Epigean Arthropod Succession along a 154-year Glacier Foreland Chronosequence in the Forni Valley (Central Italian Alps)

Figures & data

FIGURE 1.  Collecting stations: (1) glacier surface; (2) 1980 moraine; (3) 1953 glacier position; (4) 1943 glacier position; (5) 1926 moraine; (6) 1904 moraine; (7) 1850 moraine. Adapted from Pelfini (1992a)

FIGURE 2.  Relation between species richness, Shannon's Index, and age of deposition of moraines

FIGURE 3.  Species-sites matrix using reciprocal averaging (RA). Sites are presented with their number and letter code. Macropterous Carabidae species are denoted by (•) while brachypterous species symbolized by (▴)

FIGURE 4.  Relationship between brachypterous (B) and macropterous (M) ground beetles along the chronosequence

FIGURE 5.  Comparison between Shannon's Index values from the Forni and Rotmoos forelands

Pelfini, M. 1992a. Le fluttuazioni glaciali oloceniche nel gruppo Ortles-Cevedale. Tesi di dottorato, IV Ciclo 1988–1991. Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy.

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