Dataset

Biodiversity II: Effects of Plant Biodiversity on Population and Ecosystem Processes - Experiment 120

Local plant diversity and soybean biological control 2011 Aphid and Enemy Surveys

Years Available: 2011

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EDI Package ID	DOI
knb-lter-cdr.558.9	doi:10.6073/pasta/2d73f569819396889aa999b47bf8e50e

ATTRIBUTES

Field	Name	Definition	Unit	Code
1	Survey	Survey ID number	number
2	Plot	E120 Plot ID number
3	Plant species	Plant species
4	Plant	Plant ID letter (A-F)
5	e120 plot Diversity	Species richness of plot	dimensionless
6	North South	Whether plant is on the north or south side of the plot		N=north, S=south
7	Mesh NoMesh	Whether or not the plant was covered by a mesh cage for two weeks during the experiment		Mesh=yes covered by mesh, No Mesh=not covered by mesh
8	Initials	Initials of survey conductor
9	Date	Date of survey (MMDDYYYY)
10	Time	Time of survey
11	Aphids, soybean aphids	Number of soybean aphids counted on plant	number
12	Plant Reproductive Stage	Plant reproductive stage		0=no flowers or pods, 1=at least one flower open anywhere, 2=many open flowers including at the top nodes of the plant with no pods yet, 3=at least one pod starting to form anywhere, 4=many pods including starting to form at the top nodes of the plant with no seeds yet, 5=seeds forming in pods with no leaves yellowing, 6= some leaves starting to yellow but all pods green, 7=one pod yellow anywhere, 8=most pods yellow
13	Plant Size	Number of fully formed trifoliates (group of 3 leaves)	number
14	Initial Plant Size	Plant germination info		100=emergence just coming up out of the ground, 200=cotyledons forming
15	Other insects, unknown	Number of unidentified insects found on plant	number
16	Predatory Fly adults	Number of predatory fly adults found on plant	number
17	Ants	Number of ants found on plant	number
18	Aphids, other	Number of non-soybean aphids found on plant	number
19	Other insects, carnivores	Number of insects identified only as carnivore found on plant	number
20	Other insects, herbivores	Number of insects identified only as herbivore found on plant	number
21	Aphids, soybean winged	Number of soybean aphids with wings (alates) found on plant	number
22	Predatory Fly larvae	Number of predatory fly larvae found on plant	number
23	Predatory Bugs	Number of predatory bugs found on plant	number
24	Spiders	Number of spiders found on plant	number
25	Lacewing eggs	Number of lacewing eggs found on plant	number
26	Lacewing larvae	Number of lacewing larvae found on plant	number
27	Lacewing adults	Number of lacewing adults found on plant	number
28	Lady Beetle adults	Number of lady beetle adults found on plant	number
29	Black mummies	Number of black parasitic wasp mummies found on plant	number
30	Tan mummies	Number of tan parasitic wasp mummies found on plant	number
31	Lady Beetle larvae	Number of lady beetle larvae found on plant	number
32	Ants, big	Number of big ants found on plant	number
33	Ants, small	Number of small ants found on plant	number

SAMPLE DATASET

Survey	Plot	Plant species	Plant	e120 plot Diversity	North South	Mesh NoMesh	Initials	Date	Time	Aphids, soybean aphids	Plant Reproductive Stage	Initial Plant Size
1	3	Glycine max	A	4	N	Mesh	CJ	06/08/2011	7:48:00	0	0	200
1	3	Glycine max	B	4	N	Mesh	AM	06/08/2011	7:48:00	0	0	200
1	3	Glycine max	C	4	N	Mesh	SW	06/08/2011	7:48:00	0	0	200
1	3	Glycine max	D	4	S	No Mesh	SW	06/08/2011	7:48:00	0	0	200
1	3	Glycine max	E	4	S	No Mesh	AM	06/08/2011	7:48:00	0	0	200
1	3	Glycine max	F	4	S	No Mesh	CJ	06/08/2011	7:48:00	0	0	200
1	5	Glycine max	A	1	N	Mesh	CJ	06/08/2011	7:48:00	0	0	200
1	5	Glycine max	B	1	N	Mesh	AM	06/08/2011	7:48:00	0	0	200
1	5	Glycine max	C	1	N	Mesh	SW	06/08/2011	7:48:00	0	0	200
1	5	Glycine max	D	1	S	No Mesh	CJ	06/08/2011	7:51:00	0	0	200
1	5	Glycine max	E	1	S	No Mesh	AM	06/08/2011	7:51:00	0	0	200
1	5	Glycine max	F	1	S	No Mesh	SW	06/08/2011	7:51:00	0	0	200

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