Budalen 2023 Plant Pollinator Survey

Occurrence Observation
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Description

This is a documentation of surveys of flowering plants and plant-pollinator interactions done in the Budalen Valley, Norway, as part of a project investigating the impact of different land-use changes on flowering plant diversity and pollination. Three different land-uses were selected: FH (Former Haymaking), EG (Extensive Grazing) and IG (Intensive Grazing). Within each land-use, 3 sites (50m by 25m) were established. Within each site, 5 transects were established, each 5m apart from the previous. For the flowering plant surveys, 5 quadrats were established along each transect, each 10m apart. In each quadrat the frequency of flowering plant was recorded. For the pollinator survey, each plant-pollinator interaction observed whilst walking alongside the transects was recorded. Recording time for each transect was approximately 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

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Slettan F, Trascau B M, Speed J D M (2024). Budalen 2023 Plant Pollinator Survey. Version 1.0. Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Occurrence dataset. https://gbif.vm.ntnu.no/resource?r=budalen_2023_plant_pollinator_survey&v=1.0

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Keywords

Occurrence; Pollination; Scandinavia; Vegetation; Samplingevent; Observation

Contacts

Frida Slettan
  • Originator
  • Master Student
NTNU University Museum
Trondheim
NO
Beatrice Maria Trascau
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • PhD Student
NTNU University Museum
james.speed@ntnu.no Trondheim
NO
James David Mervyn Speed
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Professor
NTNU University Museum
Trondheim
NO
Beatrice Maria Trascau
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • PhD Candidate
NTNU University Museum
Trondheim
NO

Geographic Coverage

The given bounding box is for the Budalen subalpine landscape conservation area (33km2), which lays at an elevation of 600-900 m.a.s.l. The coordinates for each site are as follows: FH1: 62.734964N, 10.683115E FH2: 62.734905N, 10.686017E FH3: 62.736355N, 10.683845E EG1: 62.732242N, 10.700742E, EG2: 62.731253N, 10.705989E, EG3: 62.732208N, 10.702540E, IG1: 62.728650N, 10.702922E, IG2: 62.728993N, 10.702122E, IG3: 62.729156N, 10.701814E

Bounding Coordinates South West [62.7, 10.55], North East [62.8, 10.683]

Taxonomic Coverage

For the vegetation data given here, the data represents the frequency of the plant species which were flowering at the time of survey. This data should not be used to infer on the absence of plant species, as a lack of recording of a species in this dataset simply means that this species was not flowering at the time of sampling. Similarly, for the insect records included here, they are only the species seen interacting with the plants at the time of the survey.

Order Lepidoptera, Araneae
Suborder Brachycera, Nematocera
Family Syrphidae
Genus Alchemilla, Taraxacum, Hieracium, Myosotis, Bombus
Species Viola biflora, Rubus saxatilis, Geum rivale, Fragaria vesca, Trientalis europaea, Ranunculus acris, Thalictrum alpinum", Viola canina, Vaccinium myrtillus, Antennaria dioica, Geranium sylvaticum, Pedicuralis oederi, Rumex acetosa, Silene dioica, Urtica dioica, Veronica alpina, Caltha palustris, Potentilla erecta, Tofieldia pusilla, Melampyrum pratense, Veronica chamaedrys, Dactylorhiza maculata, Pyrola minor, Vaccinium vitis idaea, Bistorta vivipara, Rhinanthus minor, Aconitum septentrionale, Veronica serpyllifolia, Pinguicula vulgaris, Prunella vulgaris, Trifolium repens, Leucanthemum vulgare, Stellaria nemorum, Euphrasia wettsteinii, Filipendula ulmaria, Solidago virgaurea, Campanula rotundifolia, Parnassia palustris, Veronica officinalis, Saxifraga aizoides, Anthriscus sylvestris, Plebejus idas, Boloria thore, Boloria euphrosyne, Boloria selene, Erebia ligea, Bombus pratorum, Bombus balteatus, Apis mellifera, Bombus lapidarius, Bombus pascuorum, Bombus consobrinus, Bombus wurflenii
Subspecies Dactylorhiza maculata subsp.fuchsii

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2023-06-19 / 2023-08-02

Project Data

The occurrences in this dataset were collected as part of a Masters Project at the NTNU Vitenskapmuseet investigating the impact of different land-uses on plant-pollinator interactions.

