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T1 BIODIVERSITYAND DYNAMICS OF MACRO-INVERTBRATE POPULATIONS IN WHEAT-WEEDS AGRO-ECOSYSTEM OF PUNJAB (PAKISTAN)
A1 M. N. Abbas
A1 S. A. Rana
A1 M. Mahmood-ul-Hassan
A1 N. Rana
A1 S. Kausar
A1 M. Iqbal
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 24
IS 4
SP 1146
OP 1156
YR 2014
FD 2014/08/01
DO DOI NA
AB <p>This study documented diversity and dynamics of foliage macro-invertebrates sampled from edges and centers of wheat- weeds agro-ecosystem of district Faisalabad (30&deg; 31.5 N and 73&deg; 74 E; 184.41 m l). A total of 4,228 foliage of macro-invertebrates belonging to phylum Arthropoda (92.41%) and Mollusca (7.59%) were recorded. Diptera (27.65%), Hemiptera (27.58%), Coleoptera (18.21%) and Hymenoptera (7.36%) were dominant while Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Lepidoptera and Araneae collectively formed (11.62%) arthropods. Mollusca constituted only of pulmonate gastropods (7.59%). The overall diversity was (H&prime; = 3.36), that varied seasonally at statistically significantly level. Maximum diversity was recorded in autumn (H&prime; = 3.57), that was followed by spring (H&prime; = 3.23) and winter (H&prime; = 3.09). In contrary to the general findings, Diversity of macro-invertebrate populations in the center (Hˈ= 3.363) was significantly higher than the edges (Hˈ= 3.299) of the fields (<em>p&nbsp;</em>= &lt;0.001).Moreover the richness (S= 58), diversity (H&acute;= 3.23) and evenness (E= 0.79) was recorded higher on wheatcompared to the richness (S= 61), diversity (H&acute;= 3.16) and evenness (E = 0.77) on weeds in wheat-weeds agro-ecosystem.</p>
K1 Arthropods, Flora, faunal population, Mixed crop zone, Ecology, population interaction
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2014-JAPS-165