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Table 2 Mean multidimensional isotopic metrics of spider (bold) and ground beetle (italic) communities per stand ± standard error

From: Conifers and non-native tree species shift trophic niches of generalist arthropod predators in Central European beech forests

 

Douglas

Beech-Douglas

Beech

Beech-Spruce

Spruce

South

IRic

0.051 ± 0.008a

0.037 ± 0.009a

0.052 ± 0.009a

0.053 ± 0.009a

0.069 ± 0.013a

+ 0.153 ± 0.07*

 

0.036 ± 0.014abc

0.017 ± 0.009ab

0.02 ± 0.016b

0.021 ± 0.007bc

0.053 ± 0.011c

IDiv

0.655 ± 0.102a

0.707 ± 0.07a

0.751 ± 0.063a

0.643 ± 0.093a

0.614 ± 0.085a

 

0.682 ± 0.029a

0.772 ± 0.034ab

0.807 ± 0.032ab

0.809 ± 0.043ab

0.851 ± 0.057b

IDis

0.258 ± 0.075a

0.257 ± 0.083a

0.411 ± 0.081a

0.232 ± 0.045a

0.297 ± 0.051a

 

0.549 ± 0.053a

0.562 ± 0.01a

0.537 ± 0.092a

0.606 ± 0.048a

0.634 ± 0.073a

IEve

0.385 ± 0.081a

0.295 ± 0.062a

0.456 ± 0.041a

0.359 ± 0.072a

0.334 ± 0.064a

 

0.664 ± 0.064a

0.604 ± 0.1a

0.645 ± 0.072a

0.632 ± 0.038a

0.602 ± 0.06a

IUni

0.528 ± 0.076a

0.587 ± 0.117a

0.536 ± 0.078a

0.441 ± 0.096a

0.425 ± 0.067a

 + 0.153 ± 0.077*

 

0.564 ± 0.071a

0.556 ± 0.09a

0.626 ± 0.07a

0.711 ± 0.06a

0.689 ± 0.048a

  1. IRic isotopic richness, IDiv isotopic divergence, IDis isotopic dispersion, IEve isotopic evenness, IUni isotopic uniqueness
  2. Significant differences are indicated in superscript with letters (stand types) or with asterisks (north-south interactions). Significance letters and p-values were received from Tukey HSD post hoc tests of linear mixed-effects models. The column “South” shows significant difference between the southern and northern plots. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001