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Mammal Species Commonly Present at Barro Colorado Island

Patterns of biodiversity, such as the increase toward the tropics and the peaked curve during ecological succession, are fundamental phenomena for ecology. Such patterns have multiple, interacting causes, but temperature emerges as a dominant factor across organisms from microbes to trees and mammals, and across terrestrial, marine, and freshwater environments. However, there is little consensus on the underlying mechanisms, even as global temperatures increase and the need to predict their effects becomes more pressing. The purpose of this project is to generate and test theory for how temperature impacts biodiversity through its effect on biochemical processes and metabolic rate. A combination of standardized surveys in the field and controlled experiments in the field and laboratory measure diversity of three taxa -- trees, invertebrates, and microbes -- and key biogeochemical processes of decomposition in seven forests distributed along a geographic gradient of increasing temperature from cold temperate to warm tropical. This list of mammal species at Barro Colorado Island, Panama, was retrieved from http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/biodiversity/bci/ on 10/30/2013 as part of a macrosystems biodiversity and latitude project supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement DEB#1065836.

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Temperature and Humidity at Soil Surface on Barro Colorado Island - OPEN 1

Patterns of biodiversity, such as the increase toward the tropics and the peaked curve during ecological succession, are fundamental phenomena for ecology. Such patterns have multiple, interacting causes, but temperature emerges as a dominant factor across organisms from microbes to trees and mammals, and across terrestrial, marine, and freshwater environments. However, there is little consensus on the underlying mechanisms, even as global temperatures increase and the need to predict their effects becomes more pressing. The purpose of this project is to generate and test theory for how temperature impacts biodiversity through its effect on biochemical processes and metabolic rate. A combination of standardized surveys in the field and controlled experiments in the field and laboratory measure diversity of three taxa -- trees, invertebrates, and microbes -- and key biogeochemical processes of decomposition in seven forests distributed along a geographic gradient of increasing temperature from cold temperate to warm tropical. This data is from a temperature humidity logger placed near the center of the Barro Colorado site macroplots array as part of a macrosystems biodiversity and latitude project supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement DEB#1065836. This data is associated with the project bento bags, but may be used as measures of the soil surface temperature for the dates represented.

Barro Colorado Island Precipitation Measured at BCI Clearing Station 1971-2014

Patterns of biodiversity, such as the increase toward the tropics and the peaked curve during ecological succession, are fundamental phenomena for ecology. Such patterns have multiple, interacting causes, but temperature emerges as a dominant factor across organisms from microbes to trees and mammals, and across terrestrial, marine, and freshwater environments. However, there is little consensus on the underlying mechanisms, even as global temperatures increase and the need to predict their effects becomes more pressing. The purpose of this project is to generate and test theory for how temperature impacts biodiversity through its effect on biochemical processes and metabolic rate. A combination of standardized surveys in the field and controlled experiments in the field and laboratory measure diversity of three taxa -- trees, invertebrates, and microbes -- and key biogeochemical processes of decomposition in seven forests distributed along a geographic gradient of increasing temperature from cold temperate to warm tropical. This daily precipitation data from Barro Colorado Island research site, 1971-2014, recorded at BCI Clearing Station, was retrieved from the website at http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/physical_monitoring/research/barrocolorado as part of a macrosystems biodiversity and latitude project supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement DEB#1065836.

Temperature and Humidity at Soil Surface on Barro Colorado Island - OPEN 2

Patterns of biodiversity, such as the increase toward the tropics and the peaked curve during ecological succession, are fundamental phenomena for ecology. Such patterns have multiple, interacting causes, but temperature emerges as a dominant factor across organisms from microbes to trees and mammals, and across terrestrial, marine, and freshwater environments. However, there is little consensus on the underlying mechanisms, even as global temperatures increase and the need to predict their effects becomes more pressing. The purpose of this project is to generate and test theory for how temperature impacts biodiversity through its effect on biochemical processes and metabolic rate. A combination of standardized surveys in the field and controlled experiments in the field and laboratory measure diversity of three taxa -- trees, invertebrates, and microbes -- and key biogeochemical processes of decomposition in seven forests distributed along a geographic gradient of increasing temperature from cold temperate to warm tropical. This data is from a temperature humidity logger placed near the center of the Barro Colorado site macroplots array as part of a macrosystems biodiversity and latitude project supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement DEB#1065836. This data is associated with the project bento bags, but may be used as measures of the soil surface temperature for the dates represented.

