Table 2. The mean insect and plant richness for each sampling scale.

The mean (± SD) insect and plant richness of each mountain block (HH: Hottentots-Holland; KB: Kogelberg; CP: Cape Peninsula) is shown for the various sampling scales.

Sampling scale	Group	HH	KB	CP
Plot	Insect	9.62 ± 4.29	10.2 ± 5.64	8.56 ± 4.1
n = 300	Plant	3.02 ± 1.73	3.84 ± 2.11	2.25 ± 1.04
Square	Insect	27.7 ± 7.77	32.6 ± 13.1	27.4 ± 8.13
n = 60	Plant	4.35 ± 2.35	6.15 ± 2.43	2.95 ± 1.23
Site	Insect	42.5 ± 10.3	42.7 ± 13.8	49.2 ± 14.1
n = 30	Plant	5.1 ± 2.28	7.8 ± 2.94	3.8 ± 1.4
Cluster	Insect	124 ± 1.41	121 ± 4.24	134 ± 14.8
n = 6	Plant	17 ± 2.83	27 ± 2.83	10 ± 2.83