Appendix D. Correlation table showing Pearson's r values relating the 10 site and soil characteristics used for statistical analyses of group abundances.

Correlation table showing Pearson's r values relating the 10 site and soil characteristics used for statistical analyses of group abundances

Appendix A. Soil and site characteristics for all samples included in the cross-site study.

Soil and site characteristics for all samples included in the cross-site study

The myrmecosphere is centered upon ant nests constructed at the soil surface and below ground.

<p>(1) Prey and carrion, plant material, plant and insect exudates are brought into the colony. (2) Below-ground prey and carrion, plant material, plant and animal exudates are brought into the colony. (3) Materials brought into the colony are assimilated into the soil over time. (4) Feces, saliva, and other excretions are produced within the colony. (5) Soil, corpses, and midden material are returned to the soil surface.</p

Appendix C. References for the clone library meta-analysis in Fig. 3.

References for the clone library meta-analysis in Fig. 3

Burghardt_etal_2018_JOE_litter_decomp_herbivory_trait_dataarchive

CSV file of plant traits, litter decomposition rates, and herbivore growth rates from 9 genotypes of Solidago altissima exposed to two levels of grasshopper herbivory and 4 nutrient treatments. See readme for header descriptions and units

Appendix A. Description of toxicity tests and modeling, as well as additional results.

Description of toxicity tests and modeling, as well as additional results

The abundance of the most common species of ants and termites collected in each site.

<p>Colony numbers (ants) and occurrences in CWM (termites) as well as average number of workers are shown. Percent of total abundance was determined for ants and termites separately as a percentage of the total number of workers captured.</p

The global reported ranges of numbers of individuals m⁻² and biomass m⁻² for ecosystem engineers and macroinvertebrates.

*<p>Majority exotic species.</p>**<p>Percent of maximum biomass (all macroinvertebrates) reported.</p>***<p>Conversion of fresh weights to dry weights (g) are estimates and followed that of <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0075843#pone.0075843-Petersen1" target="_blank">[15]</a>: termite fresh weight×0.27 = dry mass, earthworm fresh mass×0.15, ant fresh mass×0.23, and other macroinvertebrates fresh mass×0.30. These conversions do not apply to the invertebrates sampled in this study as those were dried and weighed.</p

The total abundance and dry mass of macroinvertebrates, from all plots, listed alphabetically by Class or Order.

<p>Ants are listed separately, as a Family, from other Hymenoptera.</p

Arrangement of 25

<p> <b>cm² quadrat samples within 100 </b><b>m² plots.</b></p