Species richness of vascular plants, butterflies and bumblebees in linear infrastructure habitats and the historical and present grassland cover in a 2 km buffer surrounding each habitat
SND-ID: 2022-246-1. Version: 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/et9j-1p32
Download data
Associated documentation
Download all files
Citation
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Svenja Horstmann
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology
Research principal
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Ecology
Principal's reference number
SLU.ekol.2022.4.4.IÄ-20
Description
This data set comprises the species richness of vascular plants, butterflies and bumblebees in linear infrastructure habitats (road verges and power lines) and the historical and present grassland cover in a 2 km buffer surrounding each habitat.
The main purpose of this data set is to investigate if older linear infrastructure habitats sustain a higher richness of vascular plants and pollinators, and to study if the surrounding grassland habitat in the landscape from the past or the present has an influence on the contemporary species richness. The data also contains the species richness of grassland specialist vascular plants and butterflies, which is a subset from the total richness of the respective groups.
The data on plants and pollinators was assessed during fieldwork in 2016. The data on grassland cover was calculated using the Swedish National Land Cover Data (NMD, Nationella marktäckedata) for the contemporary grassland, and a digitized Swedish Economic Map from the 1950s.
The dataset consists of 112 rows and 15 columns, excluding headers. Each row contains information for one stud
The main purpose of this data set is to investigate if older linear infrastructure habitats sustain a higher richness of vascular plants and pollinators, and to study if the surrounding grassland habitat in the landscape from the past or the present has an influence on the contemporary species richness. The data also contains the species richness of grassland specialist vascular plants and butterflies, which is a subset from the total richness of the respective groups.
The data on plants and pollinators was assessed during fieldwork in 2016. The data on grassland cover was calculated using the Swedish National Land Cover Data (NMD, Nationella marktäckedata) for the contemporary grassland, and a digitized Swedish Economic Map from the 1950s.
The dataset consists of 112 rows and 15 columns, excluding headers. Each row contains information for one studied habitat (112 in total). The columns contain information on the studied 'Landscape' and 'Habitat' within the landscape, the coordinates of the transect in each habitat ('Start_X', 'Start_Y', 'End_X', End_Y'), information on the time since habitat establishment ('FirstAppearance') and the surrouding grassland cover in the past and present ('1950s_Grassland' and '2017_Grassland', respectively), and the continuously existing grassland ('Continuous_Grassland'). Furthermore, it contains information on the species richness of all vascular plants ('PL_rich_all') and grassland specialist vascular plants ('PL_rich_spec'), all butterflies ('BF_rich_all') and grassland specialist butterflies ('BF_rich_spec'), and bumblebees ('BB_rich').
For further explanation on the information and how it was assessed, please see the README file. Show less..
Data contains personal data
No
Language
Time period(s) investigated
1950 – 2017
Data format / data structure
Species and taxons
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden, Stockholm County, Uppsala County, Södermanland County, Västmanland County
Geographic description: The data covers study sites in the counties of Stockholm, Södermanland, Uppsala and Västmanland.
Responsible department/unit
Department of Ecology
Research area
Ecology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)