Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Fabian Bötzl
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology
Ola Lundin
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology
Description
We studied the effects of different landscape parameters on three spatial scales on the densities of pest flea beetles and crop damage at the cotyledon stage in 56 spring oilseed rape fields across five years. The landscape parameters investigated include the cover of non-crop habitats (forests and pastures) as potential overwintering sites, the distance to winter oilseed rape fields in the same year, the distance to spring oilseed rape fields in the preceding year, the landscape level crop diversity in the previous year and the edge-density in the surrounding landscapes.
Flea beetles (Coleoptera, Alticinae) were collected with four pitfall traps in one observation plot established in each field and counts represent total catches for all four traps and sampling intervals combined. Crop damage was assessed in 10 or 16 (depending on the year) 0.5 m x 0.5 m squares per observation plot following the crop damage categories in Ekbom & Kuusk (2005), https://res.slu.se/id/publ/7184, at the end of cotyledon stage (~ BBCH 14). Values represent the average crop damage per observation plot. Landscape par
Language
English
Research principal
Principal's reference number
SLU.ekol.2023.4.4.IÄ-10
Responsible department/unit
Department of Ecology
Contributor(s)
Guillermo Aguilera
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology
Riccardo Bommarco
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology
Funding 1
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Funding agency:
Swedish Farmers’ Foundation for Agricultural Research
- Funding agency's reference number: V1433001
Funding 2
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Funding agency:
Swedish Farmers’ Foundation for Agricultural Research
- Funding agency's reference number: O-16-20-756
Data contains personal data
Yes
Type of personal data
Data contains information about crop fields, pests and the surrounding landscapes. A code key (not published) can connect this data to geographic location and farmers.
Code key exists
Yes
Time period(s) investigated
2014-03 – 2018-07
Species and taxons
phyllotreta
phyllotreta atra
phyllotreta striolata
chaetocnema
alticinae
phyllotreta undulata
phyllotreta vittula
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden, Stockholm County, Uppsala County, Västmanland County
Geographic description: 56 spring oilseed rape fields in the three counties Stockholm, Uppsala and Västmanland, in Mälardalen, south-central Sweden.
Research area
Biological Sciences, Ecology, Agricultural and Veterinary sciences, Agricultural Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Farming, Environment
(INSPIRE topic categories)
Boetzl, F.A., Bommarco R., Aguilera, G., Lundin, O. (accepted) Spatiotemporal isolation of oilseed rape fields reduces insect pest pressure and crop damage. Journal of Applied Ecology.
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Associated documentation
Description
The data in the 'combined_dataset.csv' file have information on flea beetles and crop damages recorded in 56 fields ('site_ID') and landscape parameters in the landscapes surrounding these fields at three spatial scales. 169 rows.
The landscape parameters investigated include the cover of non-crop habitats (forests and pastures) as potential overwintering sites, the distance to winter oilseed rape fields in the same year, the distance to spring oilseed rape fields in the preceding year, the land
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Fabian Bötzl
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology
Ola Lundin
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology