Data and code from: Pollination under pressure: Grazing and nutrient enrichment reshape Arctic pollinator communities and interaction networks
Data files
Sep 16, 2026 version files 220.25 KB
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Interaction_data_dryad.xlsx
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Pollinator_code.R
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README.md
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Abstract
This dataset contains records of plant-pollinator interactions, flower-visiting insect communities, floral resource abundance and richness, and experimental treatments from two Arctic grassland ecosystems in Kilpisjärvi, northern Finnish Lapland. Data were collected in 2022 from a long-term experimental setting established within the Nutrient Network (NutNet). The study included two grassland sites, a low-productivity tundra grassland and a high-productivity montane grassland exposed to factorial combinations of grazing exclusion and nutrient addition treatments. Experimental treatments consisted of unfenced control plots, nutrient addition (NPK), grazing exclusion (Fence), and combined nutrient addition with grazing exclusion (NPK + Fence). The dataset includes plot-level records of flower-visiting insects observed during standardized visitation surveys conducted during peak flowering time. Interaction data document insect family identity and visited plant species. Flower-visiting insects were identified to family level, and flowering plant species associated with each interaction were recorded. The data further include mean summaries of flower species abundance, richness, and Shannon diversity per block for the years 2020 and 2022, published in another article (doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/oik.11562). This flower data is derived from the original data which contain floral measurements based on standardized flower-unit counts per plot. Metadata describing site characteristics is provided. The dataset supports analyses of how grazing exclusion and nutrient enrichment influence Arctic flower-visitor communities and plant-pollinator interaction structure.
Dataset DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7d7wm389r
Metadata of Interaction_data_dryad.xlsx:
- Site = factor with two levels: the montane (saana.fi) and the tundra (kilp.fi) site
- Habitat = factor with two levels: Montane grassland and Tundra grassland
- Blocks = factor with four levels: the number of the block separated for kilp.fi (k) and saana.fi(s) sites
- Block_Plot = plot code
- treatm = treatment code
- Date = date of collection, recorded as as DD/MM/YYYY (e.g. 19/07/2022)
- Time.of.collection = time interval during which sampling was performed, recorded as HH:MM-HH:MM using the 24-hour clock (e.g., 09:37-09:57)
- Order = insect order
- Suborder = insect suborder
- Family = insect family
- Plant.species = plant species
- flower.abundance = total of flower units (sum of all species per 25 sq. m), mean from years 2020 and 2022
- flower.richness = flower species richness (flower species per 25 sq. m), mean from years 2020 and 2022
- Control = unfenced control plots with no nutrient addition
- NPK = factor NPK addition, levels '1=yes' or '0=no'
- Fence = factor grazing exclusion, levels '1=yes' or '0=no'
- NPK + Fence = factor nutrient addition combined with grazing exclusion, levels '1=yes' or '0=no'
- nr_spec = sum of plant species number per block per treatment
- shannon = sum of shannon diversity per block per treatment
Pollinator_code.R
The R code contains all codes to reproduce graphs and statistics (summary tables and diagnostics) of the study.
