Effect of Ecological Factors on Diversity of Spiders (Araneae) in Organic Paddy Field
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Paddy fields are ecosystems where their internal structures continually change from pre-planting stage to post-harvest stage. A variety of organisms exist in all stages of the changes leading to the diversity of organisms especially spiders in paddy fields. Presently, knowledge on ecology of spiders in paddy fields is scarcity. Therefore, this research aimed to study some ecological factors influencing the diversity of spiders in organic paddy fields. The survey was conducted in an organic paddy field in Nakhon Pathom province between August 2014 and March 2015. Four methods were used to survey spiders in an organic paddy field including pitfall trapping, sweep net technique, visual survey and quadrat sampling. Ecological factors to be considered were plant height of rice, number of rice leaf per hill, density of rice plant, water height in rice field, temperature and relative humidity. From the results, 2,158 spiders were observed in the organic paddy field classified into 11 families, 30 genera and 47 species. According to the correlation analysis, it was found that plant height of rice and density of rice plant had significant positive correlations with number of spiders and spider diversity index. In addition, it was also found that number of rice leaf per hill had a significant positive correlation with spider diversity index as well. However, the correlation analysis demonstrated difference in correlations between different functional groups of spiders and ecological factors. The data from this study indicated the importance of organic rice paddy fields to spider diversity and might be useful for conservation of spider diversity in Thailand.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของ วารสารวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี มหาวิทยาลัยอุบลราชธานี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับมหาวิทยาลัยอุบลราชธานี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่นๆในมหาวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใดๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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