Sampling event Registered April 07, 2022
Monthly monitoring of Azorean forest arthropods testing for edge effects (Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal)
Description
The data we present consists in an inventory of arthropods collected in three areas of a native forest fragment at Terra-Brava protected area (Terceira, Azores, Portugal): (i) in the edge of the forest, closer to pasturelands; (ii) in the deepest and pristine part of the native fragment (more than 500 m from edge); (iii) and in an intermediate area (150 from edge), in order to test the edge effect on Azorean arthropod community. The study was carried out between June 2014 and December 2015, in Terceira Island (Azores). A total of nine passive flight interception SLAM traps were deployed, during 18 consecutive months, collecting monthly the arthropods belonging to Arachnida, Diplopoda, Chilopoda and Insecta Classes. This publication provides new information about Azorean arthropods communities across gradients of temporal and edge effect variation
Geographic scope
- Description
Terra-Brava Natural Forest Reserve at Terceira Island, in the Azores archipelago (Portugal).
- Latitude
- From 38.733 to 38.756
- Longitude
- From -27.222 to -27.184
Temporal scope
- range
- June 11, 2014 - December 14, 2015
Taxonomic scope
- Description
The following Arthropod Classes and Orders are covered:
Arachnida: Araneae; Opiliones; Pseudoscorpiones
Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha
Diplopoda: Julida; Haplobainosomatidae
Insecta: Archaeognatha; Blattodea; Coleoptera; Hemiptera; Neuroptera; Orthoptera; Psocodea; Thysanoptera; Trichoptera.- Coverage
- ArthropodaArthropods
Methodology
- Sampling
A total of nine passive flight interception SLAM traps were used to sample monthly the three replicates of three areas of a native forest fragment of Terceira Island, (i) the edge area, closer to pasturelands; (ii) the most pristine area, located in the interior of the forest fragment (150 from edge), (iii) and an intermediate area (150 from edge). Trap size is of approximately 110 x 110 x 110 cm. The trap functioning consists on that the intercepted arthropods crawl up the mesh and then fall inside the sampling recipient, which is filled with propylene glycol (pure 1,2-PROPANODIOL) (Borges et al., 2017). The traps samples were collected each month, during 18 consecutive months (from June 2014 to December 2015).
- Study extent
The study was conducted three areas of a native forest fragment, in the edge of the forest, closer to pasturelands, in the deepest and pristine part of the native fragment (more than 500 m from edge); and in an intermediate area (150 from edge), in order to test the edge effect on Azorean arthropod community. The native forest fragment is located inland, and is covered by native vegetation, mainly by Juniperus brevifolia, Erica azorica, Laurus azorica and Ilex azorica, between others
- Quality control
All sorted specimens were identified by a taxonomical expert in laboratory
- Method steps
This inventory of Arthropods includes records collected monthly between June 2014 and December 2015, in nine plots of a native forest fragment of Terceira island, in the Azores archipelago, using SLAM traps.
The collected data has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardised format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table (events) contains 158 records and one data table extension also exists (occurrence), with 2779 records. The extension supplies extra information about the core record
Bibliography
- Google ScholarBorges, P.A.V., Pimentel, R., Carvalho, R., Nunes, R., Wallon, S. & Ros Prieto, A. (2017). Seasonal dynamics of arthropods in the humid native forests of Terceira Island (Azores). Arquipelago Life and Marine Sciences, 34: 105-122
- Identifier: 10.1111/icad.12431Google ScholarBorges, P.A.V., Rigal, F., Ros-Prieto, A., & Cardoso, P. (2020). Increase of insular exotic arthropod diversity is a fundamental dimension of the current biodiversity crisis. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 13: 508-518.
- Identifier: 10.1111/ecog.03812Google ScholarMatthews, T., Sadler, J.P., Carvalho, R., Nunes, R. & Borges, P.A.V. (2019). Differential turnover rates and temporal beta-diversity patterns of native and non-native arthropod species in a fragmented native forest landscape. Ecography, 42: 45–54.
- Identifier: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e69924Google ScholarCosta, R. & Borges, P.A.V. (2021). SLAM Project - Long term ecological study of the impacts of climate change in the natural forest of Azores: I - the spiders from native forests of Terceira and Pico Islands (2012-2019). Biodiversity Data Journal, 9: e69924.
Contacts
- Organization
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Address
- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
- Roles
- Originator
Metadata author
Publisher
Administrative point of contact - Phone
- User ID
- Organization
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute
- Position
- Student
- Address
- Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da UrzeFaculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze
- Roles
- Originator
- Phone
GBIF registration
- Registration date
- April 07, 2022
- Metadata last modified
- March 22, 2023
- Publication date
- March 22, 2023
- Hosted by
- Instituto Superior de Agronomia / Universidade de Lisboa
- Installation
- GBIF Portugal IPT
- Endpoints
- Darwin Core Archive
- EML
- Preferred identifier
- 10.15468/k84m4e
- Alternative identifiers