6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b
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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Plant-pollinator interactions database for construction of potential networks
2018-04-26
publication
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b
10.5285/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b
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Redhead, J.W., Coombes, C.F., Dean, H.J., Dyer, R., Oliver, T.H., Pocock, M.J.O., Rorke, S.L., Vanbergen, A.J., Woodcock, B.A., Pywell, R.F. (2018). Plant-pollinator interactions database for construction of potential networks. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b
Plant-pollinator interactions database derived from biological recording data, unpublished experimental data and published interactions in books and papers. The database covers all recorded interactions for bees, hoverflies and butterflies in mainland GB. Interactions were inferred from biological recording metadata by algorithmically screening for text matching a valid scientific or vernacular plant name (or a widely used synonym or abbreviation of either), followed by manual data cleaning. These data were compiled for the construction of multiple potential plant-pollinator networks in combination with plant and pollinator occurrence data. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b
John Redhead
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Redhead, J.W.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Coombes, C.F.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Dean, H.J.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Dyer, R.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Oliver, T.H.
University of Reading
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Pocock, M.J.O.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Rorke, S.L.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Vanbergen, A.J.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Woodcock, B.A.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Pywell, R.F.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Environmental Information Data Centre
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NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01
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Pollinators
Lepidoptera
Hymenoptera
Syrphidae
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no limitations
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This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Redhead, J.W., Coombes, C.F., Dean, H.J., Dyer, R., Oliver, T.H., Pocock, M.J.O., Rorke, S.L., Vanbergen, A.J., Woodcock, B.A., Pywell, R.F. (2018). Plant-pollinator interactions database for construction of potential networks. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b
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https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b.zip
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https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
2010-12-08
Biological recording data were obtained from the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society (BWARS), Butterflies for the New Millennium (BNM, Asher 1997) and Hoverfly Recording Scheme (HRS), with interactions recorded as incidental metadata submitted alongside occurrence records. Pollinator biological records with associated metadata were algorithmically screened for text matching a valid scientific or vernacular plant name (or a widely used synonym or abbreviation of either). In most cases, such matches record the visitation of a flower by a pollinating insect. However, there are other reasons for a valid match in the comments field, including descriptions of local habitat (e.g. 'English oak woodland'), pollinator behaviour (e.g. 'flying near blackthorn hedge') or sampling methods (e.g. 'swept from Arrhenathrum eliatus sward'). In order to exclude these, all plant species producing a match were screened according whether they produce flowers which are known to be visited by insects and whether such visits are likely to result in beneficial pollen transfer (i.e. the plant is primarily entomophilic). These criteria excluded the majority of trees and grasses, which are likely to derive from habitat descriptions or interactions other than flower visits (e.g. honeydew feeding). Even though some primarily wind-pollinated grass flowers are known to be visited by certain pollinators, their impact on pollen transfer is likely to be very slight in temperate climates (Clifford 1964; Adams et al. 1981). The data contains only plant species not defined as 'casuals' in PLANTATT ('casual is a plant that is present only as populations which fail to persist in the wild for periods of more than approximately five years' Hill et al. 2004).
For a full description of methods, please download the supporting documentation (plant_pollinator_interactions_supporting_documentation.rtf)