Diversity of riparian ground beetles (coleoptera, carabidae) at three altitudes in Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania
| dc.creator | Maganira, Justine Daudi | |
| dc.creator | Nyundo, B. A. | |
| dc.date | 2021-08-06T05:17:17Z | |
| dc.date | 2021-08-06T05:17:17Z | |
| dc.date | 2015 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-25T08:52:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-25T08:52:05Z | |
| dc.description | Journal article | |
| dc.description | The diversity of riparian ground beetles at three altitudes (Low: 400-1100m a.s.l., Mid: 1100- 1800 m a.s.l., High: 1800-2500 m a.s.l.) in Uluguru Mountains was investigated. The samples of ground beetles were collected by active searching method from nine sites between May and June 2012. A total of 3261 specimens of ground beetles representing 13 subfamilies and 29 species were recorded. Ground beetle abundance, species richness and diversity were analyzed statistically using Diversity and Richness–2.65, PRIMER 6 and SYSTAT Version 10 software. The abundance of ground beetles was low at mid altitude (n = 499) and high at low and high altitudes (n = 1988; n = 774 respectively). There was significant variation in ground beetle abundance among the three altitudes (Kruskal-Wallis H=84.533, p<0.05). The most abundant species, Trechodes babaulti, was abundant at low and high altitudes (n=1534; 47.04% and n=501; 15.36% of the collected beetles respectively). Both species richness and Shannon-Wiener index of diversity (H') of ground beetles varied between low, mid and high altitudes with the highest species richness and diversity found at mid altitude. Pairwise comparison showed a significant difference in diversity of ground beetle species for all three pairs (high/mid, high/low & mid/low) of altitudes (p<0.05). | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3832 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/92175 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Research Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | |
| dc.subject | Altitude | |
| dc.subject | Riparian | |
| dc.subject | Ground beetles | |
| dc.subject | Uluguru Mountains | |
| dc.subject | Diversity | |
| dc.title | Diversity of riparian ground beetles (coleoptera, carabidae) at three altitudes in Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania | |
| dc.type | Article |