Population dynamics on soil insects in Greater Kolkata, West Bengal: A review
Keywords:
Deleterious effects, soil fertility, soil insects, research works, urbanization
Abstract
Soil is the natural habitat for microorganisms, plants and animals. Insects are the most diverse groups of organisms on earth and have adapted a wide range of habitats. Soil is the weathered surface of the earth’s crust which mixed with organic material and in which organisms live and plants grow. The soil insects play a significant role in soil ecosystem. They decompose dead materials, thereby help in nutrient cycling into the ecosystem and also act as an important bio-indicator of environmental changes. Different anthropogenic activities not only affect the soil insect communities but also create a diversified effect on other soil organisms and the soil as a whole. In Kolkata, the uncontrolled urbanization and industrialization affect the soil ecosystem. Particularly the vehicular exhaust containing the heavy metal lead cause enormous changes in the soil insect communities. An understanding of the deleterious effect of urbanization and industrialization on soil insects and of the importance of these organisms to soil ecology is still in its infancy. The present article is a review on the facts related with soil insect communities and the research work done in this field with reference to greater Kolkata.
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2017-06-30
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Roy, C., Paul, S., Choudhury, K., & Dey, S. (2017). Population dynamics on soil insects in Greater Kolkata, West Bengal: A review. International Journal of Experimental Research and Review, 11, 35-42. Retrieved from https://qtanalytics.in/journals/index.php/IJERR/article/view/1273
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