Table 2.
Richness, abundance and diversity parameters of Papilionoidea in Cerro Bufa El Diente, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Key: S obs = Observed richness; N = Abundance; S est = Estimated richness; LDM = Linear dependence model; R2 = LDM determination coefficient; 1-D = Simpson diversity index; H´= Shannon diversity index.
| Ecological parameter | Site | Season | Total | |||||
| Submontane scrub (553 m asl) | Oak forest (783 m asl) | Cloud forest (1085 m asl) | Dry | Rainy | ||||
| Early (Dec–Feb) | Late (Mar–May) | Early (Jun–Aug) | Late (Sep–Nov) | |||||
| S obs * | 194 a | 180 a | 129 b | 65 a | 165 b | 187 b | 207 b | 243 |
| N * | 3726 a | 2641 a | 1244 b | 297 a | 1970 b | 2637 b | 2707 b | 7611 |
| S est | ||||||||
| Chao 1 | 210.67 | 197.55 | 133.11 | 69.33 | 198.07 | 208.00 | 233.46 | 278.20 |
| Jackknife 1 | 229.75 | 213.92 | 146.42 | 84.56 | 204.11 | 232.33 | 266.56 | 282.86 |
| LDM | ||||||||
| R2 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.94 | 0.93 |
| S est | 219.51 | 205.61 | 154.23 | 95.75 | 195.55 | 217.60 | 243.83 | 262.99 |
| Slope | 0.34 | 0.39 | 0.41 | 1.58 | 1.04 | 0.93 | 1.35 | 0.04 |
| Diversity | ||||||||
| 1-D ** | 0.97 a | 0.97 a | 0.89 b | 0.84 a | 0.98 b | 0.98 b | 0.98 b | 0.98 |
| H´ ** | 4.06 a | 3.93 a | 3.19 b | 2.37 a | 4.11 b | 4.17 b | 4.25 b | 4.16 |
* Values with different letters between columns are significantly different using Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney Tests: abundance between sites, K= 10.16, DF= 2, p= 0.006; richness between sites, K= 7.93, DF= 2, p= 0.019; abundance between seasons, K= 21.09, DF= 3, p= 0.000, richness between seasons, K= 21.31, DF= 3, p= 0.000. ** Diversity values with different letters between columns are significantly different at p< 0.05, using permutation tests in R 3.2.3 program.