Appendix E. Abundance of 261 beetle species captured in pit-fall traps adjacent to an elk and a bison carcass and in corresponding control traps, in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park, 1993. See methods for details. Sorted by Chi² value.

Thanatophilus lapponicus (Herbst)	7688	4	7732.9	0
Saprinus oregonensis LeConte	815	4	809.1	0
Necrobia violacea L.	605	0	609.5	0
Ptiliid sp.4	539	5	528.1	0
Creophilus maxillosus (L.)	158	0	159.2	0
Staph. sp.65	137	4	126.4	0
Falagria dissecta Erichson	120	5	106.7	0
Staphylinae sp.4	105	0	105.8	0
Dermestes fasciatus LeConte	87	0	87.6	0
Anthicid sp.4	111	285	75.2	0
Anchicera sp.2	88	7	69.7	0
Agonum cupreum Dejean	89	11	61.4	0
Encimus mimus Fall	62	2	56.7	0
Omaliinae sp.8	61	2	55.7	0
Oxytelus sp.19	55	0	55.4	0
Aphodius omissus LeConte	52	1	49.5	0
Staphylinae sp.7	51	1	48.4	0
Sphaeridium lunatum Fabricius	45	0	45.3	0
Ptiliid sp.3	39	0	39.3	0
Corticarina cavicollis (Mannerheim)	82	20	38.1	0
Listronotus sp.58	8	55	34.7	0
Nicrophorus investigator Zett.	33	0	33.2	0
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides LeConte	32	0	32.2	0
Oxytelus sp.18	343	508	30.8	0
Epicauta pruinosa LeConte	16	64	28.4	0
Pachybrachis sp.57	0	27	26.8	0
Ontholestes cingulatus (Gravenhorst)	25	0	25.2	0
Aphodius alternatus Horn	1	28	24.9	0
Bembidion roosevelti Pic	26	1	23.3	0
Borboropora quadriceps (LeConte)	23	0	23.2	0
Oxytelinae sp.91	21	0	21.2	0
Trox sonorae LeConte	21	0	21.2	0
Nitidula rufipes (L.)	21	0	21.2	0
Aleochara (Coprochara) sp.127	20	0	20.1	0
Tinotus sp.37	17	0	17.1	0
Omosita inversa LeConte	17	0	17.1	0
Melanophthalma villosa Zimmerman	36	9	16.4	0
Saprinus lugens Erichson	16	0	16.1	0
Dalopius lateralis Esch.	18	1	15.3	0
Staphylinae sp.5	15	0	15.1	0
Nicrophorus guttula Motschulsky	15	0	15.1	0
Bryoporus sp.36	17	1	14.3	0
Staphilinae sp.97	13	0	13.1	0
Morychus subsetosus Fall	0	13	12.9	0
Aleochara sp.122	12	0	12.1	0.001
Margarinotus pluto Casey	12	0	12.1	0.001
Elaterid sp.95	8	29	11.8	0.001
Dermestes talpinus Mannerheim	11	0	11.1	0.001
Otiorhynchus ovatus (L.)	275	204	11.1	0.001
Mordellid sp.3	0	11	10.9	0.001
Harpalus ellipsis LeC.	60	101	10.1	0.001
Staph. sp.125	10	0	10.1	0.002
Tachinus angustatus Horn	15	2	10	0.002
Apion sp.6	0	10	9.9	0.002
Byrrhus americanus LeConte	7	24	9.2	0.002
Syntomus americanus Dejean	74	42	9.1	0.003
Hydrophilid sp.29	9	0	9.1	0.003
Lepidophorus pumilis Buchanan	0	9	8.9	0.003
Canthon simplex LeConte	6	21	8.2	0.004
Stenus subgriseus Casey	13	2	8.1	0.004
Dalopius sp.1	8	0	8.1	0.005
Nitidula ziczac Say	8	0	8.1	0.005
Lepesoma ursina (Horn)	10	1	7.4	0.006
Nicrophorus hybridus Hatch & Angell	14	3	7.2	0.007
Agonum retractum LeConte	7	0	7.1	0.008
Oxytelinae sp.92	7	0	7.1	0.008
Hypnoidus bicolor (Eschscholtz)	7	0	7.1	0.008
Listronotus sp.62	0	7	6.9	0.008
Bembidion obtusangulum LeConte	9	1	6.5	0.011
Heterosilpha ramosa (Say)	9	1	6.5	0.011
Harpalus animosus Casey	6	0	6	0.014
Microlestes curtipennis Casey	0	6	6	0.015
Cleonidius puberulus (LeConte)	0	6	6	0.015
Bembidion praecinatum LeConte	33	56	5.8	0.016
Carabus taedatus Fabricius	35	18	5.6	0.018
Tachyporus (T.) sp.25	28	13	5.6	0.018
