Below-ground pitfall traps for standardised monitoring of soil mesofauna: Design and comparison to Berlese/Tullgren funnels
Data files
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pitfallberlesecomparison.csv
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README.md
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Abstract
The attached CSV file supports the article Below-ground pitfall traps for standardised monitoring of soil mesofauna: Design and comparison to Berlese/Tullgren funnels (Pedobiologia, Volume 101, 2023, 150911, ISSN 0031-4056, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2023.150911) relative to its comparison part. It presents the specimen count of the deployed pitfall traps and Berlese/Tullgren extractions across five environments at different positions along transects.
The attached stl file is the blueprint for the 3d printable trap connector described and referenced in the same article.
README: Below-ground pitfall traps for standardised monitoring of soil mesofauna: Design and comparison to Berlese/Tullgren funnels
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.x95x69prc
The database contains an abundance matrix of soil invertebrates collected with two different methods and across five environments.
Description of the data and file structure
The dataset contains a column "Sampling" indicating whether the specimens were collected with pitfall traps or Berlese/Tullgren extractions; a column "Environment" indicating the environment where the samples were collected; a column ("Transect position") indicating the paired position across the transect the two sets of samples (pitfall traps and Berlese/Tullgren extractions) were collected. The other columns represent species (for springtails) or clades (for other taxa) and the cells contain individual counts.
Sharing/Access information
The dataset supports the comparison section of the Journal article linked here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2023.150911
Methods
The dataset was generated by identifying and counting the specimens collected in pitfall traps or Berlese extractions across five different environments along 5 paired positions across a transect. The traps were deployed and the cores were collected in Norfolk, UK, in June 2021.