Abstract
A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different habitats (canopy and away from the canopy) of different plants on earthworms abundance. The specimens were collected from guava, mango, citrus, and date palm and mulberry fields. Total 480 sampling sites, 30 sampling sites a week (6 for each fruit tree) were selected randomly by replacement sampling method. The specimens were preserved as mentioned in Stephenson (1923). Under the canopy of plants maximum number of earthworms per site were present in guava field while minimum in mulberry field. Away from the canopy earthworms were the most abundant in citrus field and the least in guava field. A significant correlation was found between mean number of earthworms and canopy of plants. In all fields the shadow area harboured the highest number of earthworms than open edge soil of different plants.
AMANA NADEEM , M.SARWAR, M. KHALID IQBAL , TAHIRA SAHIFIQ. (2007) HABITAT PREFERENCE OF EARTHWORMS RELATIVE TO DIFFERENT FRUIT TREES, Punjab University Journal of Zoology, Volume 22, Issue (1&2).
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