Identification info

Metadata Language

English (en)

Character set

utf8

Dataset Reference Date ()

2018-04-26

Identifier

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b

Identifier

doi: / 10.5285/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b

Other citation details

Redhead, J.W., Coombes, C.F., Dean, H.J., Dyer, R., Oliver, T.H., Pocock, M.J.O., Rorke, S.L., Vanbergen, A.J., Woodcock, B.A., Pywell, R.F. (2018). Plant-pollinator interactions database for construction of potential networks. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b

Maintenance and update frequency

notPlanned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

• Environmental Monitoring Facilities

Keywords

• Pollinators
• Lepidoptera
• Hymenoptera
• Syrphidae

Limitations on Public Access

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Other constraints

no limitations

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This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Redhead, J.W., Coombes, C.F., Dean, H.J., Dyer, R., Oliver, T.H., Pocock, M.J.O., Rorke, S.L., Vanbergen, A.J., Woodcock, B.A., Pywell, R.F. (2018). Plant-pollinator interactions database for construction of potential networks. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b

Spatial representation type

textTable

Topic category

• Biota

 

Code

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Distribution Information

Data format

• Comma-separated values (CSV) ()

 

Quality Scope

dataset

Other

dataset

Statement

Biological recording data were obtained from the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society (BWARS), Butterflies for the New Millennium (BNM, Asher 1997) and Hoverfly Recording Scheme (HRS), with interactions recorded as incidental metadata submitted alongside occurrence records. Pollinator biological records with associated metadata were algorithmically screened for text matching a valid scientific or vernacular plant name (or a widely used synonym or abbreviation of either). In most cases, such matches record the visitation of a flower by a pollinating insect. However, there are other reasons for a valid match in the comments field, including descriptions of local habitat (e.g. 'English oak woodland'), pollinator behaviour (e.g. 'flying near blackthorn hedge') or sampling methods (e.g. 'swept from Arrhenathrum eliatus sward'). In order to exclude these, all plant species producing a match were screened according whether they produce flowers which are known to be visited by insects and whether such visits are likely to result in beneficial pollen transfer (i.e. the plant is primarily entomophilic). These criteria excluded the majority of trees and grasses, which are likely to derive from habitat descriptions or interactions other than flower visits (e.g. honeydew feeding). Even though some primarily wind-pollinated grass flowers are known to be visited by certain pollinators, their impact on pollen transfer is likely to be very slight in temperate climates (Clifford 1964; Adams et al. 1981). The data contains only plant species not defined as 'casuals' in PLANTATT ('casual is a plant that is present only as populations which fail to persist in the wild for periods of more than approximately five years' Hill et al. 2004).

For a full description of methods, please download the supporting documentation (plant_pollinator_interactions_supporting_documentation.rtf)

Metadata

File identifier

6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b XML

Metadata Language

English (en)

Character set

ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1)

Resource type

dataset

Hierarchy level name

dataset

Metadata Date

2022-05-20T10:39:46

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3