title: [Cluster analysis on the temporal dynamics of arthropod community in a plum orchard].
abstract: In this paper, twelve investigations were conducted on the structural feature of arthropod community in a plum orchard, and a cluster analysis was made on the temporal dynamics of the community. The total community could be clustered into 5 clusters (D = 0.2000), i.e., that in March, in June, in July, in November, and in other months. The natural enemy and pest-neutral sub-communities could be also clustered into 5 clusters, respectively. For natural enemy sub-community, the clusters (D = 0.2000) were that in March, in July, in August, in September and October, and in other months, and for pest-neutral sub-community, they (D = 0.1000) were that in April, in July, in June, in November, and in other months. The results of cluster analysis partly reflected the seasonal differences of total community and sub-communities, while the temporal overlaps of cluster results reflected the complexity of community structure. Based on the optimization cut-apart, both the total community and the sub-communities were divided into 5 stages, i.e., 6 April as the first stage, 27 April to 8 June as the second stage, 27 June to 27 August as the third stage, 21 September to 19 October as the forth stage, and 22 November as the fifth stage.
authors: Provincial Key Laboratory for Microbial Control, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China.
authors: Yunding
authors: Y
authors: Zou
authors: Chengcheng
authors: C
authors: Ding
authors: Shoudong
authors: S
authors: Bi
authors: Caiqiu
authors: C
authors: Gao
authors: Chuanwang
authors: C
authors: Cao
authors: Xiaolin
authors: X
authors: Liu
authors: Qinglei
authors: Q
authors: Men
authors: Changgen
authors: C
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000254:growth & development*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D011157:Population Dynamics; D027861:Prunus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000469:parasitology*; D013997:Time Factors