Ecological Archives E086-089-A1

Ian Kaplan and Micky D. Eubanks. 2005. Aphids alter the community-wide impact of fire ants. Ecology 86:1640–1649.

Appendix A (Table A1). Arthropod taxa sampled during the field experiment and their diet breadth, mobility, size, and dominance.

Diet breadth

Mobility

Size

Dominance

Herbivores        

Chrysomelidae

---

Mobile

Large

4.2 %

       Alticinae

---

Mobile

Small

3.7 %

Cicadellidae      

---

---

Small

3.8 %

Elateridae

---

Mobile

Large

17.0 %

Lepidoptera (larva)

---

Sedentary

---

21.4 %

Lygaeidae      

---

Mobile

Large

5.9 %

       Nysius raphanus

---

Mobile

Small

8.8 %

Miridae (adult)

---

Mobile

Small

5.9 %

Miridae (nymph)      

---

Sedentary

Small

5.8 %

       Lygus lineolaris

---

---

Small

5.9 %

       Neurocolpus nubilus

---

---

Large

6.3 %

Orthoptera

---

---

Large

4.9 %

Pentatomidae (adult)

---

Mobile

Large

2.3 %

Pentatomidae (nymph)

---

Sedentary

Small

5.8 %

       
 

Predators

     
 

Anthicidae

Generalist Predator

Mobile

Small

11.9 %

Anthocoridae

Generalist Predator

---

Small

4.6 %

Araneae (small)

Generalist Predator

Sedentary

Small

26.3 %

Araneae (large)

Generalist Predator

Sedentary

Large

2.2 %

Carabidae

Generalist Predator

Sedentary

Large

0.2 %

Chrysopidae (larva)

Aphid Specialist

Sedentary

---

0.3 %

Coccinellidae (adult)

Aphid Specialist

Mobile

Large

14.0 %

Coccinellidae (larva)

Aphid Specialist

Sedentary

---

17.2 %

Geocoridae (adult)

Generalist Predator

Mobile

Small

6.6 %

Geocoridae (nymph)

Generalist Predator

Sedentary

Small

8.6 %

Hemerobiidae (larva)

Aphid Specialist

Sedentary

---

1.3 %

Nabidae (adult)

Generalist Predator

Mobile

Large

3.7 %

Nabidae (nymph)

Generalist Predator

Sedentary

Large

2.4 %

Reduviidae

Generalist Predator

---

Large

0.3 %

Staphylinidae

Generalist Predator

Sedentary

Small

0.2 %



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