Sample name: Los Tuxtlas (mosaic habitat)

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: "an ‘island’ of vegetation about 250 ha in size, surrounded by pastures. It consists of remnant rain forest and interdigitated 20–25-year old stands of coffee and cacao shaded by rain forest trees and of citrus and banana groves as well as patches of pineapple, avocado and papaya"

Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 16

Sampling methods: baited,pitfall traps

Sample size: 2140 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: 1362

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-24 09:53:55

Modified: 2020-06-05 08:59:37