Table 1. Density and diversity of tardigrades found in bird nests.

Bird species:	UNKNa	SAPHb	EABLc	EAPHd	CARWe	BRTHf	UNKN	BGGNg	RTHUh	AMROi
State	KS	MT	KS	KS	KS	KS	MA	KS	KS	KS
Nest substrate	Grass	Unknown	Nest Box	Rock	Canoe	Forsythia	Ground	Juglans nigra	Unknown	Pinus ponderosa
Habitat visible	No	No	No	Moss	Both	Lichen	No	Lichen	Lichen	No
Density/nest	0	0	0	1	2	3	6	7	14	35
Diversity/nest	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	5	3
Tardigrades found:
Heterotardigrada
Echinsicidae
Echiniscus sp.								4	1
Echiniscus maucci									1
Eutardigrada
Apochela
Milnesium 1				1						2
Milnesium 2							1
Milnesium 3							1		1	7
Milnesium 4										1
Parachela
Hypsibius convergens										22
Ramazzottius sp.									1
Macrobiotus hufelandi						2
Macrobiotus sp.										1
Minibiotus sp.							3
Paramacrobiotus tonolli					1			1	5
Simplex					1				1	1
Eggs						1		2	4	1

Notes.

^aUnknown.

^bSay’s phoebe (Sayornis saya).

^cEastern bluebird (Sialia sialis).

^dEastern phoebe (Sayornis phoebe).

^eCarolina wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus).

^fBrown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum).

^gBlue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea).

^hRuby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris).

ⁱAmerican robin (Turdus migratorius).