The Community Structure of Ground Dwelling Insects at Wang Nam Yen Botanical Garden, Sakaeo Province
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The community structure of ground dwelling insects was determined at Wang Nam Yen Botanical, Sakaeo Province. The research locations were divided into a natural forest area, Fabaceae planted area and herb garden area. Insects residing on the ground were captured using pitfall-traps and Winkler extractors. The samples were collected every two months between May 2022 and April 2023. The findings revealed that the total number of ground dwelling insects could be classified into 273 species, belonging to 75 families and 12 orders. The highest number of insect species were from the Hymenoptera order (78 species), followed by Coleoptera and Diptera (64 and 34 species, respectively). The highest index of species diversity was found in the natural forest, followed by the Fabaceae planted area and the herb garden (4.49, 4.47, and 4.45, respectively), with the areas having an evenness value between 0.79 and 0.80. The similarity index was moderate, ranging from 0.58 to 0.64. A higher number of ground dwelling insect species was found during the wet season relative to the dry season (234 and 158 species, respectively). Soil moisture and season were significantly associated with the number of ground dwelling insect species in all areas (p<0.05). In summary, we conclude that the seasonal fluctuations and soil moisture had an impact on the community structure of ground dwelling insects.
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ข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ขอรับรองว่า ต้นฉบับที่เสนอมานี้ยังไม่เคยได้รับการตีพิมพ์และไม่ได้อยู่ในระหว่างกระบวนการพิจารณาตีพิมพ์ลงในวารสารหรือสิ่งตีพิมพ์อื่นใด ข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ยอมรับหลักเกณฑ์และเงื่อนไขการพิจารณาต้นฉบับ ทั้งยินยอมให้กองบรรณาธิการมีสิทธิ์พิจารณาและตรวจแก้ต้นฉบับได้ตามที่เห็นสมควร พร้อมนี้ขอมอบลิขสิทธิ์ผลงานที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ให้แก่วารสารวนศาสตร์ คณะวนศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์ กรณีมีการฟ้องร้องเรื่องการละเมิดลิขสิทธิ์เกี่ยวกับภาพ กราฟ ข้อความส่วนใดส่วนหนึ่ง หรือ ข้อคิดเห็นที่ปรากฏในผลงาน ให้เป็นความรับผิดชอบของข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) แต่เพียงฝ่ายเดียว และหากข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ประสงค์ถอนบทความในระหว่างกระบวนการพิจารณาของทางวารสาร ข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วม (ถ้ามี) ยินดีรับผิดชอบค่าใช้จ่ายทั้งหมดที่เกิดขึ้นในกระบวนการพิจารณาบทความนั้น”
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