Sample name: Los Tuxtlas (forest fragments)

Reference: A. Estrada and R. Coates-Estrada. 2002. Dung beetles in continuous forest, forest fragments and in an agricultural mosaic habitat island at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. Biodiversity and Conservation 11:1903-1918 [ER 302]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: fragment

Protection: biosphere reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 27.0

MAP: 4900.0

Habitat comments: "Sixteen of a group of 60 forest fragments present in this landscape... The average area of these sites was 13 ha (range 1–80 ha) and the total accumulated area of these fragments was 240 ha"

Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 16

Sampling methods: baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 1082 individuals

Years: 1997 - 1999

Days: 16

Nets or traps: 50

Net or trap nights: 800

Sampling comments: "dung beetles were sampled in 16 locations... At each location... we set up 50 baited pitfall traps... Dung beetles were sampled [for a single day each] in February–March, May–June, and September–October in the 3-year period for 288 24-h periods" (apparently meaning 288 across three categories of sites including this one); however, the authors also say that samples were "based on 50 baited pitfall traps at 16 locations in each habitat for one 24-h period", so the latter math is used

Sample number: 1363

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-24 09:56:25

Modified: 2020-06-05 08:59:56