Table 2. Number of species by group that show given relationships between colonisation probability and temperature in current or preceding year.

		relationship between colonisationprobability and temperature
species group	year	positiverelation	thermaloptimum	other thanexpected
Odonata (n = 58)	t	9	1	48
	t-1	5	1	52
Orthoptera (n = 32)	t	0	0	32
	t-1	2	0	30
Lepidoptera (n = 37)	t	5	0	32
	t-1	1	0	36
Reptilia (n = 7)	t	1	0	6
	t-1	1	0	6
total (n = 134)	t	15	1	118
	t-1	9	1	124