Microhymenoptera in roadside verges and the potential of arthropod-friendly mowing for their preservation
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Abstract
This dataset contains data from the paper: “Haas-Renninger, M., Weber, J., Felske, I., Kimmich, T., Csader, M., Betz, O., Krogmann, L., Steidle, J. L.M. 2023. Parasitoid Hymenoptera in roadside verges and the potential of insect-friendly mowing for their preservation. Journal of Applied Entomology.”
The study investigates which families of parasitoid Hymenoptera occur in roadside grassland and might suffer from mowing with a conventional mowing head ("MK1200" from MULAG), which parasitoid families benefit from insect-friendly mowing using an “insect-friendly” mowing head ("Eco 1200 plus" from MULAG), and which parasitoid families benefit from the use of a flushing bar attached to the mowing head.
We found specimens of 18 families from the six parasitoid superfamilies Chalcidoidea, Ceraphronoidea, Diaprioidea, Ichneumonoidea, Platygastroidea, and Proctotrupoidea. Mowing with a conventional mulching mower caused a significant loss of up to 64 % for parasitoid Hymenoptera. The Eco 1200 plus showed an insect-friendly effect only on the number of individuals of Chalcidoidea, saving 38 % of individuals compared to the conventional mower. The flushing bar showed a significant effect on total number of individuals with a reduction only on Chalcidoidea and a tendency for Ichneumonoidea with 30 % and 47 %, respectively.
This study shows that mowing with a conventional mulching mower has detrimental effects on parasitoid Hymenoptera and that this effect can be partly reversed through the insect-friendly mower and a flushing bar.
README: Microhymenoptera in roadside verges and the potential of arthropod-friendly mowing for their preservation
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.wstqjq2sq
This dataset contains data from the paper: “Haas-Renninger, M., Weber, J., Felske, I., Kimmich, T., Csader, M., Betz, O., Krogmann, L., Steidle, J. L.M. 2023. Microhymenoptera in roadside verges and the potential of arthropod-friendly mowing for their preservation. Journal of Applied Entomology.”
Description of the data and file structure
Experiment 1
Column | Entry | Value | Explanation |
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A | date | date | date on which the sample was collected |
B | site | standard | site, on which the sample was collected (meadow A or meadow B) |
C | section | standard | section in which the sample was collected |
D | plot | standard | plot number, on which the biocoenometer was placed |
E | track | standard | position of track within the section |
F | treatment | standard | different treatment: unmowed, mowed with the MK1200, mowed with the Eco1200 |
G | Ichneumonidae | numeric | number of individuals of Ichneumonidae in the sample from the respective plot |
H | Braconidae | numeric | number of individuals of Braconidae in the sample of the the respective plot |
I | Diapriidae | numeric | number of individuals of Diapriidae in the sample of the the respective plot |
J | Proctotrupidae | numeric | number of individuals of Proctotrupidae in the sample of the the respective plot |
K | Scelionidae | numeric | number of individuals of Scelionidae in the sample of the the respective plot |
L | Platygastridae | numeric | number of individuals of Platygastridae in the sample of the the respective plot |
M | Megaspilidae | numeric | number of individuals of Megaspilidae in the sample of the the respective plot |
N | Ceraphronidae | numeric | number of individuals of Ceraphronidae in the sample of the the respective plot |
O | Encyrtidae | numeric | number of individuals of Encyrtidae in the sample of the respective plot |
P | Aphelinidae | numeric | number of individuals of Aphelinidae in the sample of the respective plot |
Q | Eulophidae | numeric | number of individuals of Eulophidae in the sample of the respective plot |
R | Trichogrammatidae | numeric | number of individuals of Trichogrammatidae in the sample of the respective plot |
S | Mymaridae | numeric | number of individuals of Mymaridae in the sample of the respective plot |
T | Torymidae | numeric | number of individuals of Torymidae in the sample of the respective plot |
U | Pteromalidae | numeric | number of individuals of Pteromalidae in the sample of the respective plot |
V | Eupelmidae | numeric | number of individuals of Eupelmidae in the sample of the respective plot |
W | Eurytomidae | numeric | number of individuals of Eurytomidae in the sample of the respective plot |
X | Signiphoridae | numeric | number of individuals of Signiphoridae in the sample of the respective plot |
Y | Parasitoids und. | numeric | number of individuals of undetermined non-aculeate parasitoid Hymenoptera in the sample of the respective plot |
Experiment 2
Column | Entry | Value | Explanation |
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A | date | date | date on which the sample was collected |
B | section | standard | section in which the sample was collected |
C | plot | standard | plot number, on which the biocoenometer was placed |
D | track | standard | position of track within the section |
E | treatment | standard | different treatment: untreated control, treated with the flushing bar |
F | Ichneumonidae | numeric | number of individuals of Ichneumonidae in the sample from the respective plot |
G | Braconidae | numeric | number of individuals of Braconidae in the sample of the the respective plot |
H | Diapriidae | numeric | number of individuals of Diapriidae in the sample of the the respective plot |
I | Scelionidae | numeric | number of individuals of Scelionidae in the sample of the the respective plot |
J | Platygastridae | numeric | number of individuals of Platygastridae in the sample of the the respective plot |
K | Megaspilidae | numeric | number of individuals of Megaspilidae in the sample of the the respective plot |
L | Ceraphronidae | numeric | number of individuals of Ceraphronidae in the sample of the the respective plot |
M | Encyrtidae | numeric | number of individuals of Encyrtidae in the sample of the respective plot |
N | Aphelinidae | numeric | number of individuals of Aphelinidae in the sample of the respective plot |
O | Eulophidae | numeric | number of individuals of Eulophidae in the sample of the respective plot |
P | Trichogrammatidae | numeric | number of individuals of Trichogrammatidae in the sample of the respective plot |
Q | Mymaridae | numeric | number of individuals of Mymaridae in the sample of the respective plot |
R | Pteromalidae | numeric | number of individuals of Pteromalidae in the sample of the respective plot |
S | Eupelmidae | numeric | number of individuals of Eupelmidae in the sample of the respective plot |
T | Eurytomidae | numeric | number of individuals of Eurytomidae in the sample of the respective plot |
U | Parasitoids und. | numeric | number of individuals of undetermined non-aculeate parasitoid Hymenoptera in the sample of the respective plot |
Methods
For the first experiment, Hymenoptera samples from "Steidle, J. L.M., Kimmich, T., Csader, M. Betz, O. 2022. Negative impact of roadside mowing on arthropod fauna and its reduction with “arthropod-friendly” mowing technique. Journal of Applied Entomology" were reanalyzed. Here, plots were either not mown, or mown with the a standard mowing head "MK1200", or the mowing head "Eco 1200 plus" (both from the company MULAG, Germany).
In the second experiment, plots were either not treated or treated with a flushing bar without mowing head.
In both experiments, Arthropods were sampled in the plots using biocoenometers and an insect vacuum cleaner, and Hymenoptera were determinded up to family level.