Pizzolotto Roberto, Durante Fabiola
Università della Calabria, Rende (CS), Italy Università della Calabria Rende (CS) Italy.
Biodivers Data J. 2025 Apr 15;13:e148207. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e148207. eCollection 2025.
The Carabid beetles are a key group for assessing ecological characteristics of natural environments because they play a role as bioindicator organisms suitable for both theoretical and applied studies. Moreover, they are one of the few Coleoptera orders with numerous quantitative ecological studies conducted using consistent methodologies in the Dolomite environments (Eastern Italian Alps). In this paper, natural and semi-natural habitats located at mid- and high-altitude located in the Southern Dolomites were studied, specifically the populations of carabids living in alpine grasslands and active scree-slopes from 1300 m a.s.l. to 2160 m a.s.l.
This dataset advances the initiative of adopting a formal structure for carabid beetle datasets and promotes open access to such data. This publication specifically targets historical data published in grey literature, written in Italian or published as technical reports not available online. The Darwin Core standard was used to create the datasets and tables have been made available through the GBIF portal (the Global Biodiversity Information Facility). This ensures the data adhere to the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), aligning with current best practices in scientific research.
步甲科甲虫是评估自然环境生态特征的关键类群，因为它们作为生物指示生物，在理论和应用研究中都发挥着作用。此外，它们是少数几个在白云石环境（意大利东部阿尔卑斯山）中使用一致方法进行大量定量生态研究的鞘翅目昆虫之一。在本文中，研究了位于南蒂罗尔白云石山脉中高海拔地区的自然和半自然栖息地，具体研究了生活在海拔1300米至2160米的高山草甸和活跃碎石坡上的步甲种群。
该数据集推进了为步甲科甲虫数据集采用正式结构的倡议，并促进了对此类数据的开放获取。本出版物特别针对以意大利语撰写或作为在线不可获取的技术报告发表的灰色文献中公布的历史数据。达尔文核心标准用于创建数据集，表格已通过GBIF门户（全球生物多样性信息设施）提供。这确保了数据符合FAIR原则（可查找、可访问、可互操作、可重用），与当前科学研究的最佳实践保持一致。
