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Table S1

Hill’s True Diversity numbers; q=0, q=1 and q=2 calculated for comparison of species diversity indices. Equations retrieved from (Jost 2006).

DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.2481v2/supp-1

Table S2

Relative abundance (mean) across different site classification (urban, suburban, rural) comparing beetle size classes (small, medium, large) and habitat specialization (generalist, specialist; classifications from Gibbs & Stanton, 2001).

DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.2481v2/supp-2

Figure S1

Relationship between carrion beetle (A) species richness and (B) species diversity (1/D) with percent forest area at all sampled sites (site abbreviations found in Table 1, Figure 1).

DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.2481v2/supp-3

Raw data on carrion beetles collected at 13 sites along an urban-to-rural gradient

This file includes a single entry for every individual carrion beetle collected during this study, including information on species, site (codes follow Table 1 in the manuscript), site coordinates, and Start and End dates of the surveys in which the beetle was collected.

DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.2481v2/supp-4

Additional Information

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Nicole Fusco conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, wrote the paper, prepared figures and/or tables, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Anthony Zhao conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, wrote the paper, prepared figures and/or tables, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Jason Munshi-South conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, wrote the paper, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Field Study Permissions

The following information was supplied relating to field study approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

Permission to collect carrion beetles was granted by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (Permit No. 1214008).

Data Deposition

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw data has been supplied as a supplementary file.

Funding

This work was supported in part by a National Science Foundation REU Site grant (No. 1063076) to Fordham University and the Louis Calder Center. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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