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- Title
Design for ground beetle abundance and diversity sampling within the National Ecological Observatory Network.
- Authors
Hoekman, David; LeVan, Katherine E.; Ball, George E.; Browne, Robert A.; Davidson, Robert L.; Erwin, Terry L.; Knisley, C. Barry; LaBonte, James R.; Lundgren, Jonathan; Maddison, David R.; Moore, Wendy; Niemelä, Jari; Ober, Karen A.; Pearson, David L.; Spence, John R.; Will, Kipling; Work, Timothy
- Abstract
The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) will monitor ground beetle populations across a network of broadly distributed sites because beetles are prevalent in food webs, are sensitive to abiotic factors, and have an established role as indicator species of habitat and climatic shifts. We describe the design of ground beetle population sampling in the context of NEON's long-term, continentalscale monitoring program, emphasizing the sampling design, priorities, and collection methods. Freely available NEON ground beetle data and associated field and laboratory samples will increase scientific understanding of how biological communities are responding to land-use and climate change.
- Subjects
GROUND beetles; BIODIVERSITY; STATISTICAL sampling; NATIONAL Ecological Observatory Network Inc.; ABIOTIC environment; CLIMATOLOGY
- Publication
Ecosphere, 2017, Vol 8, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
2150-8925
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ecs2.1744