Abundance of selected insect species in natural and agricultural habitats of a tropical upland (Leyte, Philippines)

The results indicate that the habitat of the pest species considered is limited to cultivated land and does not include the forest. None of the non-pest species recorded in this study would be able to exist permanently in the agricultural area. They all depend on a closed forest habitat and therefore will become extinct as the forest disappears with proceeding slash and burn agriculture. However, some but not all of the pest and non-pest species were regularly recorded from the forest margin.