Realm: Terrestrial
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Central latitude: 19.284790
Central longitude: 47.194040
Duration: 46 years, from 1962 to 2009

59707 records

878 distinct species

Across the time series Xestia c-nigrum is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

Analyses were based on daily moth captures (19622009) from seven long-term trapping sites (each with one light trap) located across Hungary, maintained by the HungarianForest Research Institute. The traps were located in forests and forest margins (dominantly broadleaved forests). The traps were at the same locations(sites) throughout the study period, and they functioned generally throughout the annual active ?ight period of moths in the region (from early March to December, from sunset to sunrise, using 125W mercury bulb). Prior to analyses, data from years 1972 to 1973, and six other site-year combinations when the identi?cation of species was restricted to pest species were excluded. Additionally, from eachsite, data from years with >10 consecutive days of no records between 101 (c. 1st of April) and 314 days (c. 1st of October) after winter solstice were omitted from analyses (91 site-year combinations; it is possible that such long gaps in trapping indicate breakdown of light trap, not unfavourable weather conditions with nomoths ?ying, and could lead to underestimates in the abundanceand species richness of moths). Finally, the taxonomically dif?cult Eupithecia spp. were excluded from analyses. This left us with 223 site-year combinations (the number of sites represented yearly varying between 1 and 7, except years 19721973), and 2 095 664 individual captures representing 878 species from super families Bombycoidea, Cossoidea, Drepanoidea, Geometroidea, Lasiocam-poidea and Noctuoidea. Nomenclature follows Fauna Europaea (http://www.faunaeur.org).

Citation(s)

@Article{BioTIME_cit415, Study_id = {671}, Citation_id = {415}, Author = {Valtonen, Anu and Hirka, Anik{\'o} and Sz{\H o}cs, Levente and Ayres, Matthew P. and Roininen, Heikki and Cs{\'o}ka, Gy{\"o}rgy}, Journal = {Journal of Animal Ecology}, Pages = {730-738}, Title = {Long-term species loss and homogenization of moth communities in Central Europe}, Volume = {86}, Year = {2017}, Doi = {10.1111/1365-2656.12687}, Language = {English} }