BEF-China | Main Experiment: Trophobioses data site A 2011

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Title:

Main Experiment: Trophobioses data site A 2011

Access rights:

Free for public

Usage rights:

This dataset can be used by any interested individual as long as the original publication is properly cited: Staab, M., Blüthgen, N. & Klein, A.M. (2015): Tree diversity alters the structure of a tri-trophic network in a biodiversity experiment. Oikos 124: 827-834. doi: 10.1111/oik.01723.

Published:

Staab, M., Blüthgen, N. & Klein, A.M. (2015): Tree diversity alters the structure of a tri-trophic network in a biodiversity experiment. Oikos 124: 827-834. doi: 10.1111/oik.01723.

Abstract:

We sampled trophobioses from 21 May to 20 August 2011 on site A. We selected in total 146 plots from tree diversity level 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16. Because there are only two plots with tree diversity 24, we did not study the highest available tree diversity level. As the abundance of a tree species in a plot decreases with increasing tree diversity, we increased the number of sampled trees per plot accordingly, summing up to a total of 10 359 trees which were sampled once each. On each tree, 20 randomly selected young leaves and the attached branch sections were visually inspected for the occurrence of sap-sucking Hemiptera and honeydew-collecting ants. Voucher specimens of each trophobiosis were collected with soft insect forceps and stored in 70% ethanol. In total, we found 194 independent trophobioses in 53 plots. Hemiptera were grouped into morphospecies and sent to taxonomic experts for further identification. Ants were first assorted to genera with Bolton (1994) and then identified to species level whenever possible with primary taxonomic literature and the Antweb Database (www.antweb.org). In a few cases Hemiptera and ants could only be identified to morphospecies, which we also refer to as species.

Design:

No information available

Spatial extent:

BEF China Main Experiment, Site A, near Xingangshan, Jiangxi

Temporal extent:

Mai 2011 - August 2011

Taxonomic extent:

Sap-sucking Hemiptera and honeydew-collecting ants

Measurement cirumstances:

No information available

Data analysis:

The data unit of all data is the occurrence of a trophobiosis, i.e. every interaction between a Hemiptera and an ant species observed on an individual tree was only counted once, regardless of the number of individuals involved.

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Dataset column

Name:

PLOT_NO

Definition:

Name of each plot, coded with letters and numbers in Site A; Datagroup description: Reasearch plots of the Biodiversity - Ecosystem functioning experiment (BEF-China). There are three main sites for research plots in the BEF Experiment: Comparative Study Plots (CSP) in the Gutianshan Nature Reserve, having a size of 30x30m^2, measured on the ground. Main Experiment plots have a size of 1 mu, which is about 25x25m^2 in horizontal projection. Pilot Study Plots have a size of 1x1 m^2. Research plots on the main experiment have a "p" in front of their IDs and then a 6 digit code: Plots in the main sites A and B are named according to their position in the original spreadsheet, in which they were designed. They consist of 6 digits: _1st digit_: Site (1:A, 2:B), _digit 2and3_: southwards row: as in spreadsheets the rows are named from the top to the bottom; _digit 4 and 5_: westward column: as in the original spreadsheet, but the letters are converted to numbers (A=01, B=02); _6th digit_: indicator, if the plot has been shifted a quarter mu. Example: "p205260": "p" means that this is a plot that is specified. "2" means, that we are at site B. Now the coordinates of the south - west corner: "0526". Since "e" is the fifth letter of the alphabet, this is Plot E26. The last digit "0" means that this plot was not moved by a quarter of a Mu, as some sites in Site A. The 6th digit can also indicate the subplot within the plot. "5", "6", "7", "8" indicate the northwest, northeast, southeast, and southwest quarter plot respectively.

Unit:

No information available

Datagroup:

BEF research plot name

Keywords:

location

Values:

C37
B38
D31
C31
B34

Contributors:

No information available

Dataset column

Name:

TREE_R

Definition:

Planned tree species richness according to design.; Datagroup description: Planted number of tree species per plot

Unit:

No information available

Datagroup:

Taxonomic biodiversity

Keywords:

biodiversity

Values:

4
2
16
1
8

Contributors:

No information available

Dataset column

Name:

Tree_label

Definition:

Position of a given tree individual per plot given in XXYY; Datagroup description: There are 20x20 trees per plot. Tree_label marks the position of each tree in a coordinate system starting at 0000.

Unit:

No information available

Datagroup:

Individual position within plot in Site A or B (given by SP1/SP2)

Keywords:

Main Experiment, location

Values:

0411
0405
0408
0407
0406

Contributors:

No information available

Dataset column

Name:

Tree_species

Definition:

Taxonomic name of tree species. For easier workflow during analysis, words were separated by "_"

Unit:

No information available

Datagroup:

Helper

Keywords:

species, taxon

Values:

Castanopsis_sclerophylla
Choerospondias_axillaris
Cyclobalanopsis_myrsinaefolia
Castanea_henryi
Cyclobalanopsis_glauca

Contributors:

No information available

Dataset column

Name:

Tree_species_Tax

Definition:

Full taxonomic name of tree species

Unit:

No information available

Datagroup:

Scientific plant species name

Keywords:

species, taxon

Values:

Castanea henryi
Castanopsis sclerophylla
Cyclobalanopsis myrsinifolia
Cyclobalanopsis glauca
Choerospondias axillaris

Contributors:

No information available

Dataset column

Name:

Ant_species

Definition:

Taxonomic name of ant species. For easier workflow during analysis, words were separated by "_". Species and Morphospecies are combined informations given in this column.

Unit:

No information available

Datagroup:

Helper

Keywords:

species, taxon

Values:

Crematogaster_cf._nawai
Carebara_sp.5
Camponotus_pseudoirritans
Camponotus_vitiosus
Crematogaster_rogenhoferi

Contributors:

No information available

Dataset column

Name:

Ant_species_Tax

Definition:

Full taxonomic name of ant species

Unit:

No information available

Datagroup:

Ant species name

Keywords:

species, taxon

Values:

Crematogaster cf. nawai
Iridomyrmex anceps
Camponotus vitiosus
Camponotus pseudoirritans
Crematogaster rogenhoferi

Contributors:

No information available

Dataset column

Name:

Ant_morphospec

Definition:

Ant_morphospec

Unit:

No information available

Datagroup:

Nominal taxon

Keywords:

No information available

Values:

Nylanderia sp.3
Carebara sp.5
NA
Prenolepis sp.6

Contributors:

No information available

Dataset column

Name:

Hemiptera_species

Definition:

Taxonomic name of Hemiptera species. For easier workflow during analysis, words were separated by "_". Species and Morphospecies are combined informations given in this column.

Unit:

No information available

Datagroup:

Helper

Keywords:

species, taxon

Values: