Leaf Surface-Structure and the Distribution of Phytoseius Mites (Acarina, Phytoseiidae) in South-Eastern Australian Forests

Habitat structure, at a scale at which we do not normally perceive it, can be an important determinant of species diversity and distribution in arboreal mites. Phytoseiid mites (1552 individuals) collected from the leaves of 75 species of woody plants from 55 forest sites between Noosa Head, Queensland and the Hartz Mountains, Tasmania were found to represent 28 species in four genera: Phytoseius, Typhlodromus, Amblyseius and Iphiseius. About half (38) of the plant species from which phytoseiid mites were collected had leaves with well-developed coverings of hairs on their abaxial surfaces, especially along the veins. Species in the genus Phytoseius were the most abundant mites (46.4% of total), and they were almost entirely restricted to leaves with well-developed tomenta (714 of 720 Phytoseius mites collected from 34 of 38 plant species with hairy leaves). In a test of these observations at three sites in Victoria, phytoseiid mites in general were more abundant on leaves with well-developed tomenta, but only Phytoseius mites were restricted to hairy leaves.

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Phytoseiid mites from Basilicata region (Southern Italy): species diversity, redescription of Typhloseiulus arzakanicus Arutunjan and a dichotomic key of the genus Typhloseiulus Chant and McMurtry 1994 (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae)

Acarologia ◽

10.24349/acarologia/20174195 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 57 (4) ◽

pp. 805-821

Author(s):

Haralabos Tsolakis ◽

Ernesto Ragusa

Keyword(s):

Species Diversity ◽

Plant Species ◽

Southern Italy ◽

Common Species ◽

Cultivated Plants ◽

Phytoseiid Mites ◽

Kampimodromus Aberrans ◽

Euseius Finlandicus ◽

Basilicata Region ◽

First Time

A survey of phytoseiid mites was carried out in the Basilicata region (Southern Italy) between 1976 and 2014 on wild and cultivated plants. A total of 38 species belonging to eleven genera and two subgenera were found on 59 plant species. The most common species was Euseius finlandicus (Oudemans) (39%) followed by Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus) exhilaratus Ragusa (32.2%), Kampimodromus aberrans (Oudemans) (27.1%), Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) cryptus (Athias-Henriot) (23.7%). Typhloseiulus arzakanicus (Arutunjan), found for first time in Italy, is redescribed here, while the male of this species is described for the first time. A dichotomic key of the species belonging to the genus Typhloseiulus is also given.

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Composition And Structure Vegetation Of Lowang Gali Tourism Forest, East Lombok Regency

JURNAL PENDIDIKAN BIOLOGI DAN SAINS (PENBIOS) ◽

10.51673/penbios.v5i02.469 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (02) ◽

pp. 62-69

Author(s):

Ahmad Nawawi Nawawi ◽

Firman Ali Rahman ◽

Maya Ekaningtias ◽

Alfian Pujian Hadi ◽

Ahmad Fadli

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Species Diversity ◽

Plant Species ◽

Woody Plants ◽

Alstonia Scholaris ◽

Educational Tourism ◽

Composition And Structure ◽

The Family ◽

Ficus Racemosa ◽

Index Value

The composition and structure of vegetation is one way to determine the level of control and distribution of a habitat, including in Lowang Gali forest tourism which has the potential as an educational tourism area in East Lombok Regency. Based on the observations, there were 14 families with 22 species of woody plants. The moraceae family is the family with the largest number of species, consisting of 5 (five) ficus genera, namely: Ficus racemosa, Ficus salicifolia, Ficus variegate, Ficus sur and Ficus seftica. Based on the results of data analysis, the highest INP value for seedlings was Ficus seftica (23,39%), the highest sapling was Alstonia scholaris (19,80%), the highest pile strata was Dysoxylium gaudichadianun (50,44%) and tree strata. the highest were Alstonia scholaris (45,15%) and Dysoxylium gaudichadianun (45,15%). The index value of plant species diversity in the Lowang Gali forest tourism area is more than 1 (1 ≤H'≤ 3) which indicates moderate diversity.

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Woody plant species diversity as a predictor of ecosystem services in a social–ecological system of southwestern Ethiopia

Landscape Ecology ◽

10.1007/s10980-020-01170-x ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Girma Shumi ◽

Patrícia Rodrigues ◽

Jan Hanspach ◽

Werner Härdtle ◽

Kristoffer Hylander ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ecosystem Services ◽

