Date (Publication)

2024-08-05

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https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/a1c9b0cc-5585-49c5-a38f-fe05240edccf

Citation identifier

doi: / 10.5285/a1c9b0cc-5585-49c5-a38f-fe05240edccf

Other citation details

Taylor, C., Bell, D., Burdett, S., Codyre, A., Cooley, K., Gandhi, S.R., Ogilvie, E., Pond, A.L., Davidson, G.L., Rowland, H.M., Gilbert, F., Reader, R. (2024). Great tit behavioural responses to 3D-printed insect replicas, featuring combinations of traits from wasps and flies, in Madingley Wood, Cambridge, UK, 2021-2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/a1c9b0cc-5585-49c5-a38f-fe05240edccf

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
University of Nottingham	Taylor, C.	c.taylor@nottingham.ac.uk	Author
University of Nottingham	Bell, D.	evydb11@nottingham.ac.uk	Author
University of Nottingham	Burdett, S.	simonburdett27@gmail.com	Author
University of Nottingham	Codyre, A.	aoifecodyre@gmail.com	Author
University of Nottingham	Cooley, K.	ahykc8@nottingham.ac.uk	Author
University of Nottingham	Gandhi, S.R.	sam@thejollygeo.com	Author
University of Nottingham	Ogilvie, E.	Elizabeth.ogilvie2@gmail.com	Author
University of Nottingham	Pond, A.L.	xelalei9@gmail.com	Author
University of Cambridge	Davidson, G.L.	gabrielle.davidson@uea.ac.uk	Author
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology	Rowland, H.M.	h.m.rowland@gmail.com	Author
University of Nottingham	Gilbert, F.	plzfg@nottingham.ac.uk	Author
University of Nottingham	Reader, R.	plztr@nottingham.ac.uk	Author
University of Nottingham	Taylor, C.	c.taylor@nottingham.ac.uk	Point of contact
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Custodian
University of Nottingham		EMAIL NOT PROVIDED	Owner

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Habitats and Biotopes

Wikidata

• Parus major

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3

• behaviour
• insect
• hymenopteran

Keywords

• Animal behaviour

• Batesian mimicry

• predation

• learning

• visual discrimination

• hoverfly

• Syrphidae

• great tit

• wasp

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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Taylor, C., Bell, D., Burdett, S., Codyre, A., Cooley, K., Gandhi, S.R., Ogilvie, E., Pond, A.L., Davidson, G.L., Rowland, H.M., Gilbert, F., Reader, R. (2024). Great tit behavioural responses to 3D-printed insect replicas, featuring combinations of traits from wasps and flies, in Madingley Wood, Cambridge, UK, 2021-2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/a1c9b0cc-5585-49c5-a38f-fe05240edccf

Spatial representation type

Text, table

Language

English

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Biota

Begin date

2021-12-01

End date

2023-04-30

Unique resource identifier

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

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Comma-separated values (CSV)

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Distributor

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	https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/a1c9b0cc-5585-49c5-a38f-fe05240edccf	Download the data

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	https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/a1c9b0cc-5585-49c5-a38f-fe05240edccf.zip	Supporting information

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dataset

Statement

Feeding stations were set up in Madingley Wood, Cambridge, consisting of an array of dishes covered by lids bearing 3D printed insect-like stimuli. Wild birds (mainly Great tits Parus major) could visit the feeding stations and open lids to reveal a possible mealworm within. In the Discrimination Ability experiment, birds acted as model predators and were trained to associate a fly stimulus with a reward and common wasp stimulus with no reward. They were then presented with a range of different novel mimetic stimuli with varying levels of similarity to the wasp stimulus. In the Multiple Models experiment, we extended the scenario by adding a second type of unrewarding wasp stimulus (with a second treatment that only included a single wasp type). Motion-sensitive cameras positioned above the feeding stations recorded bird behaviour. PIT-tagged birds were recorded by antennae positioned at the entrance to each feeding station, connected to a data logger. A researcher visited the site periodically (typically every 1-2 days) to observe and record which lids had been removed and to download video and logger data, before resetting for a new session. From a defined pool, stimuli were assigned to dishes in a random configuration for a given feeder and session. This configuration was generated in R (v 4.3.2) and stored for later cross-referencing against the dish-opening data. Videos were reviewed at a later date to observe the order in which dishes were opened within a single session (and, for the multiple models experiment, the exact timing of each event). Where possible, video footage of birds entering the feeder was cross-referenced against logged PIT-tag data to determine which individual bird was responsible for opening a given dish. However, there are many gaps in this cross-referencing where birds failed to trigger the logger, were not videoed entering the feeder, or when it was not possible to distinguish two closely-timed logger events. Logged PIT tags were cross-referenced against a database maintained by the Madingley Ringing Group to find details of species, sex and original ringing date. Data have been cleaned (for example, removal of invalid or unused data points) and formatted using custom scripts in R v4.3.2.

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English

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dataset

Date stamp

2025-11-13T16:18:47

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Point of contact