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Morphology phenotype data of 88 types of galls induced on oak trees by cynipid gallwasps from 6 sites in Hungary, 2000-2003
These data consist of quantitative and categorical scores for phenotypic attributes of 88 types of galls induced on oak trees (Quercus spp.) by cynipid gallwasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini). The recorded variables focus on attributes such as hardness, presence of surface spines or coatings of sticky resin, each of which are thought to contribute to protection of the gall inhabitants form attack by natural enemies such as parasitoid wasps and birds. Cynipid galls have separate sexual and asexual generation galls, each with different phenotypes. The dataset comprises values for 31 sexual generation galls and 58 asexual generation galls of a total of 69 cynipid species. The biological rationale for regarding these phenotypic traits as defences is explained in Bailey et al (2009). The purpose of these data is to include them as explanatory variables in statistical analyses that seek to quantify the effects of gall traits on the composition and abundance of parasitoid natural enemies in cynipid gall communities. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/bc10f720-2bb6-4ff4-ad63-257663fd41a3
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- Date (Publication)
- 2025-06-02
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/bc10f720-2bb6-4ff4-ad63-257663fd41a3
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- doi: / 10.5285/bc10f720-2bb6-4ff4-ad63-257663fd41a3
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Stone, G.N. (2025). Morphology phenotype data of 88 types of galls induced on oak trees by cynipid gallwasps from 6 sites in Hungary, 2000-2003. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/bc10f720-2bb6-4ff4-ad63-257663fd41a3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Edinburgh Stone, G.N.
Author University of Edinburgh Stone, G.N.
Point of contact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher University of Edinburgh EMAIL NOT PROVIDED
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Habitats and Biotopes
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- Biodiversity
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Hungary
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Cynipidae
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Fagaceae
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parasitoid
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extended phenotype
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Stone, G.N. (2025). Morphology phenotype data of 88 types of galls induced on oak trees by cynipid gallwasps from 6 sites in Hungary, 2000-2003. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/bc10f720-2bb6-4ff4-ad63-257663fd41a3
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- Text, table
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- English
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- UTF8
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2000-01-01
- End date
- 2003-12-31
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- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/bc10f720-2bb6-4ff4-ad63-257663fd41a3 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/bc10f720-2bb6-4ff4-ad63-257663fd41a3.zip Supporting information
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dataset
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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
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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The data were recorded for field samples of galls collected from 6 sites in Hungary in 2000-2003 as part of a study first published by Bailey et al (2009). There are 16 data columns, each providing information on a phenotypic properties scored as binary categorical (a particular trait is either present or absent), categorical (e.g. galls are allocated to a particular shape class), ordinal (for example, a ranked series of values of 1-4 is used to measure increasing gall hardness), or continuous (linear measurements of gall radius, height and volume). Scores for the ordinal variable ‘Tough’ were validated using continuous penetration scores recorded using a QTS-25 benchtop texture analyser (data not shown). Gall identifications were based on diagnostic features of external gall phenotypes by experienced field staff. Where necessary, gallwasp identifications were confirmed using DNA barcoding.
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- bc10f720-2bb6-4ff4-ad63-257663fd41a3 XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:26:51
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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