When to sample in an inaccessible landscape: A case study with carabids from the Allgäu (northern Alps) (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
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When to sample in an inaccessible landscape : A case study with carabids from the Allgäu (northern Alps) (Coleoptera, Carabidae). / Harry, Ingmar ; Drees, Claudia; Hofer, Hubert et al.
In: ZooKeys, Vol. 100, No. SPEC. ISSUE, 20.05.2011, p. 255-271.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - When to sample in an inaccessible landscape
T2 - A case study with carabids from the Allgäu (northern Alps) (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
AU - Harry, Ingmar
AU - Drees, Claudia
AU - Hofer, Hubert
AU - Aßmann, Thorsten
PY - 2011/5/20
Y1 - 2011/5/20
N2 - While pitfall trapping is generally accepted as the standard method for sampling carabid beetles, this method has rarely been used in mountain ecosystems, mainly due to the high labour intensity it involves. As part of a research project in the German Alps, we investigated the phenologic appearance of adult carabid beetles in mountain ecosystems along with the consequences of possible reductions in sampling periods. Our results show that an early activity peak among carabids is predominant in mountain ecosystems. However, there are differences among species: the main group of species showed the highest activity directly after snow melt, a second group showed a delayed activity peak and a small third group had no clear peak at all. Based on this study, we recommend two fortnightly sampling periods as a minimum for a sampling programme: one immediately after snow melt, and a second sampling period after a pause of two weeks.
AB - While pitfall trapping is generally accepted as the standard method for sampling carabid beetles, this method has rarely been used in mountain ecosystems, mainly due to the high labour intensity it involves. As part of a research project in the German Alps, we investigated the phenologic appearance of adult carabid beetles in mountain ecosystems along with the consequences of possible reductions in sampling periods. Our results show that an early activity peak among carabids is predominant in mountain ecosystems. However, there are differences among species: the main group of species showed the highest activity directly after snow melt, a second group showed a delayed activity peak and a small third group had no clear peak at all. Based on this study, we recommend two fortnightly sampling periods as a minimum for a sampling programme: one immediately after snow melt, and a second sampling period after a pause of two weeks.
KW - Biology
KW - Carabidae
KW - Mountain ecosystems
KW - Phenology
KW - Pitfall traps
KW - Sampling effort
KW - Ecosystems Research
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U2 - 10.3897/zookeys.100.1531
DO - 10.3897/zookeys.100.1531
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 21738416
VL - 100
SP - 255
EP - 271
JO - ZooKeys
JF - ZooKeys
SN - 1313-2989
IS - SPEC. ISSUE
ER -