Sample name: Mo Singto Long Term Ecological Research plot (elephant)

Sample aka: Khao Yai National Park

Reference: R. W. Sites, P. Lago, and G. A. Gale. 2018. Associations of scarab beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with dung of four species of mammals in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66:87-95 [ER 2780]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 22.5

WMT: 29.0

CMT: 19.0

MAP: 2200.0

Habitat comments: "closed-canopy, seasonal evergreen forest... The rainy season is from May to October whereas the remaining months are relatively dry... There is little evidence of human disturbance except for the presence of secondary forest about 25 years old on the north side of the plot"
MAT "22-23ºC"

Life forms: scarab beetles

Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 23 individuals

Years: 2010

Days: 1

Nets or traps: 8

Sampling comments: "Baited pitfall traps were set out in the afternoon of 23 March 2010 and left for 24 hours... The sampling design was a 5 x 8 completely randomised design with the two deer species each represented by an additional pitfall, and 20 meters between each pitfall. Thus, 8-9 traps of each dung type were established along with 8 unbaited control trap"

Sample number: 2997

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-06-03 19:30:13

Modified: 2018-06-03 09:30:13