Species Diversity ◽

Plant Species ◽

Woody Plants ◽

Woody Plant ◽

Land Uses ◽

Woody Plant Species ◽

Southwestern Ethiopia ◽

Social Ecological ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Context Human-dominated landscapes in the tropics need to be managed for biodiversity and the maintenance of ecosystem services (ES). Nevertheless, integrating both biodiversity conservation and ES management remains a challenge. Objectives This study aimed to quantify woody plant species diversity and associated ES in farmland and forests, and investigate the relationship between species and ES diversity. Methods The study was conducted in southwestern Ethiopia. We surveyed woody plants in 181 20 m by 20 m plots in farmland, forest with, and forest without coffee management. We also interviewed 180 randomly selected households about woody plant benefits. We then (a) quantified species and ES diversity; and (b) investigated the relationship between species and ES diversity. Results We recorded 128 woody plant species in total. Most ES were available in all land uses, although they differed in their mean availability. ES composition was significantly different among land uses. ES diversity was positively related with species diversity in all land uses. Conclusions Our findings suggest that all examined land-use types were multifunctional in terms of key ES provided by woody plants and that maintaining high species diversity also benefits ES diversity. Given these findings, we suggest to: (1) strengthen landscape multifunctionality by drawing on the positive relationship between biodiversity and ES diversity; (2) devise conservation policies that encompass entire landscape mosaics and enhance co-benefits of conservation and ES provision across land uses; and (3) conduct further social–ecological studies that use mixed data to elicit socially relevant relationships between biodiversity and ES diversity.

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Beekeeping Potential, Richness, and Distribution of Plant Species Foraged by Stinging Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera L.) in West Kilimanjaro Tanzania Forest Service Agency (TFS) Plantation.

International Journal of Advanced Research ◽

10.37284/ijar.3.1.301 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 33-54

Author(s):

Masawanga Yahya Ismail ◽

Joel Felichesmi Tarimo ◽

Canisius John Kayombo

Keyword(s):

Apis Mellifera ◽

Species Diversity ◽

Honey Bee ◽

Plant Species ◽

Honey Bees ◽

Woody Plants ◽

Diversity Training ◽

Diversity Index ◽

Forest Service ◽

Service Agency

An assessment of beekeeping potential, richness, and distribution of plant species foraged by stinging honey bee Apis mellifera L. in West Kilimanjaro Tanzania Forest Service Agency (TFS) Plantation area was conducted in 2020. A total of 40, 20 m x 20 m plots were set on the 5 natural vegetation remnants within the plantation forest ranges of Sanya juu, Lemosho, Hill wood, Wasendo, and Londrosi at an interval of 100 m. Within the 20 m x 20 m, 1 m x 1 m nested plots were established to assess herbs, sedge, grasses, and seedlings, while 2 m x 5 m were established to determine shrubs. Agriculture crops grown by the bordering villagers were identified and evaluated for the bee forage potential. Plant species richness (S) was determined from the total number of plant species identified from every site using the Shannon Weiner Diversity Index (H’). Plant species distribution was determined grounded on the frequency (F) and evenness (E) were determined. The sites were revealed to have high plant species diversity foraged by stinging honey bees. A total of 204 plant species belonging to 76 families and 178 genera were identified. The calculates H’ of 2.37 for non-wood plants and 3.05 for wood plants implied high plant diversity. The most distributed plant species had a relative frequency (RF) of 6.250 ± 3.0303, while the rest had an RF < 3.0303. The disappearance of one species does not cause any significant effect on bees, as they can go for another species in the area. 92% of non-woody plants and 94% of the identified woody plants were known to be foraged by stinging honey bees. The evenness (E) of 0.7484 for non-wood plants and 0.795 implied that the plants in all categorize were not evenly distributed. West Kilimanjaro Forest Plantation (WKFP) natural forest patches are potential for honey beekeeping. Stinging honey bee fodder plants should be planted, regular visits to the project sites should be exercised to protect honey theft, spot clearing to give a room for naturally germinated seedlings covered by climbers. Further study should be done on the biological species diversity, training to beekeeping staff, and plan for regular inspection of the honey bee colony strength will help to reveal any challenges facing the venture including diseases and hives strengths and weakness.

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Population estimates and habitat use by the Critically Endangered Taita Apalis Apalis fuscigularis in south-eastern Kenya

Bird Conservation International ◽

10.1017/s0959270910000298 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

pp. 440-455 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

LUCA BORGHESIO ◽

DAINA SAMBA ◽

MWANGI GITHIRU ◽

LEON BENNUN ◽

KEN NORRIS

Keyword(s):

Habitat Use ◽

Population Size ◽

Habitat Structure ◽

Predictive Power ◽

Total Population ◽

Distance Sampling ◽

Critically Endangered ◽

South Eastern ◽

Forest Sites ◽

Global Population

SummaryThe Taita Apalis Apalis fuscigularis (IUCN category: Critically Endangered) is a species endemic to south-eastern Kenya. We assessed population size and habitat use in the three forest sites in which it is known to occur (Ngangao, Chawia and Vuria, totalling 257 ha). The estimate of total population size, derived from distance sampling at 412 sample points, ranged from 310 to 654 individuals, with the northern section of Ngangao fragment having 10-fold higher densities than Chawia (2.47–4.93 versus 0.22–0.41 birds ha−1). Ngangao north alone hosted 50% of the global population of the species. The highly degraded Vuria fragment also had moderately high densities (1.63–3.72 birds ha−1) suggesting that the species tolerates some human disturbance. Taita Apalis prefers vegetation with abundant climbers, but the predictive power of habitat use models was low, suggesting that habitat structure is not a primary cause for the low density of the species in Chawia. Protecting the subpopulation in the northern section of Ngangao is a priority, as is identifying factors responsible of the low abundance in Chawia, because ameliorating conditions in this large fragment could substantially increase the population of Taita Apalis.

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