Effects of Temperatures and Rainfall Variability on the Abundance and Diversity of Caelifera (Insecta, Orthoptera) in Three Natural Environments in the Mzab Valley, Septentrional Sahara (Algeria)
The climatic condition is assumed as the main factor responsible for development and survival of insects; this investigation was conducted to study the responses of Caelifera to temperatures and precipitation variations during 2017 in three natural environments of Mzab Valley, Ghardaïa, Algeria. A t...
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| author | Youcef Zergoun Omar Guezoul Makhlouf Sekour Noureddine Bouras Michael D. Holtz |
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| description | The climatic condition is assumed as the main factor responsible for development and survival of insects;
this investigation was conducted to study the responses of Caelifera to temperatures and precipitation
variations during 2017 in three natural environments of Mzab Valley, Ghardaïa, Algeria. A total of 22
grasshopper species were collected, representing four families and eight subfamilies. The subfamily
Oedipodinae was the dominant, followed by Pyrgomorphinae and Thrinchinae. Two species:
Sphingonotus rubescens and Sphingonotus savignyi occurred frequently in the three sites. However, only
one accidental species, Eunapiodes sp. was found. According to our observations, it is clear that the
grasshopper diversity was higher in July and August coinciding with the increase in temperature. In such
conditions, the precipitation has less influence on species diversity |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b213b287a85b43b08cbbf0026e12b33d2022-12-22T02:41:56ZengInstitution of the Agricultural Research and Higher EducationTunisian Journal of Plant Protection1737-54362490-43682018-12-01132217228Effects of Temperatures and Rainfall Variability on the Abundance and Diversity of Caelifera (Insecta, Orthoptera) in Three Natural Environments in the Mzab Valley, Septentrional Sahara (Algeria)Youcef Zergoun0Omar Guezoul1Makhlouf Sekour2Noureddine Bouras3Michael D. Holtz4 Laboratoire des Bioressources Sahariennes: Préservation et Valorisation, Département des Sciences Agronomiques, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie et Sciences de la Terre, Université de Kasdi Merbah, BP 511, 30000 Ouargla, Algeria Laboratoire des Bioressources Sahariennes: Préservation et Valorisation, Département des Sciences Agronomiques, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie et Sciences de la Terre, Université de Kasdi Merbah, BP 511, 30000 Ouargla, Algeria Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie et Sciences de la Terre, Université de Ghardaïa, 47000 Ghardaïa, Algeria Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie et Sciences de la Terre, Université de Ghardaïa, 47000 Ghardaïa, Algeria Field Crop Development Centre, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, 5030 - 50 Street,Lacombe, Alberta T4L1W8, Canada The climatic condition is assumed as the main factor responsible for development and survival of insects; this investigation was conducted to study the responses of Caelifera to temperatures and precipitation variations during 2017 in three natural environments of Mzab Valley, Ghardaïa, Algeria. A total of 22 grasshopper species were collected, representing four families and eight subfamilies. The subfamily Oedipodinae was the dominant, followed by Pyrgomorphinae and Thrinchinae. Two species: Sphingonotus rubescens and Sphingonotus savignyi occurred frequently in the three sites. However, only one accidental species, Eunapiodes sp. was found. According to our observations, it is clear that the grasshopper diversity was higher in July and August coinciding with the increase in temperature. In such conditions, the precipitation has less influence on species diversity http://www.tjpp.tn/SiteWeb/CurrentIssue/TJPP13_2/5BourasAlgerie.pdf AlgeriaCaeliferadiversityprecipitationMzab Valleytemperature |
| spellingShingle | Youcef Zergoun Omar Guezoul Makhlouf Sekour Noureddine Bouras Michael D. Holtz Effects of Temperatures and Rainfall Variability on the Abundance and Diversity of Caelifera (Insecta, Orthoptera) in Three Natural Environments in the Mzab Valley, Septentrional Sahara (Algeria) Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection Algeria Caelifera diversity precipitation Mzab Valley temperature |
| title | Effects of Temperatures and Rainfall Variability on the
Abundance and Diversity of Caelifera (Insecta, Orthoptera) in
Three Natural Environments in the Mzab Valley,
Septentrional Sahara (Algeria) |
| title_full | Effects of Temperatures and Rainfall Variability on the
Abundance and Diversity of Caelifera (Insecta, Orthoptera) in
Three Natural Environments in the Mzab Valley,
Septentrional Sahara (Algeria) |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Temperatures and Rainfall Variability on the
Abundance and Diversity of Caelifera (Insecta, Orthoptera) in
Three Natural Environments in the Mzab Valley,
Septentrional Sahara (Algeria) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Temperatures and Rainfall Variability on the
Abundance and Diversity of Caelifera (Insecta, Orthoptera) in
Three Natural Environments in the Mzab Valley,
Septentrional Sahara (Algeria) |
| title_short | Effects of Temperatures and Rainfall Variability on the
Abundance and Diversity of Caelifera (Insecta, Orthoptera) in
Three Natural Environments in the Mzab Valley,
Septentrional Sahara (Algeria) |
| title_sort | effects of temperatures and rainfall variability on the abundance and diversity of caelifera insecta orthoptera in three natural environments in the mzab valley septentrional sahara algeria |
| topic | Algeria Caelifera diversity precipitation Mzab Valley temperature |
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