Ecological Archives E093-243-A4

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Appendix D. Relationships between beetle abundance and biomass.

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FIG. D1. Relationship between (A) carrion and (B) dung beetle abundance and biomass during the four study seasons in the Yasuní National Park (Ecuador). Abundance and mass are mean values for the 4 exclusion treatments in which beetles could enter. Dashed lines represent standard deviance of abundance data for each species (based on 10 baited pitfall samples) and mass data (of all species entering a given mesh size). Beetle size is calculated as a volume (in cubic centimeters, see Methods).


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