Understanding the landscapes and the elements that make up the landscapes can help us understand the entire natural ecosystems and biodiversity. Landscape ecology has been studied since the past. however, many studies are conducted on single landscapes, and comparative studies between landscapes are few. We compared insect species diversity and community structure within a single plant community across landscapes and habitat. Additionally, identify environmental factors that affect diversity. Our results showed that above-ground and below-ground insect communities were clearly distinguished. Additionally, species diversity was high below-ground in all landscapes. Insect community structures across landscapes did not differ in above-ground. However, below-ground, the urban was differentiated from the forest and agricultural land. We identified the urbanization indices GMIS and PHBASE as factors responsible for these difference.

• Ui-Joung Byeon(Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Chungbuk National University) Corresponding author
• Jeong-Min Kim(School of Biological Science, Seoul National University)
• Youngsung Joo(School of Biological Science, Seoul National University)
• Jong-Seok Park(Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Chungbuk National University)