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Population dynamics in greenhouse experiments of aphids and their predators

SND-ID: 2022-40

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Kate Wootton - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences orcid

Description

The data was collected to determine the role of habitat use and non-trophic predator-predator interactions on food-web dynamics. We developed four dynamic food-web models - with vs without habitat use and non-trophic predator interactions - and fit the models to the data. We used mesocosm experiments in the greenhouse, combining all combinations of 0, 1 or 2 predator species with 1 or 2 prey species (33 combinations in total, each with 6 replicates).

Language

English

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Principal's reference number

SLU.ekol.2022.4.4.IÄ-10

Responsible department/unit

Department of Ecology

Contributor(s)

Alva Curtsdotter - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology orcid

Amanda Laubmeier - Texas Tech University, Department of Mathematics & Statistics orcid

Riccardo Bommarco - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology orcid

Tomas Jonsson - University of Skövde orcid

Funding 1

  • Funding agency: Formas rorId
  • Funding agency's reference number: FORMAS 2016-01168

Funding 2

  • Funding agency: Swedish Research Council rorId
  • Funding agency's reference number: VR 2016-04580
Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Time period(s) investigated

2017-06-12 – 2017-08-04

Species and taxons

acyrthosiphon pisum
rhopalosiphum padi
coccinella septempunctata
orius majusculus
pardosa
bembidion

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Uppsala Parish

Geographic description: The data is from experiments run in greenhouses in the Department of Ecology at SLU in Uppsala. O. majusculus were ordered from Lindesro AB, while C. septempunctata, Pardosa and Bembidion individuals were collected from fields surrounding Uppsala, Sweden. Aphid were obtained from colonies maintained in the lab.

Topic and keywords

Research area

Ecology (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

trophic interaction, habitat use, food webs, ground beetles, lady beetle, wolf spider, body size, predator-prey interaction

Publications

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Laubmeier, A. N., Wootton, K., Banks, J. E., Bommarco, R., Curtsdotter, A., Jonsson, T., Roslin, T., & Banks, H. T. (2017). From theory to experimental design : Quantifying a trait-based theory of predator-prey dynamics. In PLOS ONE (No. e0195919; Vol. 13, Issue 4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195919
URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-18319
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195919

Wootton, K. L., Curtsdotter, A., Jonsson, T., Banks, H. T., Bommarco, R., Roslin, T., & Laubmeier, A. N. (2022). Beyond body size-new traits for new heights in trait-based modelling of predator-prey dynamics. In PLOS ONE (No. e0251896; Vol. 17, Issue 7 July). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251896
URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-21668
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251896

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Dataset
Population dynamics in greenhouse experiments of aphids and their predators

Description

aphid_counts (1734R × 6C) and pred_counts (180R × 8C):
Aphid populations were counted on days 2, 4, 6 and 8, while predator populations were counted on day 8. Aphid populations in treatments with no predator were also counted on day 0, and some treatments with Coccinella septempunctata were counted on day 1 and 3 as well. Initial predator populations were 10 Pardosa, 2 C. septempunctata, 20 O. majusculus, or 20 Bembidion. Where the treatment only contained one predator, these numbers were double

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Citation

Kate Wootton. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2022). Population dynamics in greenhouse experiments of aphids and their predators . Swedish National Data Service. Version 1. https://doi.org/10.5878/26hx-xy41

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Kate Wootton - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences orcid

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Laboratory experiment
  • Description of the mode of collection: Combination of predator and prey (see article)

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Published: 2022-11-23