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pitfall trapping (Silphidae)
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Description
Standardized metal can pitfall traps baited with chicken drumsticks, deployed along elevation gradients to monitor burying beetle abundance and species composition.
Typical Equipment
- metal cans
- raw chicken drumsticks
- aluminum screening
- rubber bands
- chicken-wire mesh
- measurement tools
- insect-pin tattoo equipment
Output Measurements
- species abundance
- pronotum width
- sex ratios
- temporal activity patterns
Papers Using This Protocol (13)
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Out of sight, out of mind: The role of carcass burial and maintenance in reducing competition in Nicrophorus investigator
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Abundance and elevational range shifts of three species of burying beetle in Gunnison County, Colorado and importance of stridulation during reproduction in burying beetles
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Stridulation in <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i> as a Possible Means of Cooperation during Carcass Sequestration
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Native ant (<i>Formica rufa, Formica fusca</i>), <i>Nicrophorus spp.</i> interactions at small mammal carcass resources in the southern Rocky Mountains, Gunnison National Forest, Colorado.
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Roles of Stridulation in Nicophorus investigator.
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Reproductive Success and Parental Care of Nicrophorus investigator.
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Nicrophorus investigator: The Effects of Asymmetry in Body Size on the Duration of Bi-parental Care.
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The effects of parental care on brood success and quality in the burying beetle <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>
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Frenemies: conflict and cooperation in burying beetle (<i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>) parental care
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Sperm retention in female Nicrophorus investigator
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Phoretic mite discrimination among male burying beetle (<i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>) hosts
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Temperature regulation in burying beetles (<i>Nicrophorus</i> spp.: Coleoptera: Silphidae): effects of body size, morphology and environmental temperature
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