Avian ecosystem functions are influenced by small mammal ecosystem engineering

Root-Bernstein, Meredith; Fierro, Andres; Armesto, Juan; Ebensperger, Luis A

doi:10.1186/1756-0500-6-549

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Table 2 Invertebrate taxa observed and characteristics

From: Avian ecosystem functions are influenced by small mammal ecosystem engineering

Taxa	Total abundance	Saprophyte or other decomposer	Pollinator	Predator	Phytophage
Coleoptera: Melyridae	156		+	+ (larva)
Coleoptera: Bostrichidae	101	+
Coleoptera: Anobidae	1	+
Coleoptera: Ptinidae	1	+
Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae	35	+
Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae (larva)	7	+ (larva)			+
Coleoptera: Elateridae	1		+		+ (larva)
Coleoptera: Carabidae	19			+
Coleoptera: Glaphyridae	22		+		+ (larva)
Coleoptera: Staphylinidae	4	+		+
Coleoptera: Lathridiidae	2	+	+	+
Coleoptera: Coccinellidae (larva)	15			+
Coleoptera: Coccinellidae	3			+
Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	2				+
Coleoptera: Curculionidae	3				+
Coleoptera: Mordellidae	2	+ (larva)	+		+ (larva)
Hymenoptera: Sphecidae	2		+	+
Hymenoptera: Pompilidae	1		+	+
Hymenoptera: Calcidoidea, Fam?	14		+	+
Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Fam?	13		+
Hymenoptera: Calcidae	0			+
Hymenoptera: Mutillidae	2			+
Hymenoptera: Chrysididae	2		+	+
Hymenoptera: Fam?	0
Hymenoptera: Formicidae	91			+
Lepidoptera: Tortricidae	13		+		+ (larva)
Lepidoptera: Noctuidae (larva)	9		+		+ (larva)
Lepidoptera: Fam?	1		+		+
Diptera: Fam?	2
Diptera: Ascilidae	2			+
Diptera: Bombyliidae	0		+	+
Diptera: Mycetophilidae	6	+
Diptera: Phoridae	2		+	+
Diptera: Tephritidae	1		+		+
Diptera: Calliphoridae	1	+	+
Diptera: Sciaridae	12	+
Diptera: Muscidae	1	+	+
Diptera: Drosophilidae	0	+
Diptera: Agromyzidae	1				+
Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	64			+	+
Hemiptera: Miridae	18			+	+
Hemiptera: Aphididae	6				+
Hemiptera: Fam?	2
Hemiptera: Cicadellidae	65				+
Orthoptera: Fam?	6				+
Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae (nymph)	16				+
Orthoptera: Acridiidae	10				+
Orthoptera: Acridiidae (nymph)	2				+
Orthoptera: Gryllidae	1	+
Psocoptera	1	+		+
Thysanoptera	2				+
Thysanura	84	+
Collembola	21	+
Isopoda	5	+			+
Opilionida	22			+
Arachnida: Araneae	31			+
Arachnida: Solifugae	2			+
Acaridida	131	+		+
Pseudoescorpionida	1			+

List of all invertebrate taxa observed, their total abundance across plots, and whether species in each taxonomical group present important functional traits. Fam? indicates that the taxa could not be identified at the family level.

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