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Table 5 Abundance of SIMF in four land use classes at Shenkolla watershed

From: Abundance and diversity of soil invertebrate macro-fauna in different land uses at Shenkolla watershed, South Central Ethiopia

SIMF

Forest land

Homestead garden field

Grazing land

Crop cultivated outfields

Total abundance

Earthworm

13

72

53

39

177

Beetle larvae

4

13

0

0

17

Beetle adult

6

14

2

2

24

Spider

1

2

3

2

8

Ants

4

15

4

1

24

Termites

26

19

2

0

47

Millipede

4

3

3

1

11

Centipede

3

6

0

0

9

Earwig

4

0

0

0

4

Snails

1

3

0

0

4

Grasshopper

5

0

0

0

5

Wireworm

2

0

0

0

2

Over all abundance

73

148

67

44

332