Sample name: Chiusa Pesio

Reference: C. Palestrini, A. Rolando, and E. Barbero. 1995. Analysis of temporal segregation in a dung-inhabiting beetle community at a low-altitude area of the Italian Alps. Bolletino di zoologia 62(3):257-265 [ER 347]

Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: pasture

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 24.3

CMT: 8.9

MAP: 756.0

Habitat comments: cattle grazed pastures "within a wooded area" that "belong to the Castanetum association" and include Castanea, Quercus, Fagus, Prunus, and Betula
climate data based on station 76900 (St-Laurent-du-Var airport)

Life forms: beetles,ground beetles,scarab beetles

Sampling methods: no design,hand capture

Sample size: 1081 individuals

Years: 1988

Sampling comments: samples were directly collected from 36 cow pads and from the earth underneath the pads on seven occasions "from May to October", with pads left out for up to six days before being checked (i.e., six were checked after one day, another six after two days, etc.)

Sample number: 673

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-31 10:10:19

Modified: 2015-10-02 08:36:18