Data on the distribution and body sizes of two size morphs in the arctic-alpine beetle Amara alpina (Paykull, 1790) (doi:10.60507/FK2/GZO1ZZ)

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Citation

Title:

Data on the distribution and body sizes of two size morphs in the arctic-alpine beetle Amara alpina (Paykull, 1790)

Identification Number:

doi:10.60507/FK2/GZO1ZZ

Distributor:

bonndata

Date of Distribution:

2026-04-27

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Beckers, Niklas; Hein, Nils; Vanselow, Kim André; Löffler, Jörg, 2026, "Data on the distribution and body sizes of two size morphs in the arctic-alpine beetle Amara alpina (Paykull, 1790)", https://doi.org/10.60507/FK2/GZO1ZZ, bonndata, V1

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Data on the distribution and body sizes of two size morphs in the arctic-alpine beetle Amara alpina (Paykull, 1790)

Identification Number:

doi:10.60507/FK2/GZO1ZZ

Authoring Entity:

Beckers, Niklas (University of Bonn, Department of Geography)

Hein, Nils (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig)

Vanselow, Kim André (University of Erlangen, Institute of Geography)

Löffler, Jörg (University of Bonn, Department of Geography)

Distributor:

bonndata

Access Authority:

Beckers, Niklas

Depositor:

Beckers, Niklas

Date of Deposit:

2026-04-17

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.60507/FK2/GZO1ZZ

Study Scope

Keywords:

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Abstract:

We studied how the distribution of body sizes in A. alpina across Northern Europe relates to the environment. Our aim was to confirm the existence of these two distinct phenotypes of the species and identify environmental drivers to explain their distribution. Our hypothesis was that the differentiation of the species is driven by patterns of snowmelt. We tested this by using a machine learning approach to model body sizes against environmental variables of a dataset with 1x1 km spatial and daily average temporal resolution. The data provided here are the measurements of Amara alpina pronotum width with accompanying information on environemtal variables. Climate data are publicly available from www.senorge.no under the respective coordinates given for each specimen.

Time Period:

1985-08-08-2010-09-28

Methodology and Processing

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Data Access

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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">CC BY 4.0</a>

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Other Study-Related Materials

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Aalp_sizes.txt

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Other Study-Related Materials

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readme_beckers-et-al.txt

Text:

Readme to interpret dataset

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