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Table 1 Colour morph frequencies in natural pygmy grasshopper populations

From: Detection experiments with humans implicate visual predation as a driver of colour polymorphism dynamics in pygmy grasshoppers

Population

Lat. long. coordinates

Burned or nonburned

Type of habitat

Year sampled

Years postfire

N tot

N black

N striped

N grey

Almunge

N59º53.049’, E18º 03.813’

Burned

Clear cut (pine), managed fire, ca 20 ha

1998

1

171

68

22

17

Flyvägen

N57°00.268’, E15°16.752’

Burned

Clear cut (spruce), managed fire, ca 5 ha

2009

1

136

32

13

8

Hovmantorp

N56°47.169’, E15°10.053’

Burned

Forest (spruce), natural fire, clear cut, ca 15 ha

2009

1

114

65

15

1

Kosta

N56º51.308’, E15º35.417’

Burned

Clear cut (pine), managed fire, ca 50 ha

2006

3

221

70

17

2

=

   

2007

4

96

31

13

3

Nässjön

N56º53.739’, E15º18.775’

Burned

Forest (spruce), natural fire, clear cut, ca 20 ha

2008

1

38

21

4

1

PÃ¥ryd

N56°36.445’,E15°53.596’

Burned

Mature forest (spruce and pine), natural fire, clear cut, ca 125 ha

2010

1

158

68

19

5

=

   

2012

3

86

30

12

6

Sättraby

N59º50.427’, E18º 25.229’

Burned

Clear cut (pine), managed fire, ca 10 ha

1996

3

719

305

43

51

=

   

1997

4

300

103

29

12

Sävsjöström

N57º00.678’, E15º26.585’

Burned

Clear cut (pine), managed fire, ca 10 ha

2004

3

347

96

41

15

Uttersberg

N59º44.638’, E15º39.439’

Burned

Clear cut (pine), managed fire, ca 10 ha

1995

1

50

29

4

1

=

   

1997

3

12

5

2

0

Ã…lem

N56°56.019’, E16°21.808’

Nonburned

Cultivated area adjacent to clear cut

2009

na

264

0

6

11

Aspelund

N56°33.226’, E16°01.468’

Nonburned

Pasture nearby small stream

2008

na

47

5

7

1

Boden

N65°38.969’, E22°02.507’

Nonburned

Meadow

2007

na

42

8

7

5

Bredsätra

N56°50.481’, E16°47.346’

Nonburned

Pasture nearby man-made pond

2009

na

192

1

5

17

Dammen

N59º50.298’, E18º25.275’

Nonburned

Shorelines of man-made pond

1996

na

178

28

12

18

Hägern, Boarum

N57º 25.380’, E16º15.900’

Nonburned

Pasture nearby burned area

2009

na

104

14

12

3

In Fredeln

N59º 31.707’, E19º19.225’

Nonburned

Coastal meadow, small island

1997

na

36

6

3

6

Jordtorp

N56°40.622’, E16°33.303’

Nonburned

Pasture and alkaline fen

2009

na

234

5

13

9

Läckeby, Kvilla

N56°43.953’, E15°10.546’

Nonburned

Clear cut (spruce)

2007

na

42

4

11

0

Linneryd

N56°44.496’,E15°10.868

Nonburned

Clear cut (spruce)

2007

na

30

5

1

0

Simrishamn

N55°32.986’, E14°21.116’

Nonburned

Pasture with small ponds

2012

na

26

1

9

0

Sjöbo

N55°38.917’, E13°41.644’

Nonburned

Pasture, near stream

2012

na

39

0

2

4

Sävsjö

N56°32.268’, E15°48.606’

Nonburned

Pasture and pond

2008

na

102

0

9

8

Vanserumbäck

N56°40.457’, E16°38.338’

Nonburned

Pasture

2010

na

307

3

16

10

  1. Descriptive characteristics and frequencies of occurrence of Tetrix subulata colour morphs in populations sampled in burned areas of different succession stages and in nonburned areas in Sweden during the period 1995 to 2012. Total number of individuals (Ntot), number of melanistic (Nblack), number of striped (Nstriped) and number of grey (Ngrey) individuals captured.