Supporting dataset and methods for body sizes and concentrations of chemical elements measured in elytra and abdomens of Stag Beetles Lucanus cervus

Grzegorz Orłowski; Lucyna Mróz; Marcin Kadej; Adrian Smolis; Dariusz Tarnawski; Jerzy Karg; Alessandro Campanaro; Marco Bardiani; Deborah J Harvey; Marcos Méndez; Arno Thomaes; Al Vrezec; Krzysztof Ziomek; Andrzej L Rudecki; Detlef Mader

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.105935

Supporting dataset and methods for body sizes and concentrations of chemical elements measured in elytra and abdomens of Stag Beetles Lucanus cervus

Data Brief. 2020 Jun 27:31:105935. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105935. eCollection 2020 Aug.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bukowska 19, PL-60-809 Poznań, Poland.
² Department of Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Biological Science, University of Wrocław, Kanonia 6/8, PL-50-328 Wrocław, Poland.
³ Department of Invertebrate Biology, Evolution and Conservation, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Science, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, PL-51-148 Wrocław, Poland.
⁴ Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Nature Conservation, University of Zielona Góra, , Prof. Z. Szafrana 1, PL-65-516 Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland.
⁵ Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione, Firenze, Italy.
⁶ Reparto Carabinieri Biodiversità di Verona, Centro Nazionale Carabinieri Biodiversità "Bosco Fontana", Mantova, Italy.
⁷ School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UK.
⁸ Área de Biodiversidad y Conservacion, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Mostoles (Madrid), Spain.
⁹ Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Brussel, Belgium.
¹⁰ National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
¹¹ Hebelstraße 12, D-69190 Walldorf, Germany.

Abstract

The dataset presented in this data paper supports "Breaking down insect stoichiometry into chitin-based and internal elemental traits: Patterns and correlates of continent-wide intraspecific variation in the largest European saproxylic beetle" (Orłowski et al. 2020). Here we present the supplementary data and description of methods on the following: (1) mass of elytra and abdomens across 28 local Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus populations in Europe. (2) Population origin and coverage of six major land-cover types, including transport infrastructure, measured in three radii (500 m, 1000 m and 5000 m) around the sampling sites of these populations. (3) The relationship between the mass and concentrations of elements measured in abdomens and elytra in 28 Stag Beetle populations and major land-cover types around the sampling sites.

Keywords: Chitin-bound metals; Elemental composition; Exoskeleton; Internal metal concentrations; Trace elements.