Differential Impact of Different Land-Use Types on the Population Density and Community Assemblages of Edaphic Macroinvertebrates in District Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
Differential Impact of Different Land-Use Types on the Population Density and Community Assemblages of Edaphic Macroinvertebrates in District Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed1,2,*, Abu Bakar Muhammad Raza2, Muhammad Afzal2,Hafiz Salah-ud-Din2, Imtiaz Sarwar2, Muhammad Yahya2 and Khurram Shehzad3
Sampling protocol for the capture of edaphic macroinvertebrates from different sites.
Comparison of mean population abundance (±SE) of different edaphic macroinvertebrates captured from natural and cultivated land-use types. For each macrofaunal group, bars with asterisk (*) sign are significantly different from each other (unpaired Student’s t-test at α = 0.05).
Comparison of mean population abundance (±SE) of different edaphic macroinvertebrates captured from various land-use types during summer and winter seasons. For each macrofaunal group, bars with asterisk (*) sign are significantly different from each other (unpaired Student’s t-test at α = 0.05).
Comparison of mean population abundance (±SE) of different edaphic macroinvertebrates captured from various land-use types using pitfall traps and monolith method. For each macrofaunal group, bars with asterisk (*) sign are significantly different from each other (unpaired Student’s t-test at α = 0.05).
Pie charts showing community assemblages of edaphic macroinvertebrate groups captured from soils of different land-use types during winter 2015 and summer 2016. For each land-use type, values represent mean percent proportion of each macrofaunal group and “N” represents total number of macrofaunal individuals encountered.
