LTER Data Catalog

KBS Insect Collection

Insects collected on or near the KBS LTER main site and stored as part of a permanent collection.

The standard data use policy applies to the this dataset

Context:

Periodically, researchers photograph and/or trap, preserve, and identify insects on or near the KBS LTER main site. The collected insects are stored as part of a permanent collection.

Experiment: Research Context
Dataset: KBS025
Datatable ID: KBS025-001.20
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Last Updated 2010-03-23
Metadata
Variate Description Units
Order the taxonomic order of the organism
Family the taxonomic family of the organism
Genus the taxonomic genus of the organism
SpecificEpithet the taxonomic specific epithet of the organism
Author the party responsible for the formal description of the organism
CommonName a common name of the organism
Comments comments for this record
IdentifyingCharacteristics identifying characteristics
CommonGroup a common group to which this organism belongs
FunctionalGroup a functional group to which this organism belongs
Hosts hosts
LifeHistory life history
Habitat habitat in which this organism occurs
GeographicDistribution the geographic distribution of this organism
Origin native to North America, or exotic
Species a code for identifying this species, unique within the KBS namespace
Specimen a code for uniquely identifying this specimen
StorageLocation where the specimen is stored; 'photo only' if specimen was photographed but not collected
Stage Sex life history stage and/or sex of the specimen
Treatment LTER treatment in which the specimen was encountered
Replicate LTER replicate plot (nested within treatment) in which the specimen was encountered
Collector the person who collected the specimen
img src URL for a digital image of the specimen
img href link to all images of the specimen (in KBS025-002)

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