Ecological Archives E086-045-A1

Anthony Joern. 2005. Disturbance by fire frequency and bison grazing modulate grasshopper assemblages in tallgrass prairie. Ecology 86:861–873.

Appendix A (Table A1). Average relative abundances of species considered in the study over sites in watersheds grazed by bison and sites in ungrazed watersheds.

Species
Relative abundance

 

Overall average

Bison grazed sites

No bison sites

Ageneotettix deorum (Scudder)

0.0077

0.011

0.0022

Amblycorypha sp. (DeGeer)

0.0002

0

0.0004

Atlanticus sp.

0.0017

0.0024

0.0009

Arphia simplex Scudder

0.0067

0.0093

0.0036

Boopedon auriventris McNeill

0.0015

0.002

0.0009

Boopedon gracile Rehn

0.001

0.002

0

Campylacantha olivacea (Scudder)

0.0031

0.0049

0.0001

Chorthippus curtipennis (Harris)

0.0241

0.026

0.022

Conocephalus sp.

0.142

0.1013

0.1916

Diapheromera femorata (Say)

0.0688

0.0519

0.0895

Hadrotettix trifasciatus (Say)

0.006

0.008

0.004

Hesperotettix speciosus (Scudder)

0.0091

0.0106

0.0073

Hesperotettix viridis (Scudder)

0.007

0.0123

0.0007

Hippiscus rugosus (Scudder)

0.001

0.002

0.0002

Hippiscus rugosus (Scudder)

0.0005

0.0005

0.0004

Hypochlora alba (Dodge)

0.0392

0.045

0.032

Melanoplus bivittatus (Say)

0.025

0.03

0.019

Melanoplus femurrubrum (DeGeer)

0.0702

0.085

0.0523

Melanoplus keeleri (Dodge)

0.1004

0.1348

0.0587

Melanoplus packardi (Scudderi)

0.0021

0.0013

0.0031

Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius)

0.0065

0.0028

0.0012

Melanoplus scudderi Morse

0.0043

0.0588

0.0267

Mermiria bivittata (Serville)

0.0229

0.0236

0.0236

Mestobregma platteii (Thomas)

0.0019

0.0026

0.0011

Neoconocephalus ensiger (Harris)

0.002

0.0009

0.003

Orphullela speciosa (Scudder)

0.1442

0.124

0.1689

Paratylotropida brunneri Scudder

0.0003

0.0004

0.0002

Pediodectes nigromarginatus (Caudell)

0.001

0.001

0.0007

Phoetaliotes nebrascensis (Thomas)

0.2257

0.1937

0.265

Pseudopomala brachyptera (Scudder)

0.0056

0.0073

0.0036

Schistocerca lineata Sudder

0.002

0.0029

0.0009

Scudderia texensis (Saussure & Pictet)

0.003

 

0.004

Syrbula admirabilis (Uhler)

0.0009

0.0152

0.002

Unidentified nymph

0.006

0.008

0.008



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