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dc.contributor.authorLudzula Mukwevhoen_US
dc.contributor.authorMduduzi Ndlovuen_US
dc.contributor.authorGerald Chikoworeen_US
dc.contributor.authorTatenda Daluen_US
dc.contributor.authorReyard Mutamiswaen_US
dc.contributor.authorFrank Chidawanyikaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-22T07:21:10Z-
dc.date.available2022-11-22T07:21:10Z-
dc.date.issued2022-09-24-
dc.identifier.urihttps://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5230-
dc.description.abstractBackground Sound management of protected areas is crucial for biodiversity conservation. In savanna systems, fire is common, yet little is known on the direct and long-term effects of prescribed burns on arthropod abundance, richness, and diversity. Standardised pitfall traps and active searches were used to compare variation in abundance, richness and diversity of arthropods at various experimental burn plots in the Kruger National Park, a protected area in a savanna setting Results Hymenopterans: Formicidae were the most abundant (76.4%), whilst Coleopterans, Araneae and Orthopterans constituted 18.6, 3 and 1% of the total arthropods collected respectively. Coleopterans were the most diverse group (30.2%) compared to Hymenopterans: Formicidae (24.6), Araneae (24.6) and Orthopterans (4%). Abundance, species richness and diversity of multi-taxa significantly differed between the treatment plots. Abundance and diversity of Formicidae were signicantly lower, hence, species richness was significantly higher in annually burnt plots compared to the unburnt control plots. Although the highest number of arthropods was recorded in unburnt plots, species richness and diversity were lowest in these plots compared to those burnt annually and triennially. Conclusions We conclude that late summer burns do not have major ecological impact on arthropods, and it was demonstrated by the abundance and diversity of species recorded at the annually burnt plots. Thus, annual late summer burns can be used as a conservation tool for arthropod inhabiting the protected savanna of Kruger National Park.en_US
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dc.publisherResearch Squareen_US
dc.subjectAfrotropicalen_US
dc.subjectbiodiversityen_US
dc.subjectconservationen_US
dc.subjectdisturbancesen_US
dc.subjectfire responsesen_US
dc.subjectinvertebratesen_US
dc.subjectprescribed burningen_US
dc.titleResponses of ground-dwelling arthropods to long- term prescribed fire regimes in a savanna protected area.en_US
dc.typepreprinten_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1932783/v1-
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of the Free Stateen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Mpumalangaen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of the Free Stateen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Mpumalangaen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationMidlands State Universityen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationICIPE: International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecologyen_US
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