Data from: Taxonomic and methodological biases in saproxylic beetles: body size, trophic group and detection probability
Year: 2026
Type: dataset
Abstract: This dataset supports analyses of taxonomic and methodological biases in saproxylic beetle research, using 425 species collected from 28 veteran oak (Quercus spp.) sites across 10 countries in Europe, Turkey, and Israel. Data were collected using flight interception traps installed on mature oak trees sampled over one season per site between 1994 and 2012. The dataset comprises species-level records for 11 beetle families (Anobiidae, Buprestidae, Cleridae, Dermestidae, Elateridae, Erotylidae, Histeridae, Lucanidae, Mycetophagidae, Scarabaeidae, Tenebrionidae) and includes four variables: species name, family, larval trophic group (mycetophagous, saprophagous, sapro-xylophagous, xylophagous, zoophagous), and body length (mm). The data are suitable for analyses of body size bias in taxonomic discovery and trait-based ecological research on saproxylic insect assemblages.
Source: DRYAD
Authors: Franzén, Markus, Jansson, Nicklas, Avci, Mustafa, Brin, Antoine, Brustel, Hervé, Budka, Jan, Buse, Jörn, Carpaneto, Giuseppe, Chiari, Stefano, Čížek, Lukás, Coskun, Mustafa, Dagley, Jeremy, Hammond, Peter M., Micó, Estefanía, Abacıgil, Tuğba Öncül, Pavlíček, Tomás, Schlaghamerský, Jiří, Šebek, Pavel, Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne, Varli, Sakin Vural, Westerberg, Lars, Wilde, Inge, Zauli, Agnese, Milberg, Per
Institutions: Linköping University, Linnaeus University, Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Ecole d'Ingénieurs de PURPAN, Masaryk University, Roma Tre University, Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre, Adıyaman University, City of London, Natural History Museum, University of Alicante, Balıkesir University, University of Haifa, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: Insect Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas
OpenAlex ID: W7167664769