Classen, Alice; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf (2020): Plant-pollinator interactions along an elevational gradient on Mt. Kilimanjaro [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.911390
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Published: 2020-01-27 • DOI registered: 2020-02-05
Abstract:
This data set contains 67 quantitative plant-pollinator networks consisting of 268 observational hours and 4380 plant-pollinator interactions, which were recorded along a 3.4 km elevational gradient at Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania). The data set was analysed in Classen et al. (accepted; Status: 09.01.2020). Ecology and Evolution. Details on how the data were sampled are given in this publication. In a nutshell, only interactions between plants and insect pollinators (specifically: wild bees, non-bee aculeate wasps, symphyta, syrphid flies) are included. Each network consists of a minimum of 5 interactions (in most cases much more). One network contains the recordings of a 4-hour variable transect walk on a specific plot (study site). We recorded all events in which an insect pollinator touched the reproductive parts of a flower. Most of the pollinators were caught with sweep nets and identified to species or morpho species level by well-trained taxonomists. Involved plant species were identified to species level in most cases (unidentified species are marked as such). Each plot was visited up to 7 times.
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Classen, Alice; Eardley, Connal Desmond; Hemp, Andreas; Peters, Marcell Karl; Peters, Ralph S; Ssymank, Axel; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf (2020): Specialization of plant–pollinator interactions increases with temperature at Mt. Kilimanjaro. Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6056
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Project(s):
Kilimanjaro Research Group (KiLi)
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: -3.201111 * Median Longitude: 37.381667 * South-bound Latitude: -3.340000 * West-bound Longitude: 37.240000 * North-bound Latitude: -3.050000 * East-bound Longitude: 37.680000
Date/Time Start: 2011-01-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2012-11-13T00:00:00
Event(s):
KiLi_cof3 * Latitude: -3.250000 * Longitude: 37.320000 * Location: Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania * Comment: POLETYPE: a middle pole; ECOSYTEM: coffee plantation
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | |||
| 2 | Plot | Plot | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | |||
| 3 | Network | Network | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | ID for each network. Each network derived from one 4-hour transect walk, in which plant-pollinator interactions were recorded. Then network number consists of the plotID and the date (as Julian). All networks were recorded by the same collector (A. Classen). | ||
| 4 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | Geocode – date when plant-pollinator interactions were recorded | ||
| 5 | Habitat | Habitat | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | Classified & identified, see reference Classen et al., 2020 (Classen et al., 2020) | short description of habitat type on that plot | |
| 6 | Plant | Plant | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | Classified & identified, see reference Classen et al., 2020 (Classen et al., 2020) | plant species involved in plant-pollinator interaction | |
| 7 | Taxonomic resolution, plant | Taxo reso plant | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | Classified & identified, see reference Classen et al., 2020 (Classen et al., 2020) | defines on which level plant species were identified (species level, morphospecies level, species complex) | |
| 8 | Pollinator | Pollinator | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | Classified & identified, see reference Classen et al., 2020 (Classen et al., 2020) | pollinator which was involved in the respective plant-pollinator interaction | |
| 9 | Taxonomic resolution, pollinator | Taxo resol pollinator | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | Classified & identified, see reference Classen et al., 2020 (Classen et al., 2020) | taxonomic resolution on which pollinator was identified (species level, morpho species on a family level, morpho species on a genus level or pure observation. The name of pure observations consists of the plant species involved and the highest taxonomic resolution which could be identified in the field by the collector. | |
| 10 | Individual code | Individual code | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | Classified & identified, see reference Classen et al., 2020 (Classen et al., 2020) | pollinators caught = with sweep nets and identified by taxonomists; pure observation = useful for some calculations, like e.g. visitation rates; but not useful for others (e.g. specialization of networks). With this variable you can select which variables you want to include in the data set. | |
| 11 | Family | Family | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | of pollinator | ||
| 12 | Order | Order | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | of pollinator | ||
| 13 | Group | Group | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | of pollinator | ||
| 14 | Number | No | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | Counted | specific interactions between the given pollinator and the given plant species observed in 4 hours | |
| 15 | Investigator | Investigator | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | |||
| 16 | Reference/source | Reference | Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf | literature used for pollinator identification |
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