Table 1 in Seasonal mite population distribution on Caryocar brasiliense trees in the Cerrado domain

Table 1. Number of mites (cm 2 of leaf) or per fruit, diversity and species richness (cm 2 of leaf/tree), temperature (°C), rainfall (mm), relative humidity of air (%), sunlight (h), and velocity of wind (m/sec) (average ± SE) according to the season of the year on Caryocar brasiliense. Montes Claros, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
Season of the yearMites/cm 2 of leafSummerAutumnWinterSpringAcari n.s.0.0019 ± 0.0007A0.0066 ± 0.0018A0.0019 ± 0.0009A0.0000 ± 0.0000AAgistemus sp. *0.0086 ± 0.0021AB0.0139 ± 0.0032A0.0019 ± 0.0011B0.0026 ± 0.0014BEutetranychus sp. n. s.0.0000 ± 0.0000A0.0013 ± 0.0007A0.0008 ± 0.0008A0.0000 ± 0.0000AHistiostoma sp. **0.0376 ± 0.0094C0.0834 ± 0.0094A0.0675 ± 0.0093B0.0598 ± 0.0157BProctolaelaps sp. **0.0010 ± 0.0007B0.0156 ± 0.0061A0.0022 ± 0.0012B0.0000 ± 0.0000BTetranychus sp.1 **0.0059 ± 0.0018AB0.0150 ± 0.0034A0.0124 ± 0.0041A0.0000 ± 0.0000BTetranychus sp.2 n.s.0.0017 ± 0.0010A0.0060 ± 0.0018A0.0038 ± 0.0016A0.0011 ± 0.0008AMites/fruitHistiostoma sp. *76.76 ± 18.67A0.00 ± 0.00B0.00 ± 0.00B0.00 ± 0.00BProctolaelaps sp. *2.80 ± 0.79A0.00 ± 0.00B0.00 ± 0.00B0.00 ± 0.00BEcological indicesDiversity**3.82 ± 1.02AB5.19 ± 1.36A3.54 ± 0.87AB1.96 ± 0.32BSpecies richness*2.70 ± 0.65AB3.60 ± 0.71A2.70 ± 0.73AB1.60 ± 0.26BVariablesTemperature**24.10 ± 0.11B22.16 ± 0.30C22.78 ± 0.23C25.05 ± 0.27ARainfall**5.15 ± 0.73B1.04 ± 0.35B1.03 ± 0.40B22.48 ± 7.59AHumidity*75.80 ± 1.21A64.31 ± 1.51B52.36 ± 0.98C63.97 ± 2.80BSunlight**5.98 ± 0.32B8.33 ± 0.16A8.06 ± 0.20A6.84 ± 0.56BWind**2.48 ± 0.29A1.80 ± 0.02B2.30 ± 0.06A2.12 ± 0.03AB
Means followed by the same letter (average ± SE) in each row are not different by the test of Tukey (* = P<0.01 and ** = P <0.05).Freedom degree: mites/leaf = 5281, mites/fruit = 2184, ecological indices = 27, and climatic data = 72, “n.s.” = non-significant data.