Temperature and Humidity at Soil Surface on Barro Colorado Island - CLOSED 1

Patterns of biodiversity, such as the increase toward the tropics and the peaked curve during ecological succession, are fundamental phenomena for ecology. Such patterns have multiple, interacting causes, but temperature emerges as a dominant factor across organisms from microbes to trees and mammals, and across terrestrial, marine, and freshwater environments. However, there is little consensus on the underlying mechanisms, even as global temperatures increase and the need to predict their effects becomes more pressing. The purpose of this project is to generate and test theory for how temperature impacts biodiversity through its effect on biochemical processes and metabolic rate. A combination of standardized surveys in the field and controlled experiments in the field and laboratory measure diversity of three taxa -- trees, invertebrates, and microbes -- and key biogeochemical processes of decomposition in seven forests distributed along a geographic gradient of increasing temperature from cold temperate to warm tropical. This data is from a temperature humidity logger placed near the center of the Barro Colorado site macroplots array as part of a macrosystems biodiversity and latitude project supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement DEB#1065836. This data is associated with the project bento bags, but may be used as measures of the soil surface temperature for the dates represented.

Temperature and Humidity at Soil Surface on Barro Colorado Island - CLOSED 2

Patterns of biodiversity, such as the increase toward the tropics and the peaked curve during ecological succession, are fundamental phenomena for ecology. Such patterns have multiple, interacting causes, but temperature emerges as a dominant factor across organisms from microbes to trees and mammals, and across terrestrial, marine, and freshwater environments. However, there is little consensus on the underlying mechanisms, even as global temperatures increase and the need to predict their effects becomes more pressing. The purpose of this project is to generate and test theory for how temperature impacts biodiversity through its effect on biochemical processes and metabolic rate. A combination of standardized surveys in the field and controlled experiments in the field and laboratory measure diversity of three taxa -- trees, invertebrates, and microbes -- and key biogeochemical processes of decomposition in seven forests distributed along a geographic gradient of increasing temperature from cold temperate to warm tropical. This data is from a temperature humidity logger placed near the center of the Barro Colorado site macroplots array as part of a macrosystems biodiversity and latitude project supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement DEB#1065836. This data is associated with the project bento bags, but may be used as measures of the soil surface temperature for the dates represented.

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Ratio of 18O to 16O Stable Isotopes in Tree Stem Cores at HJA, HFR, NWT, CWT, LUQ, and Barro Colorado Island

Patterns of biodiversity, such as the increase toward the tropics and the peaked curve during ecological succession, are fundamental phenomena for ecology. Such patterns have multiple, interacting causes, but temperature emerges as a dominant factor across organisms from microbes to trees and mammals, and across terrestrial, marine, and freshwater environments. However, there is little consensus on the underlying mechanisms, even as global temperatures increase and the need to predict their effects becomes more pressing. The purpose of this project is to generate and test theory for how temperature impacts biodiversity through its effect on biochemical processes and metabolic rate. A combination of standardized surveys in the field and controlled experiments in the field and laboratory measure diversity of three taxa -- trees, invertebrates, and microbes -- and key biogeochemical processes of decomposition in seven forests distributed along a geographic gradient of increasing temperature from cold temperate to warm tropical. The most abundant tree species (by basal area) were sampled at each experimental site (HJA, HFR, NWT, CWT, LUQ, and Barro Colorado Island) for ratio of stable isotopes of 18 Oxygen to 16 Oxygen in parts per million from ground and homogenized tree stem cores as part of a macrosystems biodiversity and latitude project supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement DEB#1065836. .

Fig. 6 in Diurnal/Nocturnal Activity of Rove Beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Assayed by Flight Intercept Trap

Fig. 6. Total number of Aleocharinae collected per collection event.

Fig. 3 in Diurnal/Nocturnal Activity of Rove Beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Assayed by Flight Intercept Trap

Fig. 3. Relative abundance of different subfamilies of Staphylinidae.

Fig. 2 in Diurnal/Nocturnal Activity of Rove Beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Assayed by Flight Intercept Trap

Fig. 2. Daily rainfall (mm) on BCI for the period of study recorded at 900 h.

Fig. 1. A in Diurnal/Nocturnal Activity of Rove Beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Assayed by Flight Intercept Trap

Fig. 1. A set up for the flight intercept trap. Photograph by R. S. Hanley.

Fig. 5 in Diurnal/Nocturnal Activity of Rove Beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Assayed by Flight Intercept Trap

Fig. 5. Total number of Staphylininae collected per collection event.

Fig. 4 in Diurnal/Nocturnal Activity of Rove Beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Assayed by Flight Intercept Trap

Fig. 4. Total number of Staphylinidae collected per collection event.