Predation on Vachellia trees in the Evrona Nature Reserve following an oil spill

Ferrante, Marco, University of the Azores, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2421-396X

Möller, Daniella, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Möller, Gabriella, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Menares, Esteban, Brandenburg University of Technology, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3731-3452

Lubin, Yael, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-1668

Segoli, Michal, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

marco.ferrante@live.it, moller.daniella@gmail.com, gabriellamoller1@gmail.com, emenares@icloud.com, lubin@bgu.ac.il, msegoli@bgu.ac.il

Published Jul 20, 2022 on Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s1rn8pk86

Cite this dataset

Ferrante, Marco et al. (2022). Predation on Vachellia trees in the Evrona Nature Reserve following an oil spill [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s1rn8pk86

Abstract

The Evrona Nature Reserve (southern Israel; 29°40′N, 35°00′E) was affected by two large oil spills in 1975 and 2014, respectively. Between Nov 2019 to Oct 2019, we recorded invertebrate and vertebrate predation rates using the artificial caterpillar method (Howe et al. 2009, Entomol Exp App) in oil-polluted and unpolluted Vachellia trees.

Methods

We measured predation rates monthly (except for Dec 2018). Artificial caterpillars were placed both at ground and canopy levels. We used 8 caterpillars x tree for a total of 240 caterpillars per sampling event.

Usage notes

The file is readable by the R software in its current form. Missing values are indicated with NA.