BETA-FOR_SP9_Spiders_2022/2023

This dataset includes records of spider species collected using pitfall traps across the 234 BETA-FOR patches. Two traps were installed 7 meters from the center of each patch, positioned in the northwest and southeast. Traps were emptied at the end of May, June, and July. Sampling was conducted in 2022 for 90 patches in the University Forest and 90 patches in the Bavarian Forest. In 2023, 54 patches located in Saarland, Hunsrück, and Lübeck were sampled. All collected spider samples were identified by Jean-Léonard Stör. ################ We greatly acknowledge the help of: Elisa Stengel, Alexander Kreis, Torben Riehe, Ruth Pickert, Sophia Hochrein, Katharina Kallnik, Marina Wolz, Manuel Mauermann, Bernd Anell, Jens Geigenmüller, Hans Bahr, Interns of the Bavarian Forest Nationalpark and all other assistants