ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY OF SOIL MITES (ACARI) ALONG A GRADIENT OF LAND USE TYPES IN TAITA TAVETA, KENYA

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems

J. Lagerlöf¹  Gideon Nyamasyo¹  Paul Ndegwa¹  M. Gikungu¹  Joseph Mung'atu¹  Cris Maribie² 

[1] ;University of Nairobi, Kenya;

关键词: Land use type;    soil mites;    abundance;    Diversity;    agro-ecosystem;    forest ecosystem;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The abundance and diversity of soil mites was monitored along a gradient of land use types (LUTs) during the wet seasons in soils of Taita Taveta, Kenya. Sampling of mites from soils was carried out in eight LUTs which included maize-based system (Zea mays), coffee (Coffea Arabica), horticulture, napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum), fallow, pine (Pinus patula), cypress (Cypressus lusitanica), natural forest.LUTsignificantly influenced abundance, richness and diversity of the soil mites. During the short rains the diversity of soil mites increased in the order napier < maize-based system < horticulture < coffee < fallow < natural forest < pine forest < cypress plantation while the long rains season abundance increased in the order maize-based system < coffee

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