Tables
Table 1. Microhabitat selection of Liolaemus etheridgei in El Simbral and Tuctumpaya Polylepis forests, Arequipa, Peru. Available and used data are expressed as proportions. In all cases, P-values are compared with Bonferroni level = 0.007.
Microhabitat
Pooled
El Simbral
Tuctumpaya
Available
Used
Wi
SE
95% CI
P-value
Available
Used
Wi
SE
95% CI
P-value
Available
Used
Wi
SE
95% CI
P-value
Polylepis trees
0.351
0.149
0.424
0.125
0.118 – 0.73
<0.007
0.293
0.119
0.405
0.157
0.02 – 0.79
<0.007
0.409
0.165
0.404
0.100
0.16 – 0.648
<0.007
Scrubland
0.155
0.095
0.613
0.251
0.003 – 1229
0.124
0.159
0.136
0.855
0.344
0.012 – 1.698
0.673
0.152
0.073
0.483
0.200
0.000 – 0.973
0.010
Thorny bushes
0.096
0.077
0.807
0.393
0.00 – 1.77
0.624
0.147
0.153
1.038
0.407
0.042 – 2.034
0.925
0.046
0.037
0.804
0.539
0.000 – 2.125
0.716
Non thorny bushes
0.081
0.012
0.147
0.154
0.00 – 0.525
<0.007
0.059
0.017
0.288
0.308
0.000 – 1.043
0.021
0.103
0.009
0.089
0.093
0.0663 – 0.1117
<0.007
Rocks
0.057
0.065
1.159
0.674
0.000 – 2.811
0.814
0.087
0.068
0.780
0.455
0.000 – 1.894
0.629
0.027
0.064
2.411
1.704
0.000 – 6.586
0.408
Small rocks
0.200
0.357
1.783
0.443
0.698 – 2.868
0.077
0.200
0.407
2.034
0.520
0.759 – 3.309
0.047
0.201
0.330
1.646
0.398
0.671 – 2.621
0.105
Uncovered land
0.060
0.244
4.089
1.810
0.000 – 8.523
0.088
0.056
0.102
1.818
1.031
0.000 – 4.345
0.428
0.063
0.321
5.066
2.072
0.000 – 10.143
0.050
Table 2. Diet composition of Liolaemus etheridgei in El Simbral and Tuctumpaya Polylepis forests, Arequipa, Peru. N: Item number, %N: Item number percentage, F: Item frequency, %F: Item frequency percentage, W: Weight, %W: Weight percentage, IRI: Index of relative importance, %IRI: Standardised index of relative importance, Dh: Diet hierarchy.
 
Prey category
El Simbral (N=14)
Tuctumpaya(N=19)
Pooled(N=33)
N
%N
F
%F
W
%W
IRI
%IRI
N
%N
F
%F
W
%W
IRI
%IRI
N
%N
F
%F
W
%W
IRI
%IRI
Lygaeidae
76
46.9
13
92.9
0.0079
8.0
5094.6
62.9
82
35.5
17
89.5
0.0085
1.9
3349.5
44.8
158
40.2
30
20.7
0.016
3.0
894.8
55.3
Acari*
38
23.5
4
28.6
0.0005
0.5
684.8
8.5
21
9.1
10
52.6
0.0003
0.1
481.8
6.4
59
15.0
14
9.7
0.001
0.1
146.4
9.1
Araneae*
4
2.5
4
28.6
0.0200
20.2
648.4
8.0
8
3.5
6
31.6
0.0400
9.1
398.0
5.3
12
3.1
10
6.9
0.060
11.2
98.2
6.1
Sphecidae
11
6.8
6
42.9
0.0013
1.3
347.1
4.3
8
3.5
6
31.6
0.0009
0.2
116.2
1.6
19
4.8
12
8.3
0.002
0.4
43.5
2.7
Solifugae*
5
3.1
3
21.4
0.0100
10.1
282.8
3.5
4
1.7
2
10.5
0.0080
1.8
37.5
0.5
9
2.3
5
3.4
0.018
3.4
19.5
1.2
Anthomyiidae
4
2.5
3
21.4
0.0100
10.1
269.6
3.3
13
5.6
7
36.8
0.0325
7.4
480.9
6.4
17
4.3
10
6.9
0.043
7.9
84.5
5.2
Coccinelidae
7
4.3
3
21.4
0.0042
4.2
183.6
2.3
14
6.1
7
36.8
0.0084
1.9
294.0
3.9
