Community Structure of Soil Arthropod Community in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, Chiang Mai Province

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Sireemart Jitpalo
Decha Wiwatwittaya
Weeyawat Jaitrong

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Study on abundance of soil arthropod community was carried out at Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, Chiang Mai Province during July 2013 to May 2014. The objectives were to study changes in the abundance and group of soil arthropods in Dry Dipterocarp Forest (DDF), Ecotone Area (ECO) and Hill Evergreen Forest (HEF). Study plots were selected in DDF, ECO and HEF. In the study site, we established a plot of 25 × 10 m in area.Soil arthropods were collected by soil cores with a cross-sectional area of 25 cm2 and a depth of 4 cm. The 20 samples were picked up interval two months in each area.


The results showed a total of 22 soil arthropod groups was collected. Mean abundance of soil arthropods was 60,737.73 m-2. Acari and Collembola were dominant groups (12,970.37±2368.49 and 4,902.22±824.82 /m-2 respectively), accounting for 88.27% of the arthropods in the soil. The most number of soil arthropods (21 groups) was occured in DDF. The most mean abundance of soil arthropods was 22,991.11±4539.30 m-2 in ECO area. Acari and Collembola were dominant groups in DDF (11,737.78±2261.68, 1,417.78±276.55), ECO (13,937.78±2347.81, 6,706±1139.53) and HEF (13,235.56±2495.99, 6,582.22±1058.38). There were more number of soil arthropod groups and abundance in the dry season than in the rainy season, being 22 groups (22,924.44±4567.44/m-2) in the dry season and 18 groups (17547.41±4103.10/m-2) was appeared in the rainy season. So, this study showed that there were different abundance but were same dominant group were Acari and Collembola.


This study can use basic information to indicate forest health in this area.

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Jitpalo, S., Wiwatwittaya, D., & Jaitrong, W. (2017). Community Structure of Soil Arthropod Community in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, Chiang Mai Province. Thai Journal of Forestry, 36(1), 11–21. Retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjf/article/view/246862
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