6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:18:35 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Plant-pollinator interactions database for construction of potential networks 2018-04-26 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b 10.5285/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b doi: Redhead, J.W., Coombes, C.F., Dean, H.J., Dyer, R., Oliver, T.H., Pocock, M.J.O., Rorke, S.L., Vanbergen, A.J., Woodcock, B.A., Pywell, R.F. (2018). Plant-pollinator interactions database for construction of potential networks. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b Plant-pollinator interactions database derived from biological recording data, unpublished experimental data and published interactions in books and papers. The database covers all recorded interactions for bees, hoverflies and butterflies in mainland GB. Interactions were inferred from biological recording metadata by algorithmically screening for text matching a valid scientific or vernacular plant name (or a widely used synonym or abbreviation of either), followed by manual data cleaning. These data were compiled for the construction of multiple potential plant-pollinator networks in combination with plant and pollinator occurrence data. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b Redhead, J. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact Redhead, J.W. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2233-3848 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Coombes, C.F. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Dean, H.J. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9602-7202 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Dyer, R. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Oliver, T.H. University of Reading enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Pocock, M.J.O. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4375-0445 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Rorke, S.L. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Vanbergen, A.J. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8320-5535 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Woodcock, B.A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0300-9951 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Pywell, R.F. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6431-9959 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner notPlanned Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication lepidopteran hymenopteran GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Pollinators Syrphidae otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Redhead, J.W., Coombes, C.F., Dean, H.J., Dyer, R., Oliver, T.H., Pocock, M.J.O., Rorke, S.L., Vanbergen, A.J., Woodcock, B.A., Pywell, R.F. (2018). Plant-pollinator interactions database for construction of potential networks. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b textTable English utf8 biota -8.648 1.768 49.864 60.861 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/6d8d5cb5-bd54-4da7-903a-15bd4bbd531b Download the data Download a copy of this data download dataset dataset 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 2010-12-08 Biological recording data were obtained from the Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society (BWARS), Butterflies for the New Millennium (BNM, Asher 1997) and Hoverfly Recording Scheme (HRS), with interactions recorded as incidental metadata submitted alongside occurrence records. Pollinator biological records with associated metadata were algorithmically screened for text matching a valid scientific or vernacular plant name (or a widely used synonym or abbreviation of either). In most cases, such matches record the visitation of a flower by a pollinating insect. However, there are other reasons for a valid match in the comments field, including descriptions of local habitat (e.g. 'English oak woodland'), pollinator behaviour (e.g. 'flying near blackthorn hedge') or sampling methods (e.g. 'swept from Arrhenathrum eliatus sward'). In order to exclude these, all plant species producing a match were screened according whether they produce flowers which are known to be visited by insects and whether such visits are likely to result in beneficial pollen transfer (i.e. the plant is primarily entomophilic). These criteria excluded the majority of trees and grasses, which are likely to derive from habitat descriptions or interactions other than flower visits (e.g. honeydew feeding). Even though some primarily wind-pollinated grass flowers are known to be visited by certain pollinators, their impact on pollen transfer is likely to be very slight in temperate climates (Clifford 1964; Adams et al. 1981). The data contains only plant species not defined as 'casuals' in PLANTATT ('casual is a plant that is present only as populations which fail to persist in the wild for periods of more than approximately five years' Hill et al. 2004). For a full description of methods, please download the supporting documentation (plant_pollinator_interactions_supporting_documentation.rtf)