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Appendix C. Ant visitor species richness (Chao2) for 10 H. foetidus populations in the Iberian Peninsula in 2003.

Population

No. diaspores
visited

Species richness†

Matabejid

858

9.96 (7.54–21)

Puerto de la Mata

90

7.21 (7.01–11.2)

Barranco la Yedra

256

11.75 (7.58–33.54)

Calvario

288

7.33 (5.55–20.65)

Roblehondo

120

14 (11.44–31.12)

Roblehondo-Forest

301

5.21 (5.01–9.2)

Linarejos

140

8.66 (5.69–28.85)

Barranco del Toril

110

7.21 (7.01–11.2)

Las Cruces 1

293

8.62 (6.52–23.11)

Las Cruces 2

521

2.33 (2.19–5.71)

†95 confidence interval within parentheses.
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