#IMC: September 14 - 18 2025

A preliminary survey of the trans River Indus Hindu Kush-Himalaya mountains and ecotone spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) and impact of climate change

Assigned Session: FS 3.237: Open Poster Session

Abstract ID: 3.7462 | Accepted as Poster | Talk | TBA | TBA

Mian Sayed Khan (1)
Pir Asmat Ali (2)
(1) The University of Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Department of Zoology main campus University of Swabi, 23561 Swabi, PK
(2) Women University Swabi, Pakistan, Department of Zoology, Women University Swabi, Pakistan, 23430

Categories: Biodiversity, Conservation
Keywords: Global change, biodiversity loss, Spiders, Ecology, Peshawar Valley

Categories: Biodiversity, Conservation
Keywords: Global change, biodiversity loss, Spiders, Ecology, Peshawar Valley

The content was (partly) adapted by AI
Download
Download
Content (partly) adapted by AI

District Swabi, with its typical dried extension of ecoregions of Himalaya subtropical pine forest, Hindukush and Baluchistan xeric woodland that includes sandy grasslands, subtropical, dry sub-temperate Hindu Kush- Himalaya mountains and ecotone microhabitats with distinguish River Indus divided Himalaya-Hindukush mountains, is reported here one of the Pakistan biodiversity hotspot for spider diversity. A total of 67 spider species belonging to 37 genera and 30 families were identified through several years of extensive survey work. The distribution records of 50 species have been updated. The family Salticidae is most diverse with 32 species belonging to 22 genera followed by Araneidae with 23 species in 17 genera. The guild structure analysis revealed with majority Stalker, web-weaver, Ambusher, scattered line weaver, foliage hunter, funnel web builder respectively, and include habitat specialists that favor specific microhabitats. Some of these habitat specialists may be affected by alterations on ecotone and river Indus environment due to anthropogenic and climate change of drought and flood.

N/A
NAME:
TBA
BUILDING:
TBA
FLOOR:
TBA
TYPE:
TBA
CAPACITY:
TBA
ACCESS:
TBA
ADDITIONAL:
TBA
FIND ME:
>> Google Maps

Choose the session you want to submit an abstract. Please be assured that similar sessions will either be scheduled consecutively or merged once the abstract submission phase is completed.

Select your preferred presentation mode
Please visit the session format page to get a detailed view on the presentation timings
The final decision on oral/poster is made by the (Co-)Conveners and will be communicated via your My#IMC dashboard

Please add here your abstract meeting the following requirements:
NO REFERNCES/KEYWORDS/ACKNOWEDGEMENTS IN AN ABSTRACT!
Limits: min 100 words, max 350 words or 2500 characters incl. tabs
Criteria: use only UTF-8 HTML character set, no equations/special characters/coding
Copy/Paste from an external editor is possible but check/reformat your text before submitting (e.g. bullet points, returns, aso)

Add here affiliations (max. 30) for you and your co-author(s). Use the row number to assign the affiliation to you and your co-author(s).
When you hover over the row number you are able to change the order of the affiliation list.

1
2
1
Add Affiliation(s)

Add here co-author(s) (max. 30) to your abstract. Please assign the affiliation(s) of each co-author in the "Assigned Aff. No" by using the corresponding numbers from the "Affiliation List" (e.g.: 1,2,...)
When you hover over the row number you are able to change the order of the co-author list.

1
1
Add Co-Author(s)
1
2
3
4
5
1
Add Keyword
Close