Sample name: Davies Creek (dung beetles, early dry season)

Reference: K. Vernes, L. C. Pope, C. J. Hill, and F. Bårlocher. 2005. Seasonality, dung specificity and competition in dung beetle assemblages in the Australian Wet Tropics, north-eastern Australia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 21:1-8 [ER 3042]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAP: 1300.0

Habitat comments: "The study area was located in wet sclerophyll forest... The climate of the area is tropical, with a distinct wet season from January to April. Annual rainfall is probably about 1200-1400 mm, based on the nearby weather stations"

Life forms: scarab beetles

Sampling methods: quadrat,hand capture

Sample size: 171 individuals

Years: 1995 - 1997

Seasons: dry

Nets or traps: 144

Net or trap nights: 1116

Trap spacing: 0.05

Sampling comments: "Mammals were trapped in collapsible platform cat traps... Nine trapping grids were used; the primary site as an 8 x 6-trap grid (48 traps in total)... where eight traps were spaced at 50-m intervals along each line, with the six traps spaced at 100-m intervals. Eight smaller 'satellite' grids, each consisting of 12 traps (three lines of four traps) were distributed evenly" and with the same spacing
"Trapping was undertaken as a series of ten field trips between February 1995 and January 1997. During each trapping period, each site was typically trapped for 3-5 consecutive nights. Traps were baited late each afternoon with a mixture of rolled oats, peanut butter, honey and vanilla essence rolled into small (30 mm diameter) balls... All dung beneath the trap was collected for dietary analyses... and all dung beetles associated with the dung were collected and immediately preserved"
this sample was collected between November and January

Sample number: 3295

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-03-24 18:46:12

Modified: 2019-03-24 08:40:51