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Diversity and seasonal fluctuations in dung beetle (Coleoptera) community in Kurukshetra, India
Author(s) -
KAKKAR Nidhi,
GUPTA Sanjeev K.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
entomological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1748-5967
pISSN - 1738-2297
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2010.00275.x
Subject(s) - dung beetle , biology , dominance (genetics) , species richness , abundance (ecology) , ecology , species diversity , relative species abundance , scarabaeidae , biochemistry , gene
Five pitfall traps baited with 150–200 g of fresh cattle dung were installed for 24 h at weekly intervals. A total of 991 dung beetles from 11 genera, 31 species and three subfamilies was obtained. The community was dominated by Oniticellus spinipes individuals by 32.3%. Ten species appeared only once during the collection period and species composition and dominance changed throughout the period. The overall pattern we detected in the organization of the dung beetle community is that the species richness, abundance and diversity rise in September and the 2 nd week of October. The dung beetle community was found to be affected by season.