NEON Biorepository Mammal Collection (Vouchers [Ground Beetle Sampling Bycatch])

Unpooled catches of small mammals collected as bycatch during ground beetle pitfall sampling at terrestrial NEON sites. Sampling Catch collected biweekly (every 14 days) during the green season Ten distributed base plots (pre-2023) or six plots (2023 onward) per site Four traps (pre-2018) or three traps (2018 onward) per plot Methods Pitfall traps (16-oz cups with propylene glycol) Preservation Trap contents sorted into identified adult Carabids, other invertebrates, herpetiles, and small mammals. Small mammals always retained and archived separately (never pooled) due to low bycatch Stored in 95% ethanol at controlled temperature and humidity