Table 2.
Entomopathogenic fungal species richness and similarities amongst isolations from different habitat-types and bait-insects.
| Observed species (S, richness) | Jaccard coefficient (J) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Vineyards | Hedgerows | J (habitat) | |
| Soil(GM) | 8 | 5 | 0.435 |
| Soil(TM) | 6 | 4 | 0.41 |
| Soil* | 9 | 6 | 0.44 |
| Galleria mellonella | Tenebrio molitor | J (bait-insect) | |
| Soil(V) | 8 | 6 | 0.39 |
| Soil(H) | 5 | 4 | 0.35 |
| Soil# | 10 | 7 | 0.39 |
Soil(GM): soil samples baited by Galleriamellonella larvae; Soil(TM): soil samples baited with Tenebriomolitor larvae; Soil(V): soil samples collected from vineyards; Soil(H): soil samples collected from vineyards.
*, overall samples irrespective of bait-insect type.
#, overall samples irrespective of habitat-type.
Note: Jaccard coefficient for similarity amongst habitat types, J (habitat) = a/(a + b + c), where ‘‘a’’ is the number of species occurring in both habitats, ‘‘b’’ is the number of species specific to vineyards and ‘‘c’’ is the number of species specific to hedgerows. J ranges from 0 (no shared species amongst habitats) to 1 (all species are shared amongst habitats). Similar calculations were done for J (bait-insect), where values corresponded to observed fungal species when different bait-insects were used.