Arthropods on Abandoned Apple Trees: Comparison of Orchard Versus Alley

Autor: Václav Psota, Pavla Šťastná
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, Vol 64, Iss 2, Pp 517-526 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1211-8516
2464-8310
DOI: 10.11118/actaun201664020517
Popis: Occurrence of arthropods on abandoned apple trees was studied in 2010 and 2011. The research was carried out in South Moravia (Czech Republic). Two sites were selected within this area – apple trees (Malus domestica) in an alley along a road and an abandoned apple orchard. At each location, arthropods were collected from 5 separate trees. Deltamethrin was applied into the treetops using a fogger. The killed arthropods were collected 15 minutes after the application. From among the collected data, 48 families were determined in accordance with a generalized linear model with a logarithmic-link function and Poisson distribution. As a result it was found that 33 families have significantly higher abundance in the abandoned orchard and 9 families in the alley. According to the Shannon-Wiener index, diversity of families was higher in the alley in both years (2010: H’ = 3.016, 2011: H’ = 3.177) compared to the abandoned orchard (2010: H’ = 2.413, 2011: H’ = 3.007).
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