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. 2018 Aug 22;6:e5467. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5467

Table 1. Details of the sampling design applied in this study.

Brazil Germany
Sampling effort
Sampling points 64 80
Period of the day Day and night Day
Baits 64 per resource per period (= 896 baits) 80 per resource (= 560 baits)
Pitfall sampling Three 10-h rounds per period (= 60 h) Three 12-h rounds (= 36 h)
Resource represented
Larger, faster and harder prey Living crickets (Achaeta domesticus Linnaeus, 1758)
Smaller, slower and softer prey Living termites (Nasutitermitinae) Living maggots (Lucilia sericata Meigen, 1826)
Dead arthropods Crushed crickets and maggots/mealworms (Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird droppings Chicken feces from organic breeding
Seeds Seed mixture of diverse sizes and shapes, without elaiosomes Seeds of Chelidonium majus (L.), with elaiosomes
Oligosaccharides in honeydew Melezitose 20%
Disaccharides in nectar and fruits Sucrose 20%