Additional info:
Data from PHD-Thesis of Nadine Hilt. She is the main author of the dataset.
For further information and details on the sampling sites see:
Hilt, N. (2005): Diversity and species composition of two different moth families (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae vs. Geometridae) along a successional gradient in the Ecuadorian Andes. PHD-Thesis, available online at http://opus.ub.uni-bayreuth.de/volltexte/2006/201/pdf/DISS_HILT.pdf
Hilt, N., Brehm, G. & Fiedler, K. (2006): Diversity and ensemble composition of geometrid moths along a successional gradient in the Ecuadorian Andes. Journal of Tropical Ecology 22: 155-166.
Brehm, G., Pitkin, L.M., Hilt, N. & Fiedler, K. (2005): Montane Andean rain forests are a global diversity hotspot of geometrid moths. Journal of Biogeography 32: 1621?1627.