Eucinetus terminalis LeConte	8	1	5.5	0.019
Chrysomelid sp.42	8	1	5.5	0.019
Chrysomelid sp.51	10	2	5.4	0.02
Bembidion dyschirinum LeConte	29	14	5.3	0.021
Tachyporus sp.27	8	20	5.1	0.025
Chlaenius alternatus Horn	5	0	5	0.025
Bembidion sp.164	5	0	5	0.025
Xantholininae sp.43	5	0	5	0.025
Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim	5	0	5	0.025
Diplotaxis prob. obscurus LeConte	7	1	4.5	0.033
Cryptopleurum minutum (Fab.)	4	0	4	0.045
Aleochara verna Say	4	0	4	0.045
Scarabaeid sp.10	4	0	4	0.045
Cicindela nebraskana Casey	0	4	4	0.046
Amara sp.176	0	4	4	0.046
Phyllobaenus sp.8	0	4	4	0.046
Hippodamia expurgata Casey	0	4	4	0.046
Staph. sp.100	6	1	3.6	0.057
Bledius flavipennis LeConte	2	8	3.6	0.059
Xantholininae sp.98	1	6	3.5	0.06
Cercyon sp.34	3	0	3	0.082
Xantholininae sp.93	3	0	3	0.082
Oxytelinae sp.108	3	0	3	0.082
Micropeplus cribratus LeConte	3	0	3	0.082
Catops basiliaris Say	3	0	3	0.082
Ptiliid sp.7	3	0	3	0.082
Trox atrox LeConte	3	0	3	0.082
Dermestes marmoratus Say	3	0	3	0.082
Staph. sp.71	5	1	2.7	0.101
Amara coelebs Hayward	1	5	2.6	0.104
Notiophilus simulator Fall	2	0	2	0.156
Chlaenius purpuricollis Randall	2	0	2	0.156
Harpalus fuscipalpis Sturm	2	0	2	0.156
Amara spp.183	16	9	2	0.156
Hydrophilid sp.28	2	0	2	0.156
Oxytelus montanus Casey	2	0	2	0.156
Aleochara tahoensis Casey	2	0	2	0.156
Staph. sp.73	2	0	2	0.156
Oxytelinae sp.89	2	0	2	0.156
Staphilinae sp.103	2	0	2	0.156
Tinotus sp.123	2	0	2	0.156
Staph. sp.131	2	0	2	0.156
Catops alsiosus Horn	2	0	2	0.156
Hydnobius sp.89	2	0	2	0.156
Aphodius fimentarius (L.)	2	0	2	0.156
Aphodius sp.39	2	0	2	0.156
Necrobia rufipes (DeGeer)	2	0	2	0.156
Dolichosoma foveicolle (Kirby)	2	0	2	0.156
Lytta nuttalli Say	2	0	2	0.156
Anaspis rufa Say	2	0	2	0.156
Chrysomelid sp.52	2	0	2	0.156
Ceutorhynchus sp.75	2	0	2	0.156
Curculionld sp.95	2	0	2	0.156
Bembidion nitidum Kirby	0	2	2	0.159
Phyllophaga anxia (LeConte)	0	2	2	0.159
Notoxus sp.6	0	2	2	0.159
Collops sp.12	2	6	2	0.16
Serica anthracina LeConte	4	1	1.8	0.177
Curimopsis brevicollis Casey	1	4	1.8	0.182
Ceutorhynchus sp.72	1	4	1.8	0.182
Harpalus fraternus LeC.	33	24	1.5	0.222
Amara impuncticollis Say	13	8	1.2	0.268
Pterostichus adstrictus Ech.	6	3	1	0.312
Amara carinata LeConte	6	3	1	0.312
Aphodius decipiens Horn	3	1	1	0.314
Bembidion nigripes (Kirby)	1	0	1	0.316
Bradycellus lecontei Csiki	1	0	1	0.316
Amara musculis Say	1	0	1	0.316
Diplocheila oregona Hatch	1	0	1	0.316
Carabid sp.161	1	0	1	0.316
Calosoma tepidium LeConte	1	0	1	0.316
Amara pallipes Kirby	1	0	1	0.316
Sphaeridium bipustulatus F.	1	0	1	0.316
nr. Cercyon sp.26	1	0	1	0.316
Helophorus sp.33	1	0	1	0.316
Cercyon sp.35	1	0	1	0.316
Cercyon sp.36	1	0	1	0.316
Ochthebius mimicus Brown	1	0	1	0.316
Hydraena pacifica Perkins	1	0	1	0.316
Stenus alpicola Fauv.	1	0	1	0.316
Tachinus nigricornis Mannerheim	1	0	1	0.316
Tachyusa sp.40	1	0	1	0.316
Staph. sp.56	1	0	1	0.316
Tachinus lanei Hatch	1	0	1	0.316
Xantholininae sp.99	1	0	1	0.316
Oxytelinae sp.104	1	0	1	0.316
Staph. sp.120	1	0	1	0.316
Aleochara bimaculata Gravenhorst	1	0	1	0.316
Staph. sp.132	1	0	1	0.316
Staph. sp.133	1	0	1	0.316
Nicrophorus marginatus Fabricius	1	0	1	0.316
