Assemblage of pollinator communities in four widely isolated nature reserves of southern Punjab, Pakistan
Joint Authors
Ansari, Muhammad Javid
Said, Shafqat
Bashir, Muhammad Amjad
Sajad, Asif
Alfi, Abd Mahmud
Ata, Saghir
Khan, Khalid Ali
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 26, Issue 4 (31 May. 2019), pp.860-865, 6 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2019-05-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Pollinators are key components of the global biodiversity, providing vital ecosystem services of pollination to crops and wild plants.
Understanding pollinator assemblage and how it changes spatially is important in order to device effective ecosystem management planning.
This is the first empirical study to explore pollinator community structure in four widely isolated nature reserves of southern Punjab, Pakistan, i.e., the central agricultural plain (Pirowal Forest), the Indus delta plain (Ghazi Ghat Wetland), hilly mountains (Fort Munro), and a sandy desert (Lal Suhanra Forest).
Six assemblage parameters, i.e., abundance, richness, dominance, evenness, Simpson index, and Shannon-Wiener index, were studied over seven consecutive months (February to August 2012).
Maximum abundance and richness of the pollinators were recorded at Ghazi Ghat (1354 individuals and 84 species), followed by Pirowal (1331 individuals and 80 species), Lal Suhanra (1197 individuals and 77 species), and Fort Munro (808 individuals and 65 species).
The highest values of Simpson and evenness indexes were recorded at Fort Munro, while the Shannon-Wiener and dominance indexes were highest at Ghazi Ghat and Pirowal.
Species richness was highest for bees, while it was lowest for flies, yet the latter were the highest in abundance among the four pollinator groups.
The current study is a first account of pollinator assemblage structure in four widely isolated forest reserves of Punjab, Pakistan.
This will support ecosystem management planning, and opens doors for further research in order to reveal complexities in pollinator assemblage structure especially in relation with plant communities.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Said, Shafqat& Bashir, Muhammad Amjad& Khan, Khalid Ali& Sajad, Asif& Alfi, Abd Mahmud& Ata, Saghir…[et al.]. 2019. Assemblage of pollinator communities in four widely isolated nature reserves of southern Punjab, Pakistan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 26, no. 4, pp.860-865.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-891176
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Said, Shafqat…[et al.]. Assemblage of pollinator communities in four widely isolated nature reserves of southern Punjab, Pakistan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 26, no. 4 (May. 2019), pp.860-865.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-891176
American Medical Association (AMA)
Said, Shafqat& Bashir, Muhammad Amjad& Khan, Khalid Ali& Sajad, Asif& Alfi, Abd Mahmud& Ata, Saghir…[et al.]. Assemblage of pollinator communities in four widely isolated nature reserves of southern Punjab, Pakistan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2019. Vol. 26, no. 4, pp.860-865.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-891176
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 865
Record ID
BIM-891176