Ecological Archives E089-044-A3

André P. Schaffers, Ivo P. Raemakers, Karlè V. Sýkora, and Cajo J. F. ter Braak. 2008. Arthropod assemblages are best predicted by plant species composition. Ecology 89:782–794.

Appendix C. Full arthropod data tables, basic statistics, and comparisons of encountered species numbers with total Dutch species lists. From this appendix, the extent and nature of the data and possible differences between groups may be judged.

Links to the full data table for each of the studied arthropod groups can be found below.

TABLE C1. A comparison of the number of species encountered in each arthropod group with the total number of species known from the Netherlands.

Species group

 

All species

Rare and/or red-list species

       

Groundbeetles

Dutch total

378

144

Roadside study

126

30

Roadside study %

33.3%

20.8%

       

Weevils

Dutch total

576

?

Roadside study

115

?

Roadside study %

20.0%

?

       

Spiders

Dutch total

322

?

Roadside study

73

?

Roadside study %

22.7%

?

       

Grasshoppers

Dutch total

41

18

Roadside study

20

4

Roadside study %

48.8%

22.2%

       

Hoppers

Dutch total

80

?

Roadside study

23

?

Roadside study %

28.8%

?

       

Hoverflies

Dutch total

310

?

Roadside study

61

?

Roadside study %

19.7%

?

       

Bees

Dutch total

338

239

Roadside study

91

25

Roadside study %

26.9%

10.5%

       

 

Full arthropod data tables for each of the studied arthropod groups, including basic statistics.

These data sheets (see links below) contain the data for each of the arthropod groups studied. Abundances (no. individuals) are recorded into classes in these sheets, usually ranging from 1–9 (for grasshoppers the raw data already were classes). A legend is provided with each table. During the analyses, actual abundances were used (often log-transformed; see Table 1 in article text), not the classes shown in this appendix.

 

In the tables, sites and species have been orderd to visualize internal data structure. The presented order has no special status or relationship to the study, not should it be considered in any way optimal. The only incentive for ordering the tables was to accentuate data structure.

Groundbeetles
Weevils
Spiders
Grasshoppers
Hoppers
Hoverflies
Bees



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