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1 Sugiura S, Ikeda H () Which insect species numerically respond to allochthonous inputs? Naturwissenschaften (doi:.7/s--7-) Supplemental tables Table S Study sites and their environment. Site Category Forest patch Altitude Surrounding Latitude, longitude Chick carcass density (/m ) code area(ha) (m) environment Ac * Ei * Nn * Total C Breeding colony. Agricultural fields 6 N, 6 E C Breeding colony. 7 Agricultural fields 6 N, E..8.. C Breeding colony.9 7 Agricultural fields 6 7 N, 9 E C Breeding colony. Agricultural fields 6 N, E C Breeding colony. Agricultural fields 6 N, 9 9 E..8.. NC Non-colony.9 Agricultural fields 6 N, 9 E NC Non-colony. Agricultural fields 6 N, 9 E NC Non-colony. Agricultural fields 6 9 N, E NC Non-colony.7 Agricultural fields, 6 N, E residences NC Non-colony. 7 Agricultural fields 6 N, 9 9 E * Number of fresh chick carcasses provided per m of forest floor; heron species Ac, Ardea cinerea; Ei: Egretta intermedia; Nn: Nycticorax nycticorax;, no heron nests in the sites.

2 Table S Flight and reproductive ability of silphid beetles *. Silphid species Flight ability Female body length (mm) Ovariole number mean±sd (sample size) mean±sd (sample size) Nicrophorus concolor Kraatz Present.±.9 (7).6±.9 (7) Nicrophorus quadripunctatus Kraatz Present.±. (9).±. (9) Ptomascopus morio Kraatz Present 8.±.8 ().±. () Necrodes nigricornis Harold Present 8.7±.7 (7).±. () Thanatophilus sinuatus (Linné) Present.6±. (7).±. (8) Necrophila brunnicollis (Kraatz) Present.±. (8).±. (6) Necrophila japonica (Motschulsky) Present.6±.8 () 8.±.7 (6) Absent.±.7 (8) 7.8±.9 () * Data from Ikeda et al. (8 and unpublished data).

3 Sugiura S, Ikeda H () Which insect species numerically respond to allochthonous inputs? Naturwissenschaften (doi:.7/s--7-) Supplemental figures Fig. S. Boxplots of the numbers of individuals collected by bait and pitfall traps in colony and non-colony sites. (a) Arthropoda (including all the orders). (b) Araneae. (c) Acari. (d) Isopoda. (e) Amphipoda. (f) Diplopoda. (g) Chilopoda. (h) Collembola. (i) Archaeognatha. (j) Blattodea. (k) Dermaptera. (l) Orthpotera. (m) Hemiptera. (n) Coleoptera. (o) Mecoptera. (p) Diptera. (q) Hymenoptera. Thick horizontal lines within the boxes show median values. Upper and lower boxes show 7th and th percentiles, respectively. Whiskers show values within the. interquartile range. The statistical significances of fixed variables (intercept, trap type, or colony/non-colony site) are shown; GLMMs, *** P <.; ** P <.; NS P >.; GLMMs could not be created because no individuals were sampled in non-colony sites. Fig. S. Boxplots of the numbers of individuals collected by bait and pitfall traps in colony and non-colony sites. (a) Coleoptera (including all the families). (b) Carabidae. (c) Histeridae. (d) Silphidae. (e) Staphylinidae. (f) Geotrupidae. (g) Trogidae. (h) Scarabaeidae. (i) Dermestidae. (j) Nitidulidae. (k) Tenebrionidae. (l) Scolytidae. Thick horizontal lines within the boxes show median values. Upper and lower boxes show 7th and th percentiles, respectively. Whiskers show values within the. interquartile range. The statistical significances of fixed variables (intercept, trap type, or colony/non-colony site) are shown; GLMMs, *** P <.; ** P <.; NS P >.; GLMMs could not be created because no individuals were sampled in non-colony sites. Fig. S. Boxplots of the numbers of silphid individuals collected by bait and pitfall traps in colony and non-colony sites. (a) Nicrophorus concolor. (b) Nicrophorus quadripunctatus. (c) Ptomascopus morio. (d) Necrodes nigricornis. (e) Thanatophilus sinuatus. (f) Necrophila brunnicollis. (g) Necrophila japonica. Numbers of silphid larvae were excluded from this species level analysis because the foraging ecology differs between the larval and adult stages. Thick horizontal lines within the boxes show

