Caterpillar masses from grass margins and hedgerows under streetlights, Oxfordshire, UK, 2018-2020
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Boyes, D.H.; Evans, D.M.; Fox, R.; Parsons, M.S.; Pocock, M.J.O. (2021). Caterpillar masses from grass margins and hedgerows under streetlights, Oxfordshire, UK, 2018-2020. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/7d3aa79b-43bb-493f-a14a-0d4c07f9a0d9
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https://doi.org/10.5285/7d3aa79b-43bb-493f-a14a-0d4c07f9a0d9
This dataset contains information about moth caterpillar masses at sites lit by streetlights (LED; high pressure sodium and low-pressure sodium) and unlit control sites. Caterpillars were sampled at 26 matched pairs of lit and unlit sites between 2018 and 2020 as part of a study of the effects of street lighting on the early life stages of moths.
Publication date: 2021-07-08
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Format
Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
Temporal extent
2018-11-30 to 2020-04-16
Provenance & quality
Data were generated by collected larvae in field using sweep netting and beating and later weighed using a digital analytic balance (as detailed in the methods). Data quality assurance included data collection via standardised recording forms, data entry using drop down menus and automated calculations. Following data entry, records were double checked to ensure accidental typing errors were removed and to check for apparent outliers.
Licensing and constraints
This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Cite this dataset as:
Boyes, D.H.; Evans, D.M.; Fox, R.; Parsons, M.S.; Pocock, M.J.O. (2021). Caterpillar masses from grass margins and hedgerows under streetlights, Oxfordshire, UK, 2018-2020. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/7d3aa79b-43bb-493f-a14a-0d4c07f9a0d9
Related
Citations
Boyes, D.H., Evans, D.M., Fox, R., Parsons, M.S., & Pocock, M.J.O.(2021). Street lighting has detrimental impacts on local insect populations. Science Advances, 7(35) https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abi8322
Correspondence/contact details
Douglas Boyes
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
info@douglasboyes.co.uk
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0191-3920
Parsons, M.S.
Butterfly Conservation
Other contacts
Rights holder
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
info@eidc.ac.uk
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Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/L002590/1
Last updated
04 February 2025 13:13