Insect Populations via Sticky Traps — Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)

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Insects collected on sticky-trap are classified by species,family and order. The insects are counted for each treatment, replicate and station combination. The actual sticky trap location coordinates are given in UTM 16N.

This datatable is part of the Insect Population Dynamics on the Main Cropping System Experiment dataset. Plant dwelling insect occurrence in the LTER main site (all treatments) of the KBS-LTER has been recorded since 1989 and in the successional and forest sites since 1993. The effort has focused on characterizing the temporal and spatial abundance and diversity of a set of insects representative of a higher order insect trophic level, the herbivore predators. The insect database contains more than 400,000 records and consists of counts of adult insects of fourteen species of Coccinellidae, one species of Chrysopidae, and one species of Lampyridae from 30 sample sites in each of the seven treatments in the LTER Main Site. The standard method used to measure these organisms is a yellow sticky trap. Sampling is conducted weekly during the growing season as described in the sampling protocol.

Note

Experiment: Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)
Data available from: May 1989 to August 2019
Dataset: KBS023
Datatable ID: KBS023-001.31
Core Areas Populations,Disturbance
Repository link: http://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/f0776c1574808b08c484c1f7645a7357
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Last Updated 2020-07-10
Variate Description Units
Sample Date sample date
Treatment treatment ID
Replicate replicate within the treatment
Station sampling station within each plot
Species scientific name of the species in the trap
Family family that the species belongs to
Order order that the species belongs to
Adults number of adults of that species that was in the trap at sampling time number
utm easting location of the trap in utm zone 16N meter
utm northing location of the trap in utm zone 16N meter
Year sample year

Data Excerpt

sample_date treatment replicate station species family order adults utm_easting utm_northing year
2019-08-29 T1 1 1 Adalia bipunctata Coccinellidae Coleoptera 0 633912.990536 4696851.015648 2019
2019-08-29 T1 1 1 Brachiacantha ursina Coccinellidae Coleoptera 0 633912.990536 4696851.015648 2019
2019-08-29 T1 1 1 Cantharid Cantharidae Coleoptera 0 633912.990536 4696851.015648 2019
2019-08-29 T1 1 1 Chilocorus stigma Coccinellidae Coleoptera 0 633912.990536 4696851.015648 2019
2019-08-29 T1 1 1 Coccinella septempunctata Coccinellidae Coleoptera 0 633912.990536 4696851.015648 2019
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