Nicrophorus obscurus Kirby	1	0	1	0.316
Leiodes alesi Baranowski	1	0	1	0.316
Leiodes assimilis (LeConte)	1	0	1	0.316
Leiodid sp.87	1	0	1	0.316
Aphoduis sp.30	1	0	1	0.316
Aphodius sp.35	1	0	1	0.316
Scarabaeid sp.42	1	0	1	0.316
Aphodius sp.45	1	0	1	0.316
Simplocaria elongata Sahlberg	1	0	1	0.316
Curimopsis echinata (LeConte)	1	0	1	0.316
Byrrhid sp.18	1	0	1	0.316
Limonius canus LeConte	1	0	1	0.316
Elaterid sp.89	1	0	1	0.316
Eleodes cordatus group (Blapylis)	1	0	1	0.316
Nitidula sp.35	1	0	1	0.316
Cryptophagid sp.36	1	0	1	0.316
Coccinella septempunctata (L.)	1	0	1	0.316
Coccinellid sp.40	1	0	1	0.316
Bromius obscurus (L.)	1	0	1	0.316
Phylotreta sp.1	1	0	1	0.316
Chrysomelid sp.31	1	0	1	0.316
Chrysomelid sp.53	1	0	1	0.316
Chrysomelid sp.54	1	0	1	0.316
Bagous sp.73	1	0	1	0.316
Perigaster liturata Dietz	1	0	1	0.316
Hypera sp.81	1	0	1	0.316
Hylastes sp.38	1	0	1	0.316
Amara farcta LeConte	0	1	1	0.319
Calleida viridis Dejean	0	1	1	0.319
Harpalus amputatus Say	0	1	1	0.319
Patrobus fossifrons Echscholtz	0	1	1	0.319
Amara confusa LeConte	0	1	1	0.319
Agonum sp.175	0	1	1	0.319
Lordithon sp.31	0	1	1	0.319
Aleochara spp.	0	1	1	0.319
Xantholininae sp.46	0	1	1	0.319
Staph. sp.47	0	1	1	0.319
Paederus sp.51	0	1	1	0.319
Paederus sp.110	0	1	1	0.319
Aleochara (Coprochara) sp.124	0	1	1	0.319
Margarinotus sp.12	0	1	1	0.319
Platycerus piceus (Kirby)	0	1	1	0.319
Aphodius distinctus (Muller)	0	1	1	0.319
Ochodaeus sp.41	0	1	1	0.319
Aphodius haemorrhoidalis (L.)	0	1	1	0.319
Aphodius vittatus Say	0	1	1	0.319
Aphodius wickhami Brown	0	1	1	0.319
Cytilus alternatus (Say)	0	1	1	0.319
Byrrhid sp.19	0	1	1	0.319
Meloid sp.6	0	1	1	0.319
Mordellid sp.1	0	1	1	0.319
Eleodes obscura (Say)	0	1	1	0.319
Hyperaspidius mimus Casey	0	1	1	0.319
Coccinellid sp.41	0	1	1	0.319
Julodia instabilis (Haldeman)	0	1	1	0.319
Chrysomelid sp.11	0	1	1	0.319
Chrysomelid sp.60	0	1	1	0.319
Anthonomus sp.20	0	1	1	0.319
Anthonomine sp.90	0	1	1	0.319
Curculionid sp.91	0	1	1	0.319
Curculionid sp.92	0	1	1	0.319
Apteroloma tenuicorne LeConte	1	3	1	0.321
Staph. sp.130	86	100	1	0.329
Anthicid sp.5	36	44	0.7	0.389
Cymindis cribricollis Dejean	4	2	0.7	0.409
Cryptophagus sp.2 lapponicus grp.	4	2	0.7	0.409
Blapstinus pimalis Casey	37	31	0.6	0.448
Epicauta puncticollis Mannerheim	3	5	0.5	0.486
Carabus serratus Say	2	1	0.3	0.559
Amara laevipennis Kirby	2	1	0.3	0.559
Staph. sp.53	2	1	0.3	0.559
Staph. sp.57	2	1	0.3	0.559
Oxytelinae sp.105	2	1	0.3	0.559
Elaterid sp.100	2	1	0.3	0.559
Dermestes caninus Germar	2	1	0.3	0.559
Bolitobiini sp.95	1	2	0.3	0.568
Panscopus nr. longus Buchanan	1	2	0.3	0.568
Anthonomus sp.83	1	2	0.3	0.568
Carabid sp.167	23	27	0.3	0.589
Bembidion quadrimaculatum L.	3	2	0.2	0.649
Athetini sp.68	55	60	0.2	0.67
Amara quenseli schonli Schonherr	12	14	0.1	0.709
Staph. sp.101	123	125	0	0.945
Staph. sp.55	15	15	0	0.984
Amara convexa LeConte	9	9	0	0.988
Amara sp.177	9	9	0	0.988
Elaphrus californicus Mannerheim	1	1	0	0.996
Anotylus sp.17	1	1	0	0.996
Acidota crenata (Fabr.)	1	1	0	0.996
Histerid sp.11	1	1	0	0.996
Ochodaeus sp.46	1	1	0	0.996
Ctenicera semimetallica (Walker)	1	1	0	0.996
Elaterid sp.88	1	1	0	0.996
Ceutorhynchus sp.77	1	1	0	0.996