21
5.3
10
6.9
0.013
2.3
53.0
3.3
Asilidae
2
1.2
2
14.3
0.0140
14.2
219.9
2.7
2
0.9
2
10.5
0.0140
3.2
42.8
0.6
4
1.0
4
2.8
0.028
5.2
17.2
1.1
Larvae and worms*
4
2.5
3
21.4
0.0030
3.0
117.9
1.5
18
7.8
7
36.8
0.0160
3.7
421.8
5.6
22
5.6
10
6.9
0.019
3.5
63.0
3.9
Formicidae
2
1.2
1
7.1
0.0160
16.2
124.4
1.5
-
0.0
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
0.5
1
0.7
0.016
3.0
2.4
0.1
Curculionidae
1
0.6
1
7.1
0.0070
7.1
55.0
0.7
-
0.0
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
0.3
1
0.7
0.007
1.3
1.1
0.1
Hymenoptera indet.*
3
1.9
1
7.1
0.0040
4.0
42.1
0.5
1
0.4
1
5.3
0.0040
0.9
7.1
0.1
4
1.0
2
1.4
0.008
1.5
3.5
0.2
Apoidea*
1
0.6
1
7.1
0.0005
0.5
8.0
0.1
-
0.0
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
0.3
1
0.7
0.001
0.1
0.2
0.0
Cicadelidae
1
0.6
1
7.1
0.0003
0.3
6.6
0.1
3
1.3
3
15.8
0.0009
0.2
23.8
0.3
4
1.0
4
2.8
0.001
0.2
3.4
0.2
Tephritidae
1
0.6
1
7.1
0.0002
0.2
5.5
0.1
-
0.0
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
0.3
1
0.7
0.000
0.0
0.2
0.0
Drosophilidae
1
0.6
1
7.1
0.0001
0.1
4.9
0.1
-
0.0
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
0.3
1
0.7
0.000
0.0
0.2
0.0
Diptera indet.*
1
0.6
1
7.1
0.0000
0.0
4.4
0.1
13
5.6
2
10.5
0.0040
0.9
68.9
0.9
14
3.6
3
2.1
0.004
0.7
8.9
0.6
Noctuiidae
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
5
2.2
4
21.1
0.1040
23.8
545.9
7.3
5
1.3
4
2.8
0.104
19.4
57.0
3.5
Tabanidae
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
4
1.7
4
21.1
0.0960
21.9
498.3
6.7
4
1.0
4
2.8
0.096
17.9
52.2
3.2
Tachinidae
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
10
4.3
4
21.1
0.0800
18.3
476.0
6.4
10
2.5
4
2.8
0.080
14.9
48.2
3.0
Empididae
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
13
5.6
5
26.3
0.0000
0.0
148.1
2.0
13
3.3
5
3.4
0.000
0.0
11.4
0.7
Halictidae
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
5
2.2
2
10.5
0.0200
4.6
70.9
0.9
5
1.3
2
1.4
0.020
3.7
6.9
0.4
Ichneumonidae
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
2
0.9
2
10.5
0.0000
0.0
9.1
0.1
2
0.5
2
1.4
0.000
0.0
0.7
0.0
Miridae
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
1
0.4
1
5.3
0.0001
0.0
2.4
0.0
1
0.3
1
0.7
0.000
0.0
0.2
0.0
Hemiptera indet.*
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
1
0.4
1
5.3
0.0000
0.0
2.3
0.0
1
0.3
1
0.7
0.000
0.0
0.2
0.0
Licenidae
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
1
0.4
1
5.3
0.0000
0.0
2.3
0.0
1
0.3
1
0.7
0.000
0.0
0.2
0.0
Mollusca*
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
1
0.4
1
5.3
0.0000
0.0
2.3
0.0
1
0.3
1
0.7
0.000
0.0
0.2
0.0
Trichoptera*
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
1
0.4
1
5.3
0.0000
0.0
2.3
0.0
1
0.3
1
0.7
0.000
0.0
0.2
0.0