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  South Burlington, Vermont 05403
  United States of America
  
  Phone: (802) 391-4135
  Email: femc@uvm.edu
  Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Establish baseline data on Carabid and Collembola populations in the planned silvicultural treatment units; study the relationship between these insect populations and soil characteristics. Test the use of ground dwelling Carabid and Collembola insects to monitor the impacts of forestry practices on the stability and long-term health of the soil habitat.

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• Code: 1
• Definition: Sphaeroderus stenostomus lecontei Dejean
• Code: 2
• Definition: Notiobia nitidipennis Le.
• Code: 3
• Definition: Pterostichus rostratus (Newman)
• Code: 4
• Definition: Cymindis cribricollis Dej
• Code: 5
• Definition: Calathus gregarius Dej.
• Code: 6
• Definition: Trichotichnus vulpeculus Say
• Code: 7
• Definition: Pterostichus coracinus Nwm.
• Code: 8
• Definition: Pterostichus stygicus (Say)
• Code: 9
• Definition: Poecilus lucublandus (Say)
• Code: 10
• Definition: Harpalus pensylvanicus (DeGeer)
• Code: 11
• Definition: Chlaenius tricolor Dej
• Code: 12
• Definition: Harpalus longicollis Lec.
• Code: 13
• Definition: Synuchus impunctatus Say
• Code: 14
• Definition: Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger)
• Code: 15
• Definition: Platynus decentis Say
• Code: 16
• Definition: Pterostichus pensylvanicus Lec.
• Code: 17
• Definition: Agonum fidele Csy
• Code: 18
• Definition: Pterostichus mutus (Say)
• Code: 19
• Definition: Pterostichus femoralis (Kirby)
• Code: 20
• Definition: Gastrellarius honestus (Say)
• Code: 21
• Definition: Carabus nemoralis Muller
• Code: 22
• Definition: Bradycellus nigrinus Dej.
• Code: 23
• Definition: Bembidion obtusum Audinet-Serville
• Code: 24
• Definition: Amara impuncticollis Say
• Code: 25
• Definition: Notiophilus aeneus Herbst
• Code: 26
• Definition: Anisodactylus interstitialis Say
• Code: 27
• Definition: Lebia viridis Say
• Code: 28
• Definition: Bradycellus congener (Lec.)
• Code: 29
• Definition: Clivina fossor (Linnaeus)
• Code: 30
• Definition: Agonum retractum Lec.
• Code: 31
• Definition: Agonum palustre Goulet
• Code: 32
• Definition: Bradycellus badipennis Haldeman
• Code: 33
• Definition: Trichotichnus dichrous Say
• Code: 34
• Definition: Sphaeroderus stenostomus stenostomus (Weber, 1801)
• Code: 35
• Definition: Sphaeroderus canadensis Chaudoir
• Code: 36
• Definition: Agonum cupripenne (Say, 1823)
• Code: 37
• Definition: Pseudamara arenaria Leconte
• Code: 38
• Definition: Oxypselaphus pusillus Leconte
• Code: 39
• Definition: Pterostichus patruelis Dej.
• Code: 40
• Definition: Pterostichus lucublandus (Say)
• Code: 41
• Definition: Anisodactylus nigerrimus Dej.
• Code: 42
• Definition: Harpalus rubripes DFTSCHM.
• Code: 43
• Definition: Calathus ingratus Dej.
• Code: 44
• Definition: Pterostichus tristis (Dejean)
• Code: 45
• Definition: Pterostichus adstrictus Eschscholtz
• Code: 46
• Definition: Scaphinotus viduus (Dejean)
• Code: 47
• Definition: Pterostichus dillgendus (Chaudoir, 1868)
• Code: 48
• Definition: Pterostichus honestus Say
• Code: 49
• Definition: Pterostichus adoxus (Say)
• Code: 50
• Definition: Agonum mutatum (Gemminger & Harold)
• Code: 51
• Definition: Agonum trigeminum Lindroth
• Code: 52
• Definition: Sphaeroderus nitidicollis nitidicollis Guerin-Meneville. 1829
• Code: 53
• Definition: Agonum rufipes Dejean, 1828
• Code: 54
• Definition: Cymindis planipennis LeConte, 1863
• Code: 55
• Definition: Geotrupes splendidus (Fabricius)
• Code: 56
• Definition: Harpalus somnulentus Dejean, 1829
• Code: 57
• Definition: Pterostichus laticeps
• Code: 58
• Definition: Sphaeroderus solenostemus
• Code: 59
• Definition: Pterostichus lachrymosus (Newman, 1838)
• Code: 60
• Definition: Myas cyanescens Dejean, 1828
• Code: 61
• Definition: Agonum picicornoides Lindroth, 1966
• Code: 62
• Definition: Pterostichus caudicalis (Say, 1823)
• Code: 63
• Definition: Pterostichus corvinus (Dejean, 1828)
• Code: 64
• Definition: Amara littoralis Mannerheim, 1843
• Code: 65
• Definition: Dicaelus politus Dejean, 1826
• Code: 66
• Definition: Cymindis americanus Dejean 1826
• Code: 67
• Definition: Nicrophorus defodiens
• Code: 68
• Definition: Nicrophorus orbicollis
• Code: 69
• Definition: Nicrophorus sayi Castelnau
• Code: 70
• Definition: Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber
• Code: 71
• Definition: Cymindis neglecta, Haldeman 1843
• Code: 72
• Definition: Cymindis platicollis (Say, 1823)
• Code: 73
• Definition: Cymindis limbata Dejean, 1831
• Code: 74
• Definition: Amara otiosa Casey, 1918
• Code: 75
• Definition: Agonum melanarium Dejean, 1828
• Code: 76
• Definition: Patrobus longicornis (Say, 1823)
• Code: 77
• Definition: Chlaenius emarginatus Say, 1824
• Code: 78
• Definition: Pterostichus luctuosus (Dejean, 1828)
• Code: 79
• Definition: Xestonotus lugubris (Dejean, 1829)
• Code: 80
• Definition: Harpalus rufipes (DeGeer, 1774)
• Code: 81
• Definition: Harpalus bicolor
• Code: 82
• Definition: Carabus serratus Say, 1823
• Code: 83
• Definition: Platynus tenuicollis (LeConte, 1848)
• Code: 84
• Definition: Dicaelus teter, Bonelli, 1813
• Code: 85
• Definition: Agonum tenue (LeConte, 1854)
• Code: 86
• Definition: Agonum metallescens (LeConte, 1854)

