A Study on the Conservation of Fragmented Forests as Inhabitant Arthropods in the Newtown, Using Ant-biodiversity for Indicator as Arthropods-biodiverstiy

Abstract

This study intends to discuss a gideline of forest area for conservation of arthropod fauna in newtown. Using the ant biodiverstiy as indicator of arthropod biodiversity, we analyzed the relation between forest areas and arthropod species richness in the forests. There was positively correlation between forest areas and arthropod species richness in the forests. Fragmentation of forest reduced the variety of environmental strucutre in the forest for the inhabitant arthropods. We may conclude that it is necessary to conserve large area forests (more than 1ha) for maintenance of the arhropod species richness and thier habitat diversity in the forests.