Environmental Data: Grassland restoration: insects and insect traits

Description

This dataset contains all data, on which the following publication below is based. **Paper Citation**: Neff, F., Resch, M. C., Marty, A., Rolley, J. ...

Citation

Neff, F., Resch, M. C., Marty, A., Rolley, J. D., Schütz, M., Risch, A. C., Gossner, M. M. (2020). Grassland restoration: insects and insect traits. EnviDat. https://www.doi.org/10.16904/envidat.142.

Resources

• Insect abundance

  Abundance of adult insects recorded in the samplings on all experimental sites - **Plot**: ID of Plot - **Treatment**: Experimental treatment - **Species**: Insect species name (following [Fauna Europaea](https://fauna-eu.org)) - **Author**: Author and year of species' description (following [Fauna Europaea](https://fauna-eu.org)) - **Group**: Insect group as used in the analyses - **Number_Adults**: Number of adult individuals recorded - **Herbivore**: Logical indicating whether the species is feeding as a herbivore (*TRUE*) or not (*FALSE*)

  Insect abundance

• Insect traits

  Functional traits of all herbivorous insect species sampled in the study. - **Species**: Insect species name (following [Fauna Europaea](https://fauna-eu.org)) - **Author**: Author and year of species' description (following [Fauna Europaea](https://fauna-eu.org)) - **Group**: Insect group as used in the analyses - **Body volume**: Body volume determined by body length, body width and body height (in mm$^3$) - **Body_shape**: Ratio of body length to body width - **Hind_femur_shape**: Ratio of hind-femur length to hind-femur width - **Hind_front_leg_ratio**: Ratio of front-leg length to hind-leg length (leg length = femur length + tibia length) - **Wing_length_rel**: Ratio of wing length to body length - **Leg_length_rel**: Ratio of front-leg length to body length (leg length = femur length + tibia length) - **Antenna_length_rel**: Ratio antenna length to body length - **Eye_width_rel**: Ratio of eye width to head width (Auchenorrhyncha, Heteroptera) / to head height (Orthoptera) - **Feeding_specialization**: Insect specialization on food source (*m*: monophagous, *o*: oligophagous, *p*: polyphagous) - **Feeding_tissue**: Feeding tissue used for feeding (*c*: chewers, *x*: xylem, *p*: phloem, *m*: mesophyll, *m-p/r*: mesophyll as well as phloem and/or reproductive organs, *r*: reproductive organs, *se*: ripe seeds) - **Hibernation**: Hibernation stage (*e*: egg, *e/n*: egg and nymph, *n*: nymph, *a*: adult) - **Generations**: Number of generations per year (*1.5* stands for *1-2* generations per year) - **Moisture_pref_mean**: mean of preferred habitat moistures (*1*: xerophilous, *2*: moderately xerophilous, *3*: moderately mesohygrophilous, *4*: mesohygrophilous, *5*: moderately hygrophilous, *6*: hygrophilous, *7*: moderately hydrophilous, *8*: hydrophilous) - **Moisture_pref_range**: range of preferred habitat moistures (indicating degree of specialization)

  Insect traits

• Plot information

  Information on the experimental plots. - **Plot**: ID of Plot - **Treatment**: Experimental treatment - **Landuse_history**: recent agricultural use for Initial; agricultural use before restoration for all restored sites - **Last_tilled**: Last time the site was tilled - **Intensity**: Frequency and intensity of mowing and manuring (*intensity1*: mowing once and no manure, i*ntensity2*: 2-3 times mowing and no manure, *intensity3*: 2-3 times mowing and manuring, *intensity4*: 4-5 times mowing and manuring) - **Slope**: slope gradient according to classes defined by FAO (1990) - **X**: X coordinate of the plot (CH1903) - **Y**: Y coordinate of the plot (CH1903) - **Cluster**: Spatial cluster of the plot

  Plot information