Data evaluating family-level beetle bycatch diversity in red alder ecosystems

Abstract

This dataset was used to assess family-level beetle bycatch diversity in relation to forest stand conditions and forest fragmentation in red alder-dominated forests. Bycatch included all beetle individuals, except ambrosia beetles, captured in ethanol-baited Lindgren multiple-funnel traps at five forested sites in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada in 2024. Data collected include trap coordinates, plot coordinates, and measurements of stand conditions and fragmentation, and per-trap values of family richness, Shannon Diversity Index, and abundances of selected families that contained scolytine predators.