[Diversity of geometrid moth (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in cropland and reforested semi-natural habitats at different altitudes of Bashang Plateau, Hebei Province of China].
In order to understand the effects of landscape heterogeneity induced by habitat restoration and landform change on the biodiversity in degraded landscapes, an investigation by using light trap was conducted on the geometrid moth (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) diversity in the cropland and reforested semi-natural habitats in three villages at different altitudes of Bashang Plateau in 2006 and 2007. There existed significant differences in the species richness and individual number of geometrid moth between cropland and reforested semi-natural habitats and in the species richness of geometrid moth between the villages at different altitudes, but no significant differences in the individual number of geometrid moth between the villages at different altitudes and in the standardized sparseness index and Fisher' s alpha index between the villages and between the cropland and reforested semi-natural habitats within each village. The non-metric multi-dimensional scaling (NMDS) indicated that the community structure of geometrid moth in different habitats and at different altitudes differed significantly. This study indicated that the landscape heterogeneity induced by land-form change had significant effects on the community structure and diversity of geometrid moth on Bashang Plateau, and, both cropland and reforested semi-natural habitats were the important habits for geometrid moth. It was suggested that to protect the landscape mosaics containing cropland and reforested semi-natural habitats across the varied landform of Bashang Plateau would have significances in the conservation of high gamma-diversity of geometrid moth, but whether the reforestation and creation of semi-natural habitats could improve the biodiversity of geometrid moth should be monitored in long term.
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China. dmc77@163.com
Mei-Chun
MC
Duan
Yun-Hui
YH
Liu
Chang-Liu
CL
Wang
Jan C
JC
Axmacher
Liang-Tao
LT
Li
Zhen-Rong
ZR
Yu
D000531:Altitude; D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D002681:China; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000254:growth & development*; D017753:Ecosystem; D004777:Environment; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D014197:Trees / Q000254:growth & development*