4 median values. Upper and lower boxes show 7th and th percentiles, respectively. Whiskers show values within the. interquartile range. The statistical significances of fixed variables (intercept, trap type, or colony/non-colony site) are shown; GLMMs, *** P <.; ** P <.; NS P >.; GLMMs could not be created because no individuals were sampled in non-colony sites. Fig. S. Boxplots of the numbers of ant individuals collected by bait and pitfall traps in colony and non-colony sites. (a) Camponotus obscuripes Mayr. (b) Camponotus japonicus Mayr. (c) Formica japonica Motschoulsky. (d) Lasius productus Wilson. (e) Paratrechina flavipes (F. Smith). (f) Strumigenys lewisi Cameron. (g) Pyramica canina (Brwon & Boisvert). (h) Crematogaster osakensis Forel. (i) Crematogaster matsumurai Forel. (j) Pristomyrmex punctatus Smith. (k) Vollenhovia emeryi Wheeler. (l) Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus). (m) Tetramorium tsushimae Emery. (n) Pheidole fervida (F. Smith). (o) Pachycondyla chinensis Emery. (p) Ponera scabra Wheeler. (q) Proceratium itoi Forel. (r) Amblyopone silvestrii Wheeler. Thick horizontal lines within the boxes show median values. Upper and lower boxes show 7th and th percentiles, respectively. Whiskers show values within the. interquartile range. The statistical significances of fixed variables (intercept, trap type, or colony/non-colony site) are shown; GLMMs, *** P <.; ** P <.; * P <.; NS P >.; GLMMs could not be created because no individuals were sampled in non-colony sites. Fig. S. Boxplots of the numbers of scavenging arthropods collected by bait and pitfall traps in colony and non-colony sites. (a) Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda: Armadillidiidae). (b) Geotrupes laevistriatus (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae). (c) Onthophagus atripennis (Coleoteptera: Scarabaeidae). Thick horizontal lines within the boxes show median values. Upper and lower boxes show 7th and th percentiles, respectively. Whiskers show values within the. interquartile range. The statistical significances of fixed variables (intercept, trap type, or colony/non-colony site) are shown; GLMMs, *** P <.; * P <.; NS P >..

5 (a) Arthropoda (total) NS (b) Araneae NS (c) Acari NS (d) Isopoda (e) Amphipoda Intercept ** NS NS (f) Diplopoda Trap ** NS 8 6 (g) Chilopoda 8 6 NS (h) Collembola NS (i) Archaeognatha Figure S

6 (j) Blattodea NS (k) Dermaptera *** (l) Orthoptera NS 8 6 (m) Hemiptera NS (n) Coleoptera *** (o) Mecoptera 8 6 (p) Diptera (q) Hymenoptera 8 NS *** Figure S (continued)

7 (a) Coleoptera (total) *** (b) Carabidae NS (c) Histeridae ** (d) Silphidae *** (e) Staphylinidae 8 6 NS (f) Geotrupidae NS (g) Trogidae 8 6 (h) Scarabaeidae NS (i) Dermestidae Trap ** NS Figure S

8 (j) Nitidulidae (k) Tenebrionidae NS (l) Scolytidae Figure S (continued)

9 (a) Nicrophorus concolor NS (b) Nicrophorus quadripunctatus NS 6 (c) Ptomascopus morio ** 6 (d) Necrodes nigricornis (e) Thanatophilus sinuatus (f) Necrophila brunnicollis (g) Necrophila japonica *** Figure S

10 (a) Camponotus obscuripes (b) Camponotus japonicus (c) Formica japonica (d) Lasius productus (e) Paratrechina flavipes (f) Strumigenys lewisi Intercept ** Intercept * Trap ** NS * NS (g) Pyramica canina (h) Crematogaster osakensis (i) Crematogaster matsumurai Figure S

11 (j) Pristomyrmex punctatus (k) Vollenhovia emeryi (l) Monomorium pharaonis NS (m) Tetramorium tsushimae (n) Pheidole fervida (o) Pachycondyla chinensis Intercept ** NS (p) Ponera scabra (q) Proceratium itoi (r) Amblyopone silvestrii Figure S (continued)

12 (a) Armadillidium vulgare (b) Geotrupes laevistriatus (c) Onthophagus atripennis Intercept * NS NS NS Figure S

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