Figure S1: Mean ± SE of the effective number of species on the calcareous grasslands and the adjacent coniferous forests. Statistics see text; ** = p < 0.01.


Figure S2: (A) Species richness, (B) total abundance, (C) Shannon diversity, (D) evenness and (E) effective number of species in different distance classes from the habitat edge on calcareous grasslands and adjacent coniferous forests (Mean ± SE). Statistics for (A) see text.


Table S1: Species richness in the different locations and study sites.

Location / Species richness
Name / Gauss-Krüger / Calcareous grassland / Coniferous forest / Sum location (∑)
Nüdlingen / E 10° 7.83582
N 50° 14.0122 / 18 / 20 / 28
Reiterswiesen / E 10° 7.1804
N 50° 11.10558 / 33 / 25 / 39
Machtilshausen / E 9° 59.19713
N 50° 7.34753 / 16 / 15 / 22
Gössenheim / E 9° 48.56312
N 50° 0.4532 / 13 / 12 / 24
Eußenheim / E 9° 49.3602
N 49° 58.46827 / 11 / 11 / 13
Thüngersheim / E 9° 51.43402
N 49° 53.3753 / 15 / 18 / 27
Leinach / E 9° 47.28705
N 49° 51.4283 / 23 / 20 / 32
Gerbrunn / E 10° 0.12995
N 49° 46.59485 / 23 / 12 / 31


Table S2: Species in different locations (NUE = Nüdlingen; REW = Reiterswiesen; MAH = Machtilshausen; GOE = Gössenheim; EUH = Eußenheim; THU = Thüngersheim; LEI = Leinach; GER = Gerbrunn) and study sites (CG = calcareous grassland; CF = coniferous forest).

Species / NUE / REW / MAH / GOE / EUH / THU / LEI / GER
CG / CF / CG / CF / CG / CF / CG / CF / CG / CF / CG / CF / CG / CF / CG / CF
Abax parallelepipedus / 2 / 141 / 41 / 390 / 12 / 209 / 20 / 269 / 85 / 213 / 13 / 100 / 2 / 66 / 10 / 394
Abax parallelus / 2 / 14 / 88 / 1 / 53 / 18 / 2 / 38 / 6 / 1
Amara aenea / 2 / 1 / 3
Amara apricaria / 1
Amara convexior / 1 / 2 / 8 / 2 / 3 / 2
Amara equestris / 1 / 13 / 1 / 1 / 1
Amara eurynota / 1 / 1 / 1
Amara familiaris / 1
Amara montivaga / 1
Amara nitida / 1
Amara ovata / 1
Anchomenus dorsalis / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1
Badister bullatus / 1 / 1 / 1
Bembidion lampros / 2 / 3 / 6 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 11 / 9 / 2 / 1 / 3
Bembidion properans / 5 / 1
Brachinus crepitans / 1 / 14 / 1 / 1
Bradycellus verbasci / 1
Calathus fuscipes / 1 / 3 / 4 / 3 / 7
Callistus lunatus / 3 / 1 / 7 / 1
Carabus cancellatus / 10 / 3 / 27 / 1
Carabus convexus / 2 / 2
Carabus coriaceus / 5 / 1 / 17 / 40 / 2 / 1 / 4 / 17
Carabus nemoralis / 1 / 6 / 3 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 1
Carabus problematicus / 1 / 6 / 29 / 4 / 11 / 3
Chalodromius spilotus / 1 / 1
Cicindela campestris / 1 / 2
Cymindis humeralis / 1 / 1
Dromius angustus / 1
Harpalus affinis / 3 / 1
Harpalus atratus / 1 / 3 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 7 / 2 / 1
Harpalus luteicornis / 1 / 1
Harpalus dimidiatus / 3 / 9 / 2 / 18 / 3 / 1
Harpalus honestus / 1
Harpalus latus / 1
Harpalus politus / 12 / 2
Harpalus pumilus / 1 / 2 / 1
Harpalus rubripes / 1 / 9 / 1 / 10 / 1 / 20 / 8 / 6 / 1 / 19 / 1
Harpalus rufipes / 3 / 2 / 1
Harpalus serripes / 1
Harpalus signaticornis / 1 / 1
Harpalus subcylindricus / 8 / 1
Harpalus tardus / 2
Leistus rufomarginatus / 1
Leistus spinibarbis / 1 / 2
Loricera pillicornis / 1
Microlestes maurus / 3 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 7 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2
Microlestes minutulus / 2 / 2 / 2 / 4 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 6 / 2 / 4
Molops elatus / 1 / 7 / 1 / 7 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 1
Molops piceus / 2 / 7 / 3 / 31 / 4 / 5 / 2 / 5 / 2 / 13 / 3
Nebria brevicollis / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1
Nebria salina / 1
Notiophilus aquaticus / 1
Notiophilus biguttatus / 14 / 2 / 1 / 3 / 4 / 15
Notiophilus germinyi / 8 / 1
Notiophilus palustris / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 15 / 1 / 2 / 1
Notiophilus rufipes / 1 / 8 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 4 / 20 / 1 / 1 / 11
Ophonus ardosiacus / 2
Ophonus azureus / 2 / 1 / 2 / 1
Ophonus cordatus / 1
Ophonus puncticollis / 2 / 2 / 1 / 1
Panageaus bispustulatus / 3
Philorhizus notatus / 2 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1
Poecilus cupreus / 2 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 4 / 3 / 1
Poecilus lepidus / 80
Poecilus versicolor / 1
Pterostichus madidus / 25 / 77
Pterostichus melanarius / 1
Pterostichus melas / 14 / 2
Pterostichus niger / 4
Pterostichus oblongopunctatus / 2 / 5 / 1
Pterostichus ovoideus / 1
Syntomus truncatellus / 1 / 2
Trechus quadristriatus / 1 / 1 / 3 / 5