HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2022, Vol. 61 ›› Issue (4): 136-140.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2022.04.027

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Study on correlation between insect community structure and environmental factors in the campus

XIANG Lu-bin1,2, WANG Yu-xin1, LU Xiao-ting1, WU Jia-xi1, YAN Ping1, WEI Dong-mei1, QI Xin1   

  1. 1. School of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, Zhejiang, China;
    2. Guanlan Experimenral School of Sanmen County, Sanmen 317100, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2021-03-11 Online:2022-02-25 Published:2022-03-18

Abstract: To explore the relationship between insect community composition and environmental factors in the campus of Taizhou University, a systematic survey of insects in four habitats (1-3 district: High anthropogenic disturbance, high plant coverage; 4-6 District: High anthropogenic disturbance, low plant coverage; 7-9 district: Low anthropogenic disturbance, low plant coverage;10-12 district: Low anthropogenic disturbance, high plant coverage) on campus was carried out. A total of 14 972 insects were collected, belonging to 277 species, 121 section, 9 orders, among which, Hemiptera, Diptera and Hymenoptera were the dominant taxa. The diversity index of four areas was 1.16, 0.80, 1.41, 1.49 and the species richness index was 19.4, 22.0, 27.5, 22.5 respectively. The results showed that the species and numbers of insects in different habitats were most heavily affected by vegetation coverage and human disturbance, which affected the community structuure and the distribution pattern of insects by the change of the campus environment.

Key words: insect community, insect diversity, human disturbance, plant coverage, pest control

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