Plant and insect assemblages in mixedwood Boreal forest at the Zama silvicultural experiment site in northwestern Alberta, Canada

Data files are presented of plant and lichen survey data, pitfall trap
catches of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae), light trap catches of
moths, and hand net catches of moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) from a
mature mixedwood Boreal forest in northwestern Alberta, Canada. Plant and
lichen data are in an EXCEL file of species coverages in 32 10Ha
compartments, at eight 5m x 5m plots per compartment, surveyed in 1997 and
1998. Carabid data are in an EXCEL file of counts of males and females of
each species, from six pitfall traps in each of 16 compartments. The
pitfall traps were run continuously for 3.5 months in 1997, 1998, 1999,
and 2002, and samples were removed from the traps for tabulation every two
to three weeks. Lepidoptera data are in an EXCEL file listing catches from
light traps run for one night, approximately every 7-21 days, in 16
compartments, for 3.5 months in 1997, 1998, and 1999, augmented by
incidental net catches of day-flying species.  A total of 7 tree
species, 18 shrub species, 7 grasses, 41 forbs, 49 mosses, 19 lichen
species, 26 carabid species, and 453 Lepidoptera species are reported.