Abstract
This study of animal communities is based on earlier investigations of the vegetation by the same author. The cut-over and burned areas are grouped in a dry and a damp series of habitats. The dry series includes the communities of bare sand areas, those dominated by Calluna, Epilobium, and woods consisting of Betula, Quercus, Alnus and Castanea. The damp habitats include Black Pond, a permanent body of water, Sphagnum, Molinia and Juncus areas, and temporary ponds, pools, ditches and mud flats. Collections of animals as listed from these habitats, their food habits stated (often compiled), and the nesting site or other habitat observations are recorded for each species. The insect visitors to Epilobium, Calluna, Erica, Rubus and Teucrium are listed, also insects on young Betula. Species are listed from deciduous woods; from Great Hollow, a wooded depression; from Molinia and Juncus areas, and animals associated with Salix, Ulex, pine stumps, and the fungi Boletus and Polyporus. Scattered throughout the paper are comments and observations on succession, on the food interrelations between plants and animals, and between the animals, while diagrams illustrate these relations.