Table 2. Diversity measures for two studies of geometrid moths along an elevational gradient in southern Ecuador at the level of sample sites.

Given are means and standard deviations.

	First	Second	Increase in second
Species richness	204.8 ± 39.9	259.9 ± 80.41	+ 22%
Mean Shannon diversity	111.3 ± 20.5	147.2 ± 42.6	+ 32%
Fisher’s alpha	106.8 ± 15.5	152.9 ± 42.2	+ 43%