Rikjan VermeulenWillem Beijerink Biological station

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Rikjan VermeulenassociatedPartyRoel van KlinkCo-owner2014-11-26Data collection was started by P.J. den Boer of the Biological Station in Wijster, Drenthe, The Netherlands, part of the agricultural university Wageningen, in 1959 to study population dynamics of ground beetles (Carabidae) in heathlands. Many publications have appeared about these data. The Biological station was discontinued in the 1990's but data collection was continued by the foundation WBBS (Rikjan Vermeulen). Reports of the findings have been appearing, but no scientific papers were published between ca 1990 and 2015. 1959ground beetlesheath landsnetherlandspitfall trappopulation dynamicsObtain permission from data set owner(s)Several heathland in the province of Drenthe, The Netherlands6.41676.416752.852.819592013-12-01Coleoptera: Carabidae ca. 160 speciesfamilyCarabidaeorderColeopteraRoelvan KlinkUniversity of Groningen

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a differing number of square metal buckets sunk into the soil with teh opening flush with the soil surface. Typically a eries consists of 3 traps: 2 live traps and 1 formaldehyde trap. see Den Boer 1990 J. evol. Biol.

timeseries several different series of different lengths. Longest series has run since 1959, but with several years missing due to livestock diseases and adminstrative changes other weekly See distribution maps in Turin 2000 De Nederlandse loopkevers distribution data, taxonomic classification, minimal body size, maximum body size, hind wing development, eye size, trophic level, hunting abilities, habitat preference, hibernation stage, activity time (months), see: Katharina Homburg, Nils Homburg, Florian Schäfer, Andreas Schuldt and Thorsten Assmann (2013) Carabids.org – A dynamic online database of ground beetle species traits (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Insect Conservation and Diversity. DOI: 10.1111/icad.12045 so far not collected. The appropriate weather station would be Eelde