Assessment of Terrestrial Arthropods Diversity in Kallar Horticultural Farm, Mettupalayam, Western Ghats, South India

Abstract

Two third of the world occupied the special creation of organism is called invertebrates. Arthropods, the most diverse component of terrestrial ecosystems functioning and play a major roles for decomposition, soil fertility, plant nutrient and productivity in variety of functions. These are a one of the most powerful biological indicators and pollinators. Biological diversity is used to refer the (taxonomic, numerical, genetic, etc.) for the variety of organisms living in a particular place. Terrestrial arthropods are by far the most diverse groups of animals and important to contribute in soil. Assessing the terrestrial arthropods diversity is not readily available for many of those responsible for general assessments of biodiversity. This is the main general guidelines for planning the arthropod biodiversity study. The main objective of the study is to assessment of the terrestrial arthropods diversity and conservation of biodiversity pedestal on the vegetations. The present work is focused to notorious terrestrial arthropods diversity in six different sites based on the vegetations Grassland (plot-a), Mixed Plantation (plot-b), Mangoosten plantation (plot-c), Gooseberry plantations (plot-d), Nursery Bed’s (plot-e) and Natural Forest (plot-f) at Kallar Horticultural farm, in Mettupalayam, The Western Ghats. The research is conducted during the period of November 2009 to April 2010. The arthropods were collected by the methods of Pitfall traps, Sticky traps and direct collection. The statistical findings were done by Shannon wiener diversity index (H) widely used for popular diversity indices. Totally the nine orders of diversity and richness were recorded. Diversity and abundance of terrestrial arthropods shows much difference between the natural and the plantation types to high productivity.