Sample name: Reserva Natural La Planada (cropland site 1)

Reference: F. Escobar. 2004. Diversity and composition of dung beetle (Scarabaeinae) assemblages in a heterogeneous Andean landscape. Tropical Zoology 17(1):123-136 [ER 351]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: cropland

Protection: nature reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAP: 4900.0

Habitat comments: originally native primary "cloud forest"; there is "an extremely dry season from June to August"
MAP given in text; CMT and WMT unclear because the nearest climate station (80370, Ipiales) has much lower MAP and is at a much higher altitude

Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 1

Site length: 350

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 1109 individuals

Days: 2

Nets or traps: 8

Net or trap nights: 16

Sampling comments: eight human dung-baited pitfall traps situated 50 m apart on a single transect
sampling was between January and June, and "Traps were baited between 06:00 and 08:00 hr and all specimens were collected after 48 hr. For the first three sampling months, the traps were checked every 12 hr in order to identify each species’ period of daily activity" (this apparently means that traps were set out on one occasion)

Sample number: 1278

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-18 12:58:45

Modified: 2015-10-03 00:15:02