Differential Impact of Land-Use, Season and Soil Characteristics on the Abundance of Edaphic Springtails (Insecta: Collembola) and Mites (Arachnida: Acari)
Differential Impact of Land-Use, Season and Soil Characteristics on the Abundance of Edaphic Springtails (Insecta: Collembola) and Mites (Arachnida: Acari)
Muhammad Yahya1, Muhammad Afzal1, Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed1*, Imtiaz Sarwar1, Khurram Shehzad2, Muhammad Luqman3 and
Sher Muhammad Shahzad2
Fig. 1.
Average population abundance (mean ± S.E.) of edaphic microarthropods in soils of different land-use types in district Sargodha (Punjab, Pakistan) collected in four consecutive seasons.
Fig. 2.
Average annual population abundance (mean ± S.E.) of edaphic microarthropods in soils of different land-use types in district Sargodha (Punjab, Pakistan. For each microarthropod group (springtails and mites), small letters on bar tops represent significant difference among different land-use types (one-way ANOVA; α = 0.05).
Fig. 3.
Average population abundance (mean ± S.E.) of edaphic microarthropods in major land-use categories in district Sargodha (Punjab, Pakistan).
August 2020
Vol. 52, Iss. 4, Pages 1225-1630
