidade inventarial de Coleoptera (Insecta) em uma paisagem antropizada do Bioma Araucária

Ganho¹,

Marinoni²

2005

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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ABSTRACT. The inventory diversity of Coleoptera (Insecta) of an anthropized landscape in the Biome Araucaria. The species richness, taxonomic composition, rare species, and taxonomic constancy at family level were studied in communities of Coleoptera in Vila Velha, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, as part of PROVIVE project. The data were gathered through malaise traps in the understory stratum of five sites with different floristic conditions product of anthropogenic effects, from September/1999 to August/2000. The 52 weeks sampling in the five sites produced 10,822 specimens of 1,659 species. All areas present high species richness and high diversity as indicated by various indices. The area in advanced condition of vegetation succession was less rich than ones in early/middle stage. According to different species richness estimators, the number of observed species could be increased by 22-123% if more time colleting effort had been made. The early successional stage areas were richer in rare species (singletons, doubletons and uniques) than the more preserved ones. In the five areas there were a taxonomic constancy among the richest families (Curculionidae, Chrysomelidae, Cerambycidae, Staphylinidae, Mordelidae, Elateridae, Scarabaeidae, Coccinellidae and Tenebrionidae) involving 60% of the total species as observed with the specimens abundance. If the existence of this pattern is confirmed, it will be easier and faster to study Coleoptera communities and soon apply this order as a forest environmental indicator taxon.

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Non-native plantation forests as alternative habitat for native forest beetles in a heavily modified landscape

Pawson

Brockerhoff

Meenken

et al. 2008

Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation

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Spatial variability of insect communities in a homogenous system: Measuring biodiversity using Malaise trapped beetles in a Pinus radiata plantation in New Zealand

Cited by 39 publications

References 18 publications

Influence of human activities on diversity and abundance of insects in Akure Forest Reserve, Ondo State, Nigeria

Influence of human activities on diversity and abundance of insects in Akure Forest Reserve, Ondo State, Nigeria

A diversidade inventarial de Coleoptera (Insecta) em uma paisagem antropizada do Bioma Araucária

Non-native plantation forests as alternative habitat for native forest beetles in a heavily modified landscape

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