Insect-Flower Networks

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• Last updated: 16 February 2023
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Summary

The dataset contains information on the species identity and frequency of all insect-flower interactions recorded in 10 birch (Betula spp.) woodland fragments surveyed in 2009 (May-August). The data were collected in two transects (50 x 2m; 15m apart and at least 50m from the woodland edge) randomly situated prior to the onset of flowering in the centre of each wood. Five of the woodland sites were disturbed by cattle grazing, while five were undisturbed. Landowners confirmed that livestock had been absent for at least 70-100 years in undisturbed sites. Where livestock were present, cattle grazing was light to moderate (e.g. 2007: mean = 8.4 cattle ha-1) and long term (mean = 33 years). The dataset comprises 13 columns, 2002 rows and is 218 KB. It gives the site name, geographic coordinates, whether it was disturbed by cattle grazing or not, the wind speed and temperature at time of sampling, the date of sampling, and the identity of the insect and plants interacting (binomial name or recognisable taxonomic unit). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4c058d1f-6166-4606-88a2-d2feaf036a2f

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2023-02-09T11:09:43
• Access contraints: © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
• Harvest GUID: 4c058d1f-6166-4606-88a2-d2feaf036a2f
• Extent: Latitude: 57.122° to 57.006°
• Extent: Longitude: -2.991° to -2.463°
• Dataset reference date: 2016-11-03 (publication)
• Dataset reference date: 2009-08-01 (creation)
• Frequency of update: notPlanned
• Responsible party: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (pointOfContact, owner); NERC Environmental Information Data Centre (publisher); Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (author); NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre (custodian)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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