Ecological engineering of ground cover vegetation enhances the diversity and stability of peach orchard canopy arthropod communities

摘要

Ecological engineering of ground cover vegetation in agro-ecosystem may affect the diversity and stability of arthropod communities. Factors affecting the stability of arthropod community in turn influence the relationship between arthropod diversity and stability, which has been rarely investigated. We conducted a 2-year field-experiment in Shanghai and Jiangsu province in eastern China, examining the effects of the ecological engineering of ground cover plant Trifolium repens on the diversity and stability of canopy arthropod community in peach orchards.