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Pollinator visitation data on oilseed rape varieties
This dataset contains counts of pollinators visiting different varieties of oilseed rape (OSR). Data were collected from four trial sites in the UK in May 2012. The trial sites comprised of 20 varieties (plots) replicated in three blocks on each farm but only 2 of the blocks at each site were used for pollinator observations. Pollinator observations were also only made where there were greater than 30 percent of OSR plants in flower in the plot and only when weather conditions were within standardised limits. For each plot per site a six minute observation period was made during which the number of pollinators within the following taxon groups were counted: bumblebees to the species level, solitary bees identified to general body forms (Lasiglossum to genus level; Osmia separated to bicolour and rufa; Andrena separated to body forms typical of dorsata, carantonica, nigroaenea, haemorrhoa, fulva, flavipies, nitida, cineraria, bicolour and minuta), large hoverflies (> 12 mm), small hoverflies (< 11 mm), and Bibionidae. Each variety was observed for two separate six minute periods to reduce the impacts of minor fluctuations in weather that may reduce pollinator observations within single six minute periods. The dataset was collected as part of a project which aimed to identify key pollinators for OSR and identify if there are feeding preferences for individual varieties. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964
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- Date (Publication)
- 2014-05-07
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964
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- doi: / 10.5285/d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964
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Woodcock, B.A., Edwards, M., Meek, W.R., Nuttall, P., Falk, S., Pywell, R.F. (2014). Pollinator visitation data on oilseed rape varieties. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Woodcock, B.
Point of contact Syngenta
Owner Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Woodcock, B.A.
Author Mike Edwards Ecological Services Ltd
Edwards, M.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Meek, W.R.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Nuttall, P.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Falk, S.
Author Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Pywell, R.F. Author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner
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Dataset is complete
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Woodcock, B.A., Edwards, M., Meek, W.R., Nuttall, P., Falk, S., Pywell, R.F. (2014). Pollinator visitation data on oilseed rape varieties. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964
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- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Biota
- Farming
- Begin date
- 2012-05-01
- End date
- 2012-05-31
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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/sd/d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964.zip Supporting Information
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964 Download the data
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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
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- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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All field based data collection was undertaken by either experts in bee identification or were experienced field ecologists. Consistency of identification between individuals undertaking recording was checked. To ensure quality of data entry standardised data entry sheets and a common set of unique abbreviations for species names were used. A common nomenclature was used to ensure that consistent species names were used and to avoid situations where taxonomic revision cause false duplications of species within the data set. Data entry was based on transcribing paper copies of field data sheets and was undertaken by a single individual. Following data entry, values entered were double checked to ensure accidental typing errors were removed. Graphing of raw values was used to identify potential out-of-range values. As data on the OSR varieties under testing is considered commercially sensitive codes rather than names are used for OSR varieties.
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- d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964 XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-03-21T13:23:47
- 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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