Abstract:

Tourism development had negative effects on plants, soil and environment in tourism area, but there were a few studies about effects of tourism development on insect diversities. Insect specimens were collected in three times in Yuelu mountain by using the plot-sample method during May to July in 2008, in which was divided into hot spots and non-hot spots, according to developmental degree and the number of tourists. The correlation of data was analyzed by Shannon wiener diversity index, Pielou evenness index and Simpson index. The results showed that the diversity indexes and abundances at non-hot spots were higher than those at hot spots, and the insect uniformity index was higher in non-hot spot region, the dominance indexes at hot spots were significantly higher than those at hot spots. Finally, it suggested that in the planning and construction of Yuelu mountain scenic spot plan construction process, it is important to pay great attention to enhance the vegetation the richness and the coverage fraction, moreover must strengthen the passenger environmental consciousness the propaganda.