Diversity of riparian ground beetles (coleoptera, carabidae) at three altitudes in Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMaganira, Justine Daudi
dc.contributor.authorNyundo, B. A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-06T05:17:17Z
dc.date.available2021-08-06T05:17:17Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionJournal articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3832
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherResearch Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectAltitudeen_US
dc.subjectRiparianen_US
dc.subjectGround beetlesen_US
dc.subjectUluguru Mountainsen_US
dc.subjectDiversityen_US
dc.titleDiversity of riparian ground beetles (coleoptera, carabidae) at three altitudes in Uluguru Mountains, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlwww.rjaes.comen_US

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