Effect of pitfall trap size on the abundance and diversity of ground dwelling insects in an arable land within Erbil province-Kurdistan region-Iraq
Joint Authors
Ahmad, Karzan Sabah D.
Khidr, Khalid Qadir
Qadir, Nawzad Bawakir
Source
ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences
Issue
Vol. 29, Issue 2 (30 Apr. 2017), pp.144-150, 7 p.
Publisher
Salahaddin University-Erbil Department of Scientific Publications
Publication Date
2017-04-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
The abundance and diversity of ground dwelling insects in an arable land within Erbil Province- Kurdistan region-Iraq were investigated using four different pitfall trap sizes (10 cm, 13cm, 16cm and 19 cm diameter respectively).
Five insect orders were reported with fourteen insect families.
The order Diptera was the most abundant insect taxa recovered (372.9) followed by orders Hymenoptera (328.8), Coleoptera (268.4), Lepidoptera (26.7) and Hemiptera (6.4).
The size of pitfall trap affected the abundance and diversity of the taxa.
The highest number (450.7) of soil dwelling insects was observed in 19 cm diameter pitfall traps followed by 16cm (231.2), 13cm (198.4) and 10cm (123) respectively; suggesting that the 19cm diameter pitfall trap size may be an effective method for sampling and monitoring soil dwelling insects of arable lands in our region mainly field crops.
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American Psychological Association (APA)
Khidr, Khalid Qadir& Ahmad, Karzan Sabah D.& Qadir, Nawzad Bawakir. 2017. Effect of pitfall trap size on the abundance and diversity of ground dwelling insects in an arable land within Erbil province-Kurdistan region-Iraq. ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences،Vol. 29, no. 2, pp.144-150.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Khidr, Khalid Qadir…[et al.]. Effect of pitfall trap size on the abundance and diversity of ground dwelling insects in an arable land within Erbil province-Kurdistan region-Iraq. ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences Vol. 29, no. 2 (2017), pp.144-150.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-791184
American Medical Association (AMA)
Khidr, Khalid Qadir& Ahmad, Karzan Sabah D.& Qadir, Nawzad Bawakir. Effect of pitfall trap size on the abundance and diversity of ground dwelling insects in an arable land within Erbil province-Kurdistan region-Iraq. ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences. 2017. Vol. 29, no. 2, pp.144-150.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-791184
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 148-150
Record ID
BIM-791184