Environmental Data: Arthropod biomass, abundance and species richness ...
Description
Recent publications about declines in arthropod biomass, abundance and species diversity raise concerns and call for measures. Agricultural intensificatio...
Citation
Fürst, J., Bollmann, K., Gossner, M. M., Duelli, P., Obrist, M. K. (2020). Arthropod biomass, abundance and species richness trends over 32 years in the agricultural Limpach valley, Switzerland. EnviDat. https://www.doi.org/10.16904/envidat.163.
Resources
Master thesis of Regula Gygax, 1999, at University of Zürich
The study is comparing in 1997 the trapping efficiency of a newly developed combination trap with traditional window traps and yellow pan traps. Study locations in the Limpach valley matched with a subset from a larger study, which was conducted in 1987.
Master thesis of Regula Gygax, 1999, at University of ZürichLimpach1987+1997+2019_ArtInd.sql
SQL query executed on WSL Fauna Database to retrieve the data
Limpach1987+1997+2019_ArtInd.sqlLimpach1987+1997+2019_ArtInd.csv
Data extract from WSL Fauna Database containing arthropod species and abundance data from 1987, 1997, 2019
Limpach1987+1997+2019_ArtInd.csvR code
R code for data editing
R codeR code
R code for data analyses
R codeInput data - species list and trophic guilds
List of found species and associated trophic guild
Input data - species list and trophic guildsClimate data
Climate data of the respective sampling years
Climate dataClimate data
Additional climate data on climate trend
Climate dataSpecies incidence per year
Total abundance of species per year
Species incidence per yearSites and traps
Lookup table of trap and site locations
Sites and trapsFused catching data 1987, 1997, 2019
Complete dataset of species and abundances per year an trap
Fused catching data 1987, 1997, 2019Capture data with size and mass
Complete capture data including body sizes and biomass values
Capture data with size and massSpecies number and abundances per trap
Sum of species and abundances listed per trap
Species number and abundances per trapBody size lookup-table
Aculeata
Body size lookup-tableBody size lookup-table
Araneae
Body size lookup-tableBody size lookup-table
Carabidae
Body size lookup-tableBody size lookup-table
Coleoptera
Body size lookup-tableBody size lookup-table
Formicidae
Body size lookup-tableBody size lookup-table
Heteroptera
Body size lookup-tableBody size lookup-table
Neuropteroidae
Body size lookup-tableBody size lookup-table
Staphylinidae
Body size lookup-tableBody size lookup-table
Syrphidae
Body size lookup-table