Sample name: Thirunelly Forests

Reference: K. V. Vinod and T. K. Sabu. 2007. Species composition and community structure of dung beetles attracted to dung of gaur and elephant in the moist forests of South Western Ghats. Journal of Insect Science 7(56):1-14 [ER 313]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 32.0

CMT: 24.0

MAP: 3125.0

Habitat comments: "a transition area between the moist and dry deciduous forests"
precip 3000 to 3250 mm

Life forms: scarab beetles

Sampling methods: quadrat,pitfall traps

Sample size: 2348 individuals

Years: 2003, 2004

Days: 105

Nets or traps: 4

Net or trap nights: 420

Sampling comments: four pitfall traps at the corners of a 100 m2 plot and left open for one week at a time during 15 periods; note that 7 x 15 = 105 days does not square with the stated 70 day period of the entire study

Sample number: 625

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-28 11:44:04

Modified: 2015-09-28 11:06:48