Bugs Coleopteran Ecology Package (BugsCEP)

This book describes the development and practical §application of a unique database orientated software §package, BugsCEP, for environmental, climatic and §biodiversity reconstruction from beetle assemblages. §BugsCEP consists of a database of ecology and §distribution data for over 9400 insect taxa, and §includes temperature tolerance data for 436 species. §It contains abundance and summary data for over 770 §sites, most of the known European Quaternary fossil §coleopteran record, supported by a bibliography of §over 3700 sources. Built in statistics, including a §specially developed habitat classification system, §provide semi-quantitative environmental §reconstructions to aid in the interpretation of §sites. BugsCEP's querying and reporting functions §also increase the efficiency with which analyses can §be undertaken, including the facility to explore the §fossil record of species by searching ecology §and distribution data. The Mutual Climatic Range §(MCR) reconstruction method is implemented and §improved upon, including predictive modelling and §the graphical output of reconstructions and climate §space maps. BugsCEP is available from §www.bugscep.com.