Insect-Flower Networks

The dataset contains information on the species identity and frequency of all insect-flower interactions recorded in ten 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

Date (Publication): 2016-11-03

Date (Creation): 2009-08-01

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/4c058d1f-6166-4606-88a2-d2feaf036a2f

Citation identifier: doi: / 10.5285/4c058d1f-6166-4606-88a2-d2feaf036a2f

Other citation details: Vanbergen, A.J. (2016). Insect-Flower Networks. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/4c058d1f-6166-4606-88a2-d2feaf036a2f

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Vanbergen, A.J.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Point of contact
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Vanbergen, A.J.	enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Author
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Custodian
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology		enquiries@ceh.ac.uk	Owner
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Publisher

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Vanbergen, A.J. (2016). Insect-Flower Networks. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/4c058d1f-6166-4606-88a2-d2feaf036a2f

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Distance: 5 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001

Language: English

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Biota

Begin date: 2009-05-20

End date: 2009-07-28

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Distributor

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Title: 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

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: From 20/5/2009 to 27/8/2009, the authors quantified insect visitation to flowering plants in 10 birch dominated woods either grazed or ungrazed by cattle. Insect specimens were collected along two standardised transects (50 x 2m; 15m apart) The species identity and frequency of all insect-flower interactions was recorded. Insect flower visitors were collected (netting/pooter/direct capture with vial) in situ and killed with ethyl acetate prior to transport to the laboratory at CEH. Once there specimens were identified under microscope and assigned to a binomial species (wherever possible) by CEH staff following standard keys or where binomial species identification proved impractical (taxonomically difficult groups or damaged specimens) they were assigned to a recognisable taxonomic unit (RTU). The identity and count of each insect specimen were entered directly into an Excel spreadsheet, data were checked for typographic errors by the lead investigator, and then data were aggregated to insect species by field site levels using 'pivot table' function in Excel to create a flat table. This dataset was then formatted to '.csv', metadata provided and archived in EIDC.

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File identifier: 4c058d1f-6166-4606-88a2-d2feaf036a2f XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: 8859 Part 1

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Date stamp: 2025-11-13T16:20:54

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

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