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Arthropod Abundance Data from the Colville River Delta, Alaska

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This data release contains information on the seasonal diversity and abundance of arthropods collected at the Colville River Delta, Alaska, 2011-2012 and 2014-2107. Researchers with the US Geological Survey began studying the reproductive ecology of birds at a site on the Colville River near the Beaufort Sea coast in 2011. Researchers concurrently collected arthropods at 3-day intervals to understand the relationship between the seasonal abundance of arthropods and the reproductive output of insectivorous birds.

Author(s): Ruthrauff, D. R.; Hupp, J. W.; Patil, V. P.; Ward, D. H.

Suggested Citation:
Ruthrauff, D. R., Hupp, J. W., Patil, V. P. and Ward, D. H., 2021, Arthropod abundance data from the Colville River Delta, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9AMSIEJ.

Referenced Publication(s):

Ruthrauff, D. R., V. P. Patil, J. W. Hupp, and D. H. Ward. 2021. Life-history attributes of Arctic-breeding birds drive uneven responses to environmental variability across different phases of the reproductive cycle. Ecology and Evolution 11(24):18514-18530. doi:10.1002/ece3.8448

Changnon-Lafortune, A., É. Duchesne, P. Legagneux, L. McKinnon, J. Reneerkens, N. Casajus, K. F. Abraham, É. Bolduc, G. Brown, S. C. Brown, H. R. Gates, O. Gilg, M-A. Giroux, K. Gurney, S. J. Kendall, E. Kwon, R. B. Lanctot, D. B. Lank, N. Lecomte, M. Leung, J. R. Liebezeit, G. Morrison, E. Nol, D. C. Payer, D. Reid, D. R. Ruthrauff, S. T. Saalfeld, B. K. Sandercock, P. A. Smith, N. M. Schmidt, I. Tulp, T. T. Høye, D. Berteaux, and J. Bêty. 2024. A circumpolar study unveils a positive non-linear effect of temperature on arctic arthropod availability that may reduce the risk of warming-induced trophic mismatch for breeding shorebirds. Global Change Biology 30(6):e17356. doi:10.1111/gcb.17356


DataID: 445 | doi:10.5066/P9AMSIEJ | Date Posted Online: 2021-12-14 | Last Updated: 2021-12-14 11:47:44

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