Crop pollinator pan trap, timed observation and transect data

Description

These data were collected to better understand the pollinator communities found in UK crops field of apples, strawberries and field beans. Pollinator abundance data was collected in 8 conventionally managed fields of each crop using pan traps, timed observations and transect walks implemented simultaneously. Data were collected from 6 locations within each field over several survey rounds in weather conditions meeting basic requirements. Abundance of broad taxonomic groups of pollinators were recorded using each method as well as diversity metrics and flower density in each field.

Resource Type:	Dataset
Creators:	Garratt, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2137-1017 and Potts, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2045-980X
Rights-holders:	University of Reading
Data Publisher:	University of Reading
Publication Year:	2019
Data last accessed:	13 November 2024
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.216
Metadata Record URL:	https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/216
Organisational units:	Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Sustainable Land Management > Centre for Agri-environmental Research (CAER)
Participating Organisations:	University of Reading
Keywords:	pollinators, crops, pan traps, transects
Rights:	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Data Availability:	OPEN
Additional details Additional details Project Name: Sustanable Pollination Services for UK Crops Funders: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/I000348/1) Resource Language: English Collection period: From March 2011 To July 2011 Geographic coverage: UK Data collection method: Records of insect flower visitors were collected from 8 conventionally managed fields of apples, beans and strawberries over several survey rounds. Each method was carried out at 6 locations in each field and was run simultaneously for each crop field. Pan traps: 6 yellow, white and blue water trap stations were set up and left for between 8 and 24 hours. Transects: Each transect involved walking 50m of crop over 10 minutes recording all flower visitors observed in a moving window of fixed area alongside the recorder. Stationary observation: All floral visits made by pollinators in a fixed area were recorded for 10 minutes. The number of open flowers in the observation area was also recorded. Depositing User: Professor Michael Garratt Date Deposited: 24 Jul 2019 06:38 Last Modified: 29 Jul 2023 04:18