• Unnamed Method
  • Started: 2001-07-01
    
  • Method Description: Carabid, Collembola and soil sampling are within the planned silvicultural treatment units: seven, 2 ha. treatment units (six manipulations and a control) with a minimum of 50 meters between each unit.

• Treatment plans
  • Started: 2001-07-01
    
  • Method Description: The planned treatments include three commercial harvests: single-tree selection, shelterwood, and crop tree release; and three new techniques designed to enhance structural complexity of forests in escalating intensities. The treatements are planned for the winter of 2002-2003.

• Sample collection and processing
  • Started: 2001-07-01
    
  • Method Description: Nested within each unit are 4 sampling plots for both Carabid and Collembola sampling. Carabid sampling is conducted using pitfall traps, collected every 2 weeks through mid-October. Specimens are pinned, sorted and identified to species. Collembola sampling is conducted usiing soil cores taken monthly through mid-October. The insects are extracted from the soil using Berlese funnels. Specimens are preserved in ETOH for later identification to family and genus level.

• Soil sample collection and analysis
  • Started: 2001-07-01
    
  • Method Description: Soil samples collected in late summer will be analyzed by horizon for organic matter content, total organic nitrogen, ammonium, nitrate, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and other micronutrients.

• Bulb planter
• Started: 2001-07-01
  
• Sampling Description: Collembola soil samples collected using a bulb planter. Carabid pitfall traps consist of 59-ml plastic cups placed within 355-ml plastic cups inserted below ground level.