Sawyer, Bloch Carrion Effects of carrion decomposition on litter arthropod assemblages Data.xlsx

Five pig head carrion were placed at least 7 m apart under cages in temperate mixed forest. Leaf litter was sampled 0 m, 1.5 m, and 3 m from each carrion weekly during summer, and monthly during autumn, until the first frost. Arthropods were extracted from leaf litter by using Berlese funnels. Associated temperature data was collected from average temperature for the summer was 25°C with 64% relative humidity with total precipitation of 12.5cm. Weather data was collected daily from ‘Taunton, Taunton Municipal Airport (KTAN)’ 41.88°N, -71.02°WElev: 43ft. via National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).<br>Soil data was collected via a soil core at each distance from the carrion at each stage of decomposition and sent to Louisiana State University Agricultural Center for analysis.

将5具猪头腐尸置于温带混交林的笼舍下方，各腐尸间间距不小于7米。于夏季每周、秋季每月对距每具腐尸0米、1.5米及3米处的枯落物开展采样，直至首次霜降出现。采用贝尔莱泽漏斗（Berlese funnels）从枯落物样本中提取节肢动物。本次采集的相关气象数据显示，夏季平均气温为25℃，相对湿度64%，总降水量12.5厘米。气象数据每日通过美国国家海洋和大气管理局（National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA）从位于41.88°N、-71.02°W，海拔43英尺的汤顿市政机场（KTAN，汤顿市）获取。在各腐解阶段，于腐尸周边各采样距离处采集土壤岩心样本，并将样本移送至路易斯安那州立大学农业中心开展分析。