Abstract
For tvAiin.,..! pa terences of icrinites of Iran, 8! plots of .10 nt x 30 in were selected. On Lk- h:ISP., of importance. value of treelshrub. five hatut.its were recogni/ed Poinflus (4opica, lamorik. Moru,c alba, Salty bettniornt and *IN vinfora. Popalm casinta habit:it harboured 13 species of ternntcs and this habaat MIA MITI' diverse in its veT..'etanor than other habitats. 1/se sabres ol 11, Ilrmo; and teflon(' dtvosh its P. ,wspica were 3.4556. 3.7004 and 0.0329 r4.,spectil.ely The spe, irs rturneA. was 5.7515. Simpson uniel being the index of dominance rcyraferi a l'ahic crJ C-0.1783 to +omit Postelertrotermes posniensis alone e0111111,111cS rt ivalie of f)_ Posieleciemermes pasfuensis had more 4,,I4Intes of fermi/•s on trees m this habitat as compared to other termite species and its preferred host was P. caspica. In T. gallica habitat only tiers termite species i.e., Anacanthotertnev imnictis and .4. vagans were feeding on trees. ilnaranthotermes vagans has p‘ratire association with T habitat, The value of H. limax and E were 0.9708, 0.0999 and 031708. respectively. The species richness \Nas 0.59 and was much less than that of P. raspier habitat 0.75151. Posiele •rotermes pasniensis na prelerred P. raspier and A. vagoits mostiv preferred r gallica and M. alba. In PopulusdivershOlia habitat, it is interesting to note that onh, P. pThIllellSIS s\ as Neorded. :tad no other termite sr< Lies was le,orded attacking this tree.
SULTAN RAVAN , MUHAMMAD SAEED AKHTAR. (1998) FEEDING PREFERENCES AND DIVERSITY OF TERMITES OF IRAN, Punjab University Journal of Zoology, Volume 13, Issue 1.
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