Identification

Title

Caterpillar activity under experimentally manipulated light conditions, Oxfordshire, UK, winter 2019

Abstract

Counts of caterpillars arising from a short-term experiment that installed lighting rigs in previously unlit areas to test for a change in nocturnal feeding behaviour. Caterpillars were counted from lit and control transects at two locations in Oxfordshire during January and February 2019. Lighting rigs were installed during the afternoon and switched on one hour before sunset. To give the nocturnal caterpillars time to become active, sampling occurred between 60 and 120 minutes after sunset. On a sampling night, all transects were sampled within a 5–10-minute period. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/7e7ce7c1-aa16-484f-86b1-90c5b088a64c

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/7e7ce7c1-aa16-484f-86b1-90c5b088a64c

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function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/7e7ce7c1-aa16-484f-86b1-90c5b088a64c.zip

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/7e7ce7c1-aa16-484f-86b1-90c5b088a64c

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.265

East bounding longitude

-0.337

North bounding latitude

52.273

South bounding latitude

51.27

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2019-01-22

End position

2019-02-16

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2021-07-08

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data were generated by collecting larvae in field using sweep netting (as detailed in the methods). Data quality assurance included data collection via standardised recording forms, data entry using drop down menus and automated calculations. Following data entry, records were double checked to ensure accidental typing errors were removed and to check for apparent outliers.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Boyes, D.H., Evans, D.M., Fox, R., Parsons, M.S., Pocock, M.J.O. (2021). Caterpillar activity under experimentally manipulated light conditions, Oxfordshire, UK, winter 2019. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/7e7ce7c1-aa16-484f-86b1-90c5b088a64c

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

info@douglasboyes.co.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0191-3920

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function: information