Pollinators and other insects associated with blueberry and canola crops
Citation
Vieli L, Murua M, Jofre-Perez C, Fuentes E, Fonturbel F (2023). Pollinators and other insects associated with blueberry and canola crops. Red Chilena de Polinización. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/2zkdd6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-23.Description
This dataset contains occurrence information of pollinators and other insects associated to blueberry and canola crops sampled in 2019. This work was conducted as part of the "Safeguarding pollination services in a changing world: theory into practice" (SURPASS2), a joint endeavor of researchers from four countries (UK, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile). During the austral spring of 2019, a group of researchers led by Dr. Lorena Vieli sampled insects in different blueberry and canola crops, aiming to describe the pollinator community associated to those crops. Here we present the resulting database, which is focused in pollinator insects, but also presents other arthropods present in those crops.Sampling Description
Study