Monitoring of two rare tiger beetles at Assateague Island National Seashore

Knisley C and Ries L. Monitoring of two rare tiger beetles at Assateague Island National Seashore. 1985-2024. National Park Service

Surveys for two rare tiger beetles were initiated in 1985 and continued each year from 2001 through 2017 by Dr. C. Barry Knisley from Randolph-Macon College. NPS staff at ASIS who received training from Dr. Knisley continued surveys from 2018 - 2022. The survey objectives since the onset of monitoring were to: 1) determine the distribution and abundance of adults of C. dorsalis media and C. lepida at ASIS, 2) evaluate population trends and distribution patterns of these species compared to previous years, and 3) determine changes along the shoreline that might explain the trends in distribution and abundance.

Type
Project
Authors
Knisley, C. Barry; Ries, Lindsay
Publisher
National Park Service
Units
ASIS
Keywords
beetles, biodiversity, dunes, forests, insects, rare species, tiger beetles
Subjects
Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Terrestrial Invertebrates , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | At-risk Biota | T&E Species and Communities

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