Carabid Beetle Monitoring on Takapourewa Island, 2023-2024

Ten months of monitoring data for carabid beetles on Takapourewa, New Zealand, collected via pitfall traps and ACOs. The dataset was authored by Mark Anderson and is available as a 323.1 KB XLSX file under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze carabid beetle population trends based on 10 months of monitoring data
• Compare beetle capture rates between pitfall traps and ACOs based on the collection methods mentioned
• Study the seasonal activity of ground beetles on an isolated island based on the temporal coverage

Strengths

• Data covers a defined 10-month monitoring period
• Includes data collected via two distinct methods: pitfall traps and ACOs
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license

Limitations

• Dataset size is 323.1 KB, indicating a limited scope
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Mark Anderson

Collection Method

Monitoring by pitfall traps and ACOs

Time Range

10 months, likely 2023-2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 21:08:25; freshness should be verified

Geography

Takapourewa, New Zealand