d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964 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 2025-11-13T16:15:02 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Pollinator visitation data on oilseed rape varieties 2014-05-07 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964 10.5285/d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964 doi: Woodcock, B.A., Edwards, M., Meek, W.R., Nuttall, P., Falk, S., Pywell, R.F. (2014). Pollinator visitation data on oilseed rape varieties. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964 This dataset contains counts of pollinators visiting different varieties of oilseed rape (OSR). Data were collected from four trial sites in the UK in May 2012. The trial sites comprised of 20 varieties (plots) replicated in three blocks on each farm but only 2 of the blocks at each site were used for pollinator observations. Pollinator observations were also only made where there were greater than 30 percent of OSR plants in flower in the plot and only when weather conditions were within standardised limits. For each plot per site a six minute observation period was made during which the number of pollinators within the following taxon groups were counted: bumblebees to the species level, solitary bees identified to general body forms (Lasiglossum to genus level; Osmia separated to bicolour and rufa; Andrena separated to body forms typical of dorsata, carantonica, nigroaenea, haemorrhoa, fulva, flavipies, nitida, cineraria, bicolour and minuta), large hoverflies (> 12 mm), small hoverflies (< 11 mm), and Bibionidae. Each variety was observed for two separate six minute periods to reduce the impacts of minor fluctuations in weather that may reduce pollinator observations within single six minute periods. The dataset was collected as part of a project which aimed to identify key pollinators for OSR and identify if there are feeding preferences for individual varieties. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964 Woodcock, B. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact Syngenta General.Enquiries@syngenta.com owner Woodcock, B.A. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Edwards, M. Mike Edwards Ecological Services Ltd enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Meek, W.R. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Nuttall, P. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Falk, S. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk 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 Dataset is complete Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Brassica napus Wikidata 2012-10-29 creation Oxfordshire Cambridgeshire Lincolnshire Suffolk GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation Pollinators 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: Woodcock, B.A., Edwards, M., Meek, W.R., Nuttall, P., Falk, S., Pywell, R.F. (2014). Pollinator visitation data on oilseed rape varieties. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964 textTable English utf8 biota farming 2012-05-01 2012-05-31 -1.095 1.533 51.616 53.206 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964.zip Supporting Information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/d7b25308-3ec7-4cff-8eed-fe20b815f964 Download the data Get 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 All field based data collection was undertaken by either experts in bee identification or were experienced field ecologists. Consistency of identification between individuals undertaking recording was checked. To ensure quality of data entry standardised data entry sheets and a common set of unique abbreviations for species names were used. A common nomenclature was used to ensure that consistent species names were used and to avoid situations where taxonomic revision cause false duplications of species within the data set. Data entry was based on transcribing paper copies of field data sheets and was undertaken by a single individual. Following data entry, values entered were double checked to ensure accidental typing errors were removed. Graphing of raw values was used to identify potential out-of-range values. As data on the OSR varieties under testing is considered commercially sensitive codes rather than names are used for OSR varieties.