Title Impact of Land-use on Pollinators - Masters Project
Study Area Description The work was carried out in the Budalen subalpine landscape conservation area (33km2), which lays at an elevation of 600-900 m.a.s.l.
Design Description The study aimed to investigating the impact of different land-uses, here referred to as Intensive Grazing (IG), Extensive Grazing (EG) and Former Haymaking (FH), to investigate the following questions: 1. How do the abundance, species richness and composition of plants in flower at the time of survey (here referred to as flowering plants) differ between the different land-uses? 2. How do the abundance, species richness and composition of pollinators differ between different land-uses. 3. How do plant-pollinator interactions differ between different land-uses? The sampling was carried out in 9 sites with the following coordinates: FH1: 62.734964N, 10.683115E FH2: 62.734905N, 10.686017E FH3: 62.736355N, 10.683845E EG1: 62.732242N, 10.700742E, EG2: 62.731253N, 10.705989E, EG3: 62.732208N, 10.702540E, IG1: 62.728650N, 10.702922E, IG2: 62.728993N, 10.702122E, IG3: 62.729156N, 10.701814E. Each site was 50m in length and 25m in width. Within each site, 5 transects were established, each 5m apart from the previous. In each site, a plant survey and a pollinator survey were carried out. For the plant survey, 5 quadrats were placed over the length of each transect. In each quadrat, the frequency of flowering plants was recorded. For the pollinator survey, observers walked up and down each transect and recorded every plant-pollinator interaction, as well as every flying pollinator observed along the transect and 2.5m to each side of the transect. The recording time for each transect was approximately 5 minutes. The sampling was carried out over the course of the summer 2023, from 19.06.2024 to 02.08.2023 in three separate sampling events: 19.06.2023 - 21.06.2023, 07.07.2023 - 10.07.2023, 01.08.2023 - 03.08.2023.

Sampling Methods

The sampling was carried out in 9 sites with the following coordinates: FH1: 62.734964N, 10.683115E FH2: 62.734905N, 10.686017E FH3: 62.736355N, 10.683845E EG1: 62.732242N, 10.700742E, EG2: 62.731253N, 10.705989E, EG3: 62.732208N, 10.702540E, IG1: 62.728650N, 10.702922E, IG2: 62.728993N, 10.702122E, IG3: 62.729156N, 10.701814E. Each site was 50m in length and 25m in width. Within each site, 5 transects were established, each 5m apart from the previous. In each site, a plant survey and a pollinator survey were carried out. For the plant survey, 5 quadrats were placed over the length of each transect. In each quadrat, the frequency of flowering plants was recorded. For the pollinator survey, observers walked up and down each transect and recorded every plant-pollinator interaction, as well as every flying pollinator observed along the transect and 2.5m to each side of the transect. The recording time for each transect was approximately 5 minutes. The sampling was carried out over the course of the summer 2023, from 19.06.2024 to 02.08.2023 in three separate sampling events: 19.06.2023 - 21.06.2023, 07.07.2023 - 10.07.2023, 01.08.2023 - 03.08.2023.

Study Extent The study was carried out in the Budalen subalpine landscape conservation area (33 km^2), laying at 600-900 m.a.s.l. The sampling was carried out in 9 sites with the following coordinates: FH1: 62.734964N, 10.683115E FH2: 62.734905N, 10.686017E FH3: 62.736355N, 10.683845E EG1: 62.732242N, 10.700742E, EG2: 62.731253N, 10.705989E, EG3: 62.732208N, 10.702540E, IG1: 62.728650N, 10.702922E, IG2: 62.728993N, 10.702122E, IG3: 62.729156N, 10.701814E. Each site was 50m in length and 25m in width. Within each site, 5 transects were established, each 5m apart from the previous. In each site, a plant survey and a pollinator survey were carried out. For the plant survey, 5 quadrats were placed over the length of each transect. In each quadrat, the frequency of flowering plants was recorded. For the pollinator survey, observers walked up and down each transect and recorded every plant-pollinator interaction, as well as every flying pollinator observed along the transect and 2.5m to each side of the transect. The recording time for each transect was approximately 5 minutes. The sampling was carried out over the course of the summer 2023, from 19.06.2024 to 02.08.2023 in three separate sampling events: 19.06.2023 - 21.06.2023, 07.07.2023 - 10.07.2023, 01.08.2023 - 03.08.2023.

Method step description:

  1. For the plant survey, 5 quadrats were placed over the length of each transect. In each quadrat, the frequency of flowering plants was recorded. For the pollinator survey, observers walked up and down each transect and recorded every plant-pollinator interaction, as well as every flying pollinator observed along the transect and 2.5m to each side of the transect. See Sampling Description for more details. The raw data files were processed using R (v 4.3.2) and the scripts used to format the data into a DarwinCore-compliant format. The scripts used are available from a public Github repository.