Table 2.
Percentage of taxa completed and relative contribution of different sources of information (i.e. literature, expert knowledge, direct measurement) used to build the DISPERSE database.
| Trait | Taxa completed (%) | Source of information (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Literature | Expert | Measured | ||
| Maximum body size | 99 | 100 | ||
| Female wing length | 95 | 57 | 12 | 31 |
| Wing pair type | 100 | 100 | ||
| Life-cycle duration | 98 | 100 | ||
| Adult life span | 79 | 65 | 35 | |
| Lifelong fecundity | 75 | 77 | 23 | |
| Potential number of reproductive cycles per year | 98 | 100 | ||
| Dispersal strategy | 98 | 100 | ||
| Propensity to drift | 80 | 90 | 10 | |
| All traits | 61 | 88 | 9 | 3 |