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dc.contributor.authorBasset, Yves
dc.contributor.authorCorbara, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorBarrios, Hector
dc.contributor.authorCuenoud, Philippe
dc.contributor.authorLeponce, Maurice
dc.contributor.authorAberlenc, Henri-Pierre
dc.contributor.authorBail, Johannes
dc.contributor.authorBito, Darren
dc.contributor.authorBridle, Jonathan R.
dc.contributor.authorCastano-Meneses, Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorCizek, Lukas
dc.contributor.authorCornejo, Aydee
dc.contributor.authorCurletti, Gianfranco
dc.contributor.authorDelabie, Jacques H. C.
dc.contributor.authorDejean, Alain
dc.contributor.authorDidham, Raphael K.
dc.contributor.authorDufrene, Marc
dc.contributor.authorFagan, Laura L.
dc.contributor.authorFloren, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorFrame, Dawn M.
dc.contributor.authorHalle, Francis
dc.contributor.authorHardy, Oliver J.
dc.contributor.authorHernandez, Andres
dc.contributor.authorKitching, Roger
dc.contributor.authorLewinsohn, Thomas M.
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Owen
dc.contributor.authorManumbor, Markus
dc.contributor.authorMedianero, Enrique
dc.contributor.authorMissa, Olivier
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Andrew W.
dc.contributor.authorMogia, Martin
dc.contributor.authorNovotny, Vojtech
dc.contributor.authorOdegaard, Frode
dc.contributor.authorde Oliveira, Evandro Gama
dc.contributor.authorOrivel, Jerome
dc.contributor.authorOzanne, Claire M. P.
dc.contributor.authorPascal, Olivier
dc.contributor.authorPinzon, Sara
dc.contributor.authorRapp, Mathieu
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Servio P.
dc.contributor.authorRoisin, Yves
dc.contributor.authorRoslin, Tomas
dc.contributor.authorRoubik, David
dc.contributor.authorSamaniego, Mirna
dc.contributor.authorSchmidl, Jürgen
dc.contributor.authorSorensen, Line L.
dc.contributor.authorTishechkin, Alexey
dc.contributor.authorVan Osselaer, Christian
dc.contributor.authorWinchester, Neville N.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:39:44Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:39:44Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2010-02-08T06:50:46Z
dc.identifier.issn03746232
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/28643
dc.description.abstractIBISCA-Panama ("Investigating the BIodiversity of Soil and Canopy Arthropods", Panama module) represents a large-scale research initiative to quantify the spatial distribution of arthropod biodiversity in a Neotropical forest, using a combination of (1) international collaboration, (2) a set of common research questions, and (3) an integrated experimental design. Here, we present the rationale of the programme, describe the study sites, and outline field protocols. In the San Lorenzo Protected Area of Panama, twelve 20 x 20 m sites, all less than 2 km apart, were surveyed for plants and arthropods, from the ground to the upper canopy. Access to the canopy and its fauna was facilitated by fogging, single-rope techniques and a variety of devices such as a canopy crane, the "SolVin-Bretzel" canopy raft, the canopy bubble and Ikos. IBISCA-Panama represented the first attempt to combine these complementary techniques of canopy access in a large-scale investigation. Such techniques provided spatial replication during initial field work performed in September-October 2003. Temporal replication across seasons consisted of subsequent field work of varying intensity during dry, early wet and late wet periods in 2004. Arthropods were surveyed using 14 different protocols targeting the soil, litter, understorey, mid-canopy and upper canopy habitats. These protocols included: WINKLER sifting; BERLESE-TULLGREN; hand-collecting of galls and social insects; fogging; beating; woodrearing; baits; and various types of traps such as pitfall, small and large flight-interception, sticky, light, and Malaise traps. Currently, analyses of arthropod distribution in this forest concentrate on a set of 63 focal taxa representing different phylogenies and lifehistories. IBISCA-Panama may be considered as a model for largescale research programmes targeting invertebrate biodiversity. Its collaborative modus operandi can be applied to answer a variety of pressing ecological questions related to forest biodiversity, as evidenced by the recent development of further IBISCA programmes in other parts of the world.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageFrench
dc.language.isofre
dc.publisherL'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique
dc.publisher.placeBrussels
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.naturalsciences.be/en/museum/home
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom39
dc.relation.ispartofpageto69
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInstitut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Bulletin. Serie Entomologie
dc.relation.ispartofvolume77
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode060299
dc.titleIBISCA-Panama, a large-scale study of arthropod beta-diversity and vertical stratification in a lowland rainforest: rationale, study sites and field protocols
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2007
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorKitching, Roger L.
gro.griffith.authorBito, Darren


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