Belt-Transect: A sampling Device for Termite Communitite Study

Authors

  • Yanyong Chalermsan Rajamangala Institute of Technology, Phitsanulok campus, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand.
  • Ouab Sarnthoy Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Nit Kirtibutr Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.

Keywords:

termite community, tropical rain forest, belt-transects sampling, diversity

Abstract

The termite community, which is one of the key roles in the carbon cycle of ecosystems, had been studied from Tropical rain forest ecosystems in Chanthaburi, Thailand. The belt-transect sampling method was applied to monitor termite communities in moist-evergreen forest (MEF), hill-evergreen forest (HEF) and dry-evergreen forest (DEF) during December 1999-January 2001. Data obtained by belt- transect sampling described the characteristics of termite’s community in terms of its diversity and distribution. The results showed that MEF obtained the highest diversity of 2.10. DEF and HEF had lower H-index results of 1.72 and 1.49 respectively. Termite communities in the MEF and HEF had regular distribution of σ2/μ <1 but approached random distribution, (σ2/μ <1), in DEF with termite species.

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Published

2003-06-30

How to Cite

Yanyong Chalermsan, Ouab Sarnthoy, and Nit Kirtibutr. 2003. “Belt-Transect: A Sampling Device for Termite Communitite Study”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 37 (2). Bangkok, Thailand:150-56. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/242856.

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 2 (2003): April-June

Section

Research Article

License

online 2452-316X print 2468-1458/Copyright © 2022. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),
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