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Insect visitations to wildflower seed mix trials on farms in West Sussex and Oxfordshire from 2019-2021
The dataset contains information about insect visitations to flowers growing in seed mix trial plots on two farms, one in West Sussex, and one in Oxfordshire. The data was collected during the spring and summer seasons of 2019, 2020, and 2021. Seed mix trial plots were walked centrally and insects visiting flowers in the plots were recorded, and where possible, identified to genus or species level. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/P009972/1) Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e
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- Date (Publication)
- 2022-08-04
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e
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Nichols, R., Holland, J.M., Goulson, D. (2022). Insect visitations to wildflower seed mix trials on farms in West Sussex and Oxfordshire from 2019-2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Sussex Nichols, R.
Author Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust Holland, J.M.
Author University of Sussex Goulson, D.
Author University of Sussex Nichols, R.
Point of contact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher University of Sussex Owner
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Habitats and Biotopes
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Seed mix
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wildflower
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insects
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wild bees
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foraging
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pollinators
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agri-environment
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- no limitations
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Nichols, R., Holland, J.M., Goulson, D. (2022). Insect visitations to wildflower seed mix trials on farms in West Sussex and Oxfordshire from 2019-2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e
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- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2019-01-01
- End date
- 2021-12-31
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- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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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/ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e.zip Supporting information
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dataset
Conformance result
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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
- Statement
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Plots were marked out and seed mixes sown in 2018. The plots were then surveyed for insects visiting flowers growing in the plots in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Insect visitations to flowers were recorded in the field. Flower species being visited was identified. The insect was allocated to a “group” and then further identified to species level where possible. If a bee or hoverfly specimen could not be identified to species level in the field, where possible, it was caught, and then identified in the laboratory under a dissecting microscope. All insects seen on each plot during in each survey were then entered into an excel spreadsheet, using a combination of paper notes from the field, and laboratory notes of species.
Metadata
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- ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:14:51
- 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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