Quantifying Predation Pressure Along a Gradient of Land Use Intensity

Description:

Experimentally quantified mealworm predation rates

Project: This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: Quantifying Predation Pressure Along a Gradient of Land Use Intensity

XML metadata: GEMINI compliant metadata for this dataset is available here

Data worksheets: There are 1 data worksheets in this dataset:

1. Experimental predation trials (Worksheet Data)

   Dimensions: 1030 rows by 16 columns

   Description: Full experimental and environmental data accompanying each predation measurement

   Fields:

   • Date: Date mealworm was placed in field (Field type: Date)
   • Location: SAFE Project sample site (Field type: Location)
   • Point: SAFE Project sample site (Field type: ID)
   • Group: Group nested within Point within Date (Field type: ID)
   • Time: 12 hour period during which mealworm was left in the field (Field type: Categorical)
   • Treat: Experimental treatment (Field type: Categorical)
   • Level: Height strata mealworm was placed at (Field type: Categorical)
   • Status: Was the mealworm predated or not? (Field type: Categorical)
   • Zfloor: Percentage vegetation cover at ground level (Field type: Numeric)
   • Z1m: Percentage vegetation cover 1.5m above ground (Field type: Numeric)
   • Z2m: Percentage vegetation cover 2m above ground (Field type: Numeric)
   • Litdep: Leaf litter depth (Field type: Numeric)
   • Canh: Canopy height (Field type: Numeric)
   • Cand: Canopy cover (Field type: Numeric)
   • Rain: How heavily did it rain last night? 0 being no rain and 5 being torrential rain (Field type: Numeric)
   
   

Date range: 2012-06-21 to 2012-12-13

Latitudinal extent: 4.6350 to 4.7510

Longitudinal extent: 116.9632 to 117.5861