Sampling event

Communities of ground beetles (Carabidae, Coleoptera) in broad-leaved forests of protected and urban areas of the Kaluga Oblast (European Russia)

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Description

This sampling-event dataset provides primary data about species diversity and population of ground beetles (Carabidae, Coleoptera). The study was carried out in broad-leaved forests of protected (‘Kaluzhskiye Zaseki’ Nature Reserve and Ugra National Park) and urban areas (Kaluga city) of the Kaluga Oblast. Carabids were collected from April to October during 1995-1998 by pitfall traps. In total, 108,000 individuals of the Carabidae family were sampled; 105 species from 38 genera were counted. The data contributes to filling gaps in the global biodiversity distribution of the Carabidae family. It also provides for reuse data about species composition of ground beetles lived in unique for Europe old-growth broad-leaved forests.

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 136 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Event (core)
136
Occurrence 
6066

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Kaluga State University. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 892a2c22-d234-4e74-a3b7-d1fb82fc731b.  Kaluga State University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.

Keywords

Samplingevent; Samplingevent

Contacts

Maxim Shashkov
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • User
  • Point Of Contact
Researcher
Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science RAS
Institutskaya st., 2
142290 Pushchino
Moscow Region
RU
+74967318155
Sergei Alexeev
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
Teacher
Kaluga Regional Eco-biological Center
pereulok Staroobryadchesky, 4
248600 Kaluga
RU
Natalya Ivanova
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
Researcher
Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology RAS
1, Vitkevicha str. Pushchino, Moscow Region
142290 Pushchino
RU

Geographic Coverage

European part of Russia, Kaluga oblast. The study was carried out in 3 locations: Two on the South-East of Kaluga Region: National Park "Ugra" and Natural Reserve “Kaluzhskiye Zaseki” and another in the suburbs of Kaluga.

Bounding Coordinates South West [53.615, 35.707], North East [54.616, 36.364]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1995-05-25 / 1995-11-05
Start Date / End Date 1996-04-20 / 1996-10-02
Start Date / End Date 1997-04-20 / 1997-09-28
Start Date / End Date 1998-04-30 / 1998-10-04

Project Data

No Description available

Title West of Urals 2020
Identifier N-Eurasia-Russia2020-W-Urals

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

Carabid beetles were sampled by soil pitfall traps alongside with other epigeic arthropods. On each sample plot 30 traps were installed, except one plot in 1995 with 90 traps. Samples were sorted for carabids in the laboratory.

Study Extent Kaluga Oblastis situated in the central part of the East European Plain. The climate is moderately continental with distinct seasons: warm and humid summers, and cold winters with stable snow-cover (4-5 months). A mean annual precipitation of 600 mm and a mean annual temperature is about +4 °C (http://aisori.meteo.ru/ClspR). During the study 3 locations were investigated: “Ugra” National Park was established in 1997 to protect typical landscapes of Central Russia, and became theUNESCO biosphere reserve in 2020. The National park consists of seven clusters grouped into three areas, the total area is 986,245 km2. “Kaluzhskiye Zaseki” Nature Reserve. The Reserve was established in 1992 due to the presence of unique old-growth broad-leaved forests which was mostly undisturbed by cutting and ploughing (Smirnova 1994). The Reserve consists of two separate parts which are 12 km apart, the total area of the Reserve is 185 km2. Zaseki” in Russian means field fortifications made of felled trees. In medieval times, the Kaluga region was part of the defensive line. Kaluga city is the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast. The population is >300,000 people, the large industrial center.

Method step description:

  1. 1. Field data collection 2. Identification of collected material was carried out after the sampling 3. Digitization of primary data into spreadsheet cross-tables (easy format for data analysis ) 4. Darwin Core data standardization 5. Quality assessment and data validation. Documentation. 6. Dataset publishing

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Shashkov M, Alexeev S, Ivanova N (2020) Communities of ground beetles (Carabidae, Coleoptera) in broad-leaved forests of protected and urban areas of the Kaluga Oblast (European Russia). Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e58688. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e58688

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 892a2c22-d234-4e74-a3b7-d1fb82fc731b
http://gbif.ru:8080/ipt/resource?r=carabidae_kaluga