Table 1.
Nematode diversity and community indices of five different landscape patches with diverse ecological and edaphic characters.
| Indices | Forest Soil | Apple orchard Soil | Rice field Soil | Pasture Soil | Alpine Soil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Weiner Index (H’) | 3.40 ± 0.12c | 3.50 ± 0.14b | 3.20 ± 0.10d | 3.19 ± 0.09d | 3.79 ± 0.16a |
| Pielou’s Index (J’) | 1.00 ± 0.04a | 1.00 ± 0.03ab | 0.96 ± 0.03c | 0.95 ± 0.02bc | 0.99 ± 0.05b |
| Wasilewska Index (WI) | 1.85 ± 0.08c | 4.40 ± 0.15a | 1.00 ± 0.05 cd | 0.90 ± 0.04d | 3.33 ± 0.13b |
| Margalef Index (MgI) | 9.12 ± 0.26 cd | 11.02 ± 0.31b | 14.28 ± 0.43a | 9.61 ± 0.27c | 8.35 ± 0.22d |
| Maturity Index (MI) | 2.90 ± 0.14b | 1.90 ± 0.11 cd | 1.50 ± 0.09d | 2.20 ± 0.12c | 3.70 ± 0.14a |
| Nematode Channel Ratio (NCR) | 0.69 ± 0.07b | 0.81 ± 0.09a | 0.58 ± 0.06c | 0.50 ± 0.06d | 0.80 ± 0.09ab |
| Enrichment Index (EI) | 69.23 ± 3.50bc | 69.57 ± 2.79a | 58.30 ± 2.34c | 50.00 ± 2.55d | 61.90 ± 3.31b |
| Structural Index (SI) | 75.00 ± 4.22a | 52.94 ± 3.58c | 50.00 ± 3.42d | 71.40 ± 4.13b | 50.00 ± 2.97d |
| Channel Index (CI) | 6.67 ± 0.21c | 5.45 ± 0.18 cd | 15.80 ± 0.27b | 20.00 ± 0.32a | 4.43 ± 0.14d |
Values are mean of 30 replicates (±SD) of each index of nematodes. Within each row different letters after the mean values show the significance among landscape patches at P ≥ 0.05.