Termite species richness, composition and diversity on five farms in southern Kunene region, Namibia
2002
Zeidler, J. | Hanrahan, S. | Scholes, M.
A survey was conducted on five farms in former Damaraland, a communal farming area in arid northwestern Namibia. The aims of the survey were to establish termite inventories for each site and to investigate whether termite diversity is determined by land-use history and land-use intensity. Overall, termite diversity in western Namibia is low. The Shannon Index ranged from 0–1.46. Diversity was generally higher at sites under relatively low land-use intensity. On the farm with the most arid climatic conditions, this relationship was reversed, probably as dung and other resource inputs were relatively high at the higher land-use intensity site. Termite species assemblages differed between the various farms, as wellas across the land-use intensity gradients. Whether this was attributable to differing environmental parameters or land-use histories was not clearly discernible.
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