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A review of the extensive variation in the design of pitfall traps, and a proposal for a standard pitfall trap design for monitoring ground-active arthropod biodiversity
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dc.contributor.author | Brown, Grant R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Matthews, Iain M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-13T10:30:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-13T10:30:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-06-20 | |
dc.identifier | 241081984 | |
dc.identifier | 94769561-1ba8-4e7b-893f-53260c409129 | |
dc.identifier | 84969800775 | |
dc.identifier | 000379342900009 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Brown , G R & Matthews , I M 2016 , ' A review of the extensive variation in the design of pitfall traps, and a proposal for a standard pitfall trap design for monitoring ground-active arthropod biodiversity ' , Ecology and Evolution , vol. 6 , no. 12 , pp. 3953-3964 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2176 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-7758 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/8795 | |
dc.description | Natural Environment Research Council (Grant/Award Number: NERC DTG NE/H524930/1 NE/I528634/1). | en |
dc.description.abstract | To understand change in global biodiversity patterns requires large-scale, long-term monitoring. The ability to draw meaningful comparison across studies is severely hampered by extensive variation in the design of the sampling equipment and how it is used. Here, we present a meta-analysis and description highlighting this variation in a common, widely used entomological survey technique. We report a decline in the completeness of methodological reporting over a 20-year period, while there has been no clear reduction in the methodological variation between researchers using pitfall traps for arthropod sampling. There is a growing need for improved comparability between studies to facilitate the generation of large-scale, long-term biodiversity datasets. However, our results show that, counterproductive to this goal, over the last 20 years there has little progress in reducing the methodological variation. We propose a standardized pitfall trap design for the study of ground-active arthropods. In addition, we provide a table to promote a more standardized reporting of the key methodological variables. Widespread adoption of more standardized methods and reporting would facilitate more nuanced analysis of biodiversity change. | |
dc.format.extent | 12 | |
dc.format.extent | 1113134 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Ecology and Evolution | en |
dc.subject | Araneae | en |
dc.subject | Biodiversity sampling | en |
dc.subject | Carabidae | en |
dc.subject | Formicidae | en |
dc.subject | Pitfall trap | en |
dc.subject | Standard design | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.title | A review of the extensive variation in the design of pitfall traps, and a proposal for a standard pitfall trap design for monitoring ground-active arthropod biodiversity | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Biological Diversity | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Fish Behaviour and Biodiversity Research Group | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/ece3.2176 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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