ScienceDaily
(Oct. 30,
2012) — Concerned about habitat changes due to logging and rapid
development, Universiti Teknologi MARA researchers recently conducted a study
on the diversity of the important Hymenoptera group, which includes bees, wasps
and ants. Their results will be useful in forest conservation programmes.
This study was initiated due
to the changes taking place to the natural habitat of insects due to logging
and development. These activities pose a great threat to insect communities in
the forest.
The study focused on
Hymenoptera known as the most important group of insects in any terrestrial
ecosystem. Bees, wasps and ants are some of the insects in this group. They are
important pollinators of flowering plants as well as predators of many
arthropods. As such, many of them can be classified as the key stone species in
a particular ecosystem.
Preliminary observation showed
that the Hymenopteran were quite diverse at the Krau Wildlife and Forest
Reserve (KWFR), Pahang, geographically considered as a lowland dipterocarp
forest, which is connected to the Malaysian National Park. The objective of
this study was to determine the level of biodiversity, abundance and richness
of Hymenoptera in Kuala Lompat, Krau Wildlife Forest Reserve and to study its
relationship, if any, between changes in environmental gradient from forest
fringes and deeper into the forest.
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