Figure 4 in Abrupt boundaries between mountain meadows and forests separate ground-dwelling invertebrate communities: a case study from South Tyrol, Italy

Figure 4. Abundance-based accumulation curves for ground-dwelling macro-invertebrates from montane meadows and mixed forests in South Tyrol, Italy. The data come from pitfall traps along a linear transect from extensively managed hay meadows ('MM' and 'M', squares) across an abrupt ecotone ('E', diamonds) towards mixed forest stands ('F' and 'FF', circles). The curves show from left to right: the sampling coverage, taxa and species richness (Hill number q = 0), Shannon (q = 1) and Simpson diversity (q = 2). Plot [A] shows the total faunal community data at the highest taxonomic resolution, plot [B] the Araneae data at species level.