Authors
Megha Shukla
Abstract
Spiders plays a significant and vital role in ecosystem as being the controller agent of the biodiversity. The present paper focus on the ecology and diversity of the different species of the spiders which are occurring at the varied range of habitat including the spider families. The different families reflect the varying habitat with that of the widespread and abundant restriction to the single site. It is observed that the different sites have individual and unique species characteristics and its role in the ecosystem by highlighting the species composition in the seasonal patterns as the implications for showing the species diversity. The study focus on the diversity of the spider species and the influencing factor with the varied habitat. The paper focus on the spider assemblage and its role in stimulating the ecological balance as well as diversified species conclusively reporting the structural complexity of the habitat. Keywords: Spiders, Biodiversity, Seasonal patterns, Spider Assemblage, Habitat
Introduction
Spiders are considered as one of the different group of invertebrates in diverse ecosystem and also known for being a very sensitive indicator in the change in environment. It is estimated that India has around 1442 species of spiders of almost 39,000 worldwide species (Lone, Dar and Bhat, 2015). Spiders are basically known for the richest insectivorous predators among the terrestrial ecosystem as well as the one of the major diverse arthropod consisting of 30,000 species and showing a wide range of foraging strategies. The diet of spiders are dependent on mainly on insects from numerous taxa and also some of the other spiders (Nyffeler, 2000).
Spider are significantly classified as one of the general predator and shows a major influence on the structure of the community focusing on the food chain and food web. The spiders plays a very vital and significant role in the respect of predator mostly the predators of the insects and also a lot involved for the control and prevention of the population of insects. They are also known for the controller agent of the biodiversity for helping in various insects pests because of their polyphagous characteristics. By observing the major role of the spiders it is conclusively described that the spider are more important for the food chain. They also have their prior role in the agriculture, housing and plantation for the sake of protection from the pest insects and also as the bio indicator for the role of environment change (Koneri and Nangoy, 2017).
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