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Appendix E. Ant visitor species richness (Chao2) across 5 H. foetidus populations in the Iberian Peninsula in consecutive years.

Population

Year

No. diaspores
visited

Species richness

Barranco la Yedra

2001

449

9.96 (9.07–22.44)†

 

2002

263

9 (9–10.11)

 

2003

256

10.17 (10.01–13.6)

Calvario

2001

240

6.94 (6.07–18.95)

 

2002

206

8.38 (7.13–21.07)

 

2003

288

11.27 (8.07–32.18)

Roblehondo

2002

140

13.98 (11.78–28.08)

 

2003

116

14 (11.45–31.13)

Barranco del Toril

2002

127

4.9 (4.06–16.09)

 

2003

110

7.21 (7.01–11.2)

Las Cruces 1

2002

102

8.9 (8.08–17.81)

 

2003

293

8.62 (6.52–23.11)

† 95 % confidence interval within parentheses.
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