Absolute abundance (%) Mean abundance (%)
Soil Arthropods (Order: Family) 569m 221m 5m 569m 221m 5m
1 Araneae: Agelenidae 1.52 0.47 0.26 2.71 1.64 0.30
2 Dermaptera: Anisolabididae 38.63 0 0 36.18 0 0
3 Blattodea: Blaberidae 0.04 1.49 1.12 0.2 3.82 1.17
4 Diptera: Drosophilidae 1.52 0.47 0.16 1.06 0.34 0.13
5 Coleoptera: Elateridae 0 0 0.04 0.1 0 0.063
6 Hymenoptera: Formicidae 7.08 91.42 50.17 5.66 71.87 63.85
7 Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae 0 0.02 0 0 3.75 0.03
8 Coleoptera: Nitidulidae 25.81 4.78 45.53 21.66 14.06 30.74
9 Isopoda: Porcellionidae 3.04 0.16 0.33 2.89 1.6 0.62
10 Amphipoda: Talitridae 20.12 0 0 28 0 0
11 Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae 2.24 1.19 2.41 1.52 2.92 3.13
Table 1: Absolute and mean abundance (%) of the soil arthropods sampled from three elevations.