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pitfall trapping (Silphidae)

Subcategory: insect trapping
Standard reference: Grossman and Smith (2008)
Papers: 13 | Mentions: 13

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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

2025using
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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

2021using
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Stridulation in <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i> as a Possible Means of Cooperation during Carcass Sequestration

2019using
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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.

2017using
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Roles of Stridulation in Nicophorus investigator.

2015using
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Reproductive Success and Parental Care of Nicrophorus investigator.

2014using
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Nicrophorus investigator: The Effects of Asymmetry in Body Size on the Duration of Bi-parental Care.

2014using
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The effects of parental care on brood success and quality in the burying beetle <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>

2013using
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Frenemies: conflict and cooperation in burying beetle (<i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>) parental care

2011modifying
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Sperm retention in female Nicrophorus investigator

2009using
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Phoretic mite discrimination among male burying beetle (<i>Nicrophorus investigator</i>) hosts

2008Annals of the Entomological Society of Americausing
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Temperature regulation in burying beetles (<i>Nicrophorus</i> spp.: Coleoptera: Silphidae): effects of body size, morphology and environmental temperature

2004The Journal of Experimental Biologyusing
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Altitudinal variation in body size and population density of <i>Nicrophorus investigator</i> (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

2000Environmental Entomologyusing