Details and Metadata

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Methods

The methods followed in the creation of the dataset, including description of field, laboratory and processing steps, and quality control procedures

Past Methods (No longer in use)

  • Light trap survey
    Started: 2000-06-01
    Ended: 2000-10-31

    Light trap survey at two week intervals from May through October following protocols previously established by the UVM Entomological Research Laboratory.

Dataset Fields

Detailed documentation of the fields comprising the dataset, including the type of measurement, units where applicable, and any controlled vocabularies or code lists present in the data


Field Name Caption Description Additional Information
Date_1Date_1

Date_1

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: DD/MM/YYYY
date_2date_2

date_2

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: DD/MM/YYYY
date_3date_3

date_3

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: DD/MM/YYYY
date_4date_4

date_4

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: DD/MM/YYYY
FAMILYFAMILY

FAMILY

Measurement type: Nominal
HODGES_numberHODGES_number

HODGES_number

Measurement type: Nominal
RANKRANK

RANK

Measurement type: Nominal
SITE_1SITE_1

SITE_1

Measurement type: Nominal
SITE_2SITE_2

SITE_2

Measurement type: Nominal
SITE_3SITE_3

SITE_3

Measurement type: Nominal
SITE_4SITE_4

SITE_4

Measurement type: Nominal
SPECIES_NAMESPECIES_NAME

SPECIES_NAME

Measurement type: Nominal

Sampling Equipment

Equipment and software used to collect data, including how that equipment was used.

Current Equipment

  • UV black light, collection bins
    Started: 2000-06-01

    UV black-light supported over plastic collectin bin and powered by car battery.

Site Characteristics

The spatial extent of the dataset site coverage, and descriptions of the spatial extent and context for the data collection

  • Site Description

    Collects made a three permanent insect sampling sites: Proctor Maple Research Center (PMRC), Underhill State Park (USP), and at the summit (MMS).

  • Site Description

    Lepidoptera and ground beetle surveys contined at established sampling plots in a sugar maple forest (Proctor Maple Research Center, 400 m), and a mixed hardwood forest (Underhill State Park, 640 m). A new site was established in a birch-mixed-hardwood forest at 715 m in Underhill State Park.

  • Site Description