Arthropod ASVs richness at multi-hierarchical levels
The rarefaction curves indicate that the sampling effort was enough to
achieve from 60 to 91% completeness at the haplotype and 3% CL in four
of the eight taxa groups (Diptera, Collembola, Arachnida and Hymenoptera
Figure S3). The groups that showed larger richness within the
communities (alpha diversity by sample) were Diptera (mean = 87 SD ±
23.1 haplotypes and mean = 21 ± 5.15 lineages at 3%), Collembola (mean
= 38 ± 9.44 haplotypes and mean = 16 ± 2.91 lineages at 3%), and
Arachnida (mean = 12 ± 6.28 haplotypes and mean = 9 ± 3.64 lineages at
3%). Some groups showed significant differences between sampling sites
but richness patterns across sites were not consistent for the different
arthropod groups (Figure 3). The sampling site that presented the
highest mean (± SD) richness of haplotypes was TLC with 103 (± 19.2) and
38 (± 10.7) haplotypes for Diptera and Collembola, respectively;
followed by SJH with 94 (± 9.31) and 42 (± 13.7) haplotypes for Diptera
and Collembola. The sampling site showing the highest richness at higher
clustering levels was ASB with Diptera (mean = 25 ± 2.65 and mean = 24 ±
2.45, for CLs 3 and 5%, respectively) and Collembola (mean = 17 ± 2.13
and mean = 15 ± 2.22 for CLs 3 and 5%, respectively); followed by SJH
with Diptera (mean = 22 ± 4.04 and mean = 20 ± 4.24, for CLs 3 and 5%
respectively), and Collembola (mean = 16 ± 2.28 and mean = 15 ± 2.12,
for CLs 3 and 5% respectively; Figure 3).