DOI: 10.5061/dryad.mkkwh71bk
title: Data from: Identifying priority habitats for dung beetle conservation: Taxonomic and functional responses across a land-use disturbance gradient

description: This dataset contains the results of field surveys conducted in Yeoncheon,
 Gyeonggi Province, South Korea between April and November of 2022 and
 2023. Sampling was carried out once a month to document dung beetle
 seasonal activity and diversity. Specimens were collected using pitfall
 traps baited with boar, cattle, and leopard cat dung. The traps were
 deployed for three consecutive days before retrieval. Four land-use types
 were surveyed, including deciduous forests, coniferous forests,
 agricultural fields, and built environments. This was to capture the
 variation in species composition and diversity across the habitats. The
 dataset provides occurrence and abundance records that can be used to
 study seasonal dynamics and the influence of environmental conditions on
 dung beetle assemblages in temperate ecosystems.
description: # Data from: Identifying priority habitats for dung beetle conservation:
 Taxonomic and functional responses across a land-use disturbance gradient
 Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.mkkwh71bk](10.5061/dryad.mkkwh71bk) ##
 Description of the data and file structure This data made to assess the
 biodiversity of dung beetles in Yeoncheon, South Korea. Dung-baited
 pitfall traps were used for collecting dung beetles.  ### Files and
 variables #### File: dbdata.csv **Description:**  ##### Variables * \#:
 number of variable combinations * region: the number given to each
 combination of site_types (or land-use types) * site_type: land-use types
 surveyed, consists of built environment, coniferous forest, deciduous
 forest, and agricultural field * dung_type: mammal dung types used for
 this experiment, consists of boar (omnivore), cattle (herbivore), and
 leopard cat (carnivore) * year: year of collection * month: month of
 collection * A.botulus: collected species' abbreviated name *
 A.fasciatus: collected species' abbreviated name *
 A.pusillus: collected species' abbreviated name * A.rectus: collected
 species' abbreviated name * A.sublimbatus: collected species'
 abbreviated name * A.urostigma: collected species' abbreviated name *
 A.variabilis: collected species' abbreviated name *
 C.brevis: collected species' abbreviated name *
 C.tripartitus: collected species' abbreviated name *
 C.unicornis: collected species' abbreviated name *
 L.phanaeoides: collected species' abbreviated name *
 O.atripennis: collected species' abbreviated name *
 O.bivertex: collected species' abbreviated name *
 O.fodiens: collected species' abbreviated name *
 O.japonicus: collected species' abbreviated name *
 O.koryoensis: collected species' abbreviated name *
 O.lenzii: collected species' abbreviated name *
 O.olsoufieffi: collected species' abbreviated name *
 O.punctator: collected species' abbreviated name *
 O.rugulosus: collected species' abbreviated name *
 P.auratus: collected species' abbreviated name * Psa.sp.: collected
 species' abbreviated name * S.japonicus: collected species'
 abbreviated name * S.schaefferi: collected species' abbreviated name
 ## Code/software the file is in csv. format ## Access information Other
 publicly accessible locations of the data: * n/a Data was derived from the
 following sources: * n/a