Studies on the influence of weather parameters on arthropod diversity in bamboo plantations

A study was conducted in the bamboo plantations at the foothills of Nilgiris in Mettupalayam to find out the influence of weather parameters on arthropod population and arthropod diversity. Arthropods were collected by fixing traps such as pitfall and leaf litter traps and the collected specimans were sorted out based on taxon. From the study, the highest arthropod population (6464) was observed at temperature 32.9°C, relative humidity 82.5% and rainfall 89.5 mm and minimum population (2923) was observed in temperature at 28.9°C and relative humidity at 91.2%. The diversity of arthropod was maximum in November and December months and minimum in August