Publication
Landscape diversity influences the arthropod species diversity in the rice field
Publisher:
Frontiers Media SA
Date:
05-10-2022
DOI:
10.3389/FENVS.2022.740287
Abstract: Landscape ersity is one of the key drivers for maintaining ecosystem services in agricultural production by providing vital habitats and alternative food sources for beneficial insects and pollinators within the agricultural landscapes. The landscape structure, land uses, and ersity differ between geographic locations. However, how the changes of landscape structure and land use ersity affect the arthropod ersity in a geographic area is poorly understood. Here, we tested the impact of landscape ersity on the rice locations in Bangladesh. Results ranged from highly ersified to very highly ersified in Chattogram (& .9), to highly ersified (0.590.79) in Satkhira and moderately (0.390.59) to less ersified (0.190.39) in Patuakhali. These significant different landscape ersities influenced the arthropod ersity in rice fields. Arthropod species ersity increases with the increase in the Land Use Mix (LUM) index. The maximum tillering stage of rice growth harbored higher abundance and species ersity in rice fields. Moreover, we found that vegetation is the most important factor influencing the abundance of arthropods. Extensive agriculture and forest contributed substantially to predicting arthropod richness. Meanwhile, barren land and high-density residential land as well as intensive agriculture had large impact on species ersity. This study indicates that landscape ersity plays a vital role in shaping the species ersity in rice fields, providing guidelines for the conservation of arthropod ersity, maximizing natural pest control ecosystem service and more secure crop production itself.