Lorestan University Press Journal of Animal Diversity 2676-685X 4 4 2022 12 31 Diversity of spiders (Araneae) in the anthropic land covers of Davao City, Philippines 28 39 705769 http://dx.doi.org/10.52547/JAD.2022.4.4.4 EN Brian Sabanal Department of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies, College of Science and Mathematics, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Mintal, Davao City, Philippines 8022; Wildlife-Human Interaction Studies, Ecological Research, and Biodiversity Conservation Laboratory, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Mintal, Davao City, Philippines 8022 0000-0003-4520-9660 Marion John Michael Achondo Department of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies, College of Science and Mathematics, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Mintal, Davao City, Philippines 8022; Wildlife-Human Interaction Studies, Ecological Research, and Biodiversity Conservation Laboratory, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Mintal, Davao City, Philippines 8022 0000-0002-5438-0585 Pedro Alviola IV School of Management, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Mintal, Davao City, Philippines 8022; Wildlife-Human Interaction Studies, Ecological Research, and Biodiversity Conservation Laboratory, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Mintal, Davao City, Philippines 8022 0000-0002-5519-5787 Lief Erikson Gamalo Department of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies, College of Science and Mathematics, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Mintal, Davao City, Philippines 8022; Wildlife-Human Interaction Studies, Ecological Research, and Biodiversity Conservation Laboratory, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Mintal, Davao City, Philippines 8022 0000-0002-1353-0591 Mae Responte Department of Biological Sciences and Environmental Studies, College of Science and Mathematics, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Mintal, Davao City, Philippines 8022; Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80708; Wildlife-Human Interaction Studies, Ecological Research, and Biodiversity Conservation Laboratory, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Mintal, Davao City, Philippines 8022 0000-0001-5921-6146 Journal Article 2022 05 30 In addition to protected landscapes, anthropic land covers (ALCs) can also harbor spiders in human-modified landscapes (HMLs). This study determined the diversity of spiders in seven different ALCs within the University of the Philippines Mindanao campus in order to identify ALCs with the highest priority for spider conservation. Direct sampling methods were employed to collect specimens within 2,000 m2 belt transects. A total of 364 spider individuals belonging to 69 morphospecies from 40 genera and 13 families were documented. Highest species richness was observed from the family Araneidae. <em>Nephila pilipes</em> Fabricius (Araneidae) and <em>Heteropoda</em> <em>venatoria</em> Linnaeus (Sparassidae) were found across sampling sites. Among the ALCs, site 5OGSF (old- growth and secondary forest) had the highest species richness (q0 (26)) while site 7AF (agroforest) had the highest species diversity (q1 (17.16); q2 (13.83)). Site 3CTP (cacao tree plantation) was consistently the least species-rich (q0 (10)) and least diverse (q1 (6.92); q2 (5.54)). The different vegetation density and structural complexity of ALCs on the campus support spider communities in which the highest species richness and diversity were observed in the secondary forest and agroforest, respectively. This paper highlights that spider communities have varying levels of diversity in different small-scale ALCs. https://jad.lu.ac.ir/article_705769_112afa45cf3224c459f214c48cb4da9e.pdf