98; 12.1) 7  B6 Wadden islands Lophozia excisa (16.78; 95), Bryum marratii (11.65; 45), Fossombronia incurva (11.49; 60), Bryum algovicum (9.48; 70), Moerckia hibernica (8.7;

30), Bryum warneum (8.62; 45), Campyliadelphus elodes (8.24; 50), Drepanocladus sendtneri (8.06; 40), Riccardia incurvata (7.82; 75), Campylopus fragilis (3.39; 25.0) 55  B7 Rivers Cinclidotus fontinaloides (4.09; 52.2), Fissidens crassipes (4.02; 45.7), Cinclidotus riparius (3.95; 50), Schistidium platyphyllum (3.7; 48.9), Didymodon sinuosus (3.67; 44.6), Leskea polycarpa (2.98; 77.2), Orthotrichum cupulatum (2.71; 43.5), Syntrichia latifolia (2.7; 58.7), SB525334 purchase Cinclidotus danubicus (2.61; 29.4), Amblystegium fluviatile (2.51; 45.7) 24 Characteristic species are listed for each region up to a maximum of 10. Preference index and the frequency of a species (% of grid squares in which it occurs) in the region are given in parentheses. The total number of characteristic species for each region is given in the last column. Nomenclature of the regions corresponds with that of the regions in Fig. 1 Similarity between the selected regions Overall, there was a fair degree of spatial similarity among regions with characteristic species defined for the individual taxonomic groups (Table 3). selleck chemicals llc The coastal dune regions of the individual taxa showed the highest congruence (with one exception, namely that it was not recognized for the dragonflies). There was also reasonable similarity

among the regions located in the southern province of Limburg for the different taxonomic groups (Table 3e). All groups, with the exception of the dragonflies, define the Limburg region very well. The grasshoppers and crickets do, however, exhibit a somewhat aberrant pattern. Their occurrence in the Limburg region (O3, Fig. 1b) is not strictly confined to the southern part of Limburg as is the case in the other groups; scattered grid squares with a similar species composition are also found in the rest of the country. There was less congruence in the patterns of the five taxonomic groups found in the southeastern part of the country. MRIP The patterns exhibited by the hoverflies deviated most from those of other

groups. In the southeastern region, this deviation is explained by the small number of grid squares assigned to that region (S1, Fig. 1d). Table 3 Kappa statistics for the regions with characteristic species (a) Coastal dune regions (DUNE)   H5 B5 and B6 S5 Or4  H5 1        B5 and B6 0.489 1      S5 0.290 0.303 1    Or4 0.460 0.422 0.382 1 (b) Fen area regions (FEN)   B4 S4 Od3 and Od4  B4 1      S4 0.386 1    Od3 and Od4 0.297 0.207 1 (c) Pleistocene sand regions (SAND)   H2 B2 S2 Or2 Od2  H2 1          B2 0.374 1        S2 0.212 0.126 1      Or2 0.397 0.173 0.457 1    Od2 0.279 0.416 0.141 0.174 1 (d) Southeastern regions (SE)   H1 and H6 B1 S1 Od1  H1 and H6 1        B1 0.283 1      S1 0.179 0.158 1    Od1 0.267 0.140 0.250 1 (e) Limburg regions (LIMB)   H3 B3 S3 Or3  H3 1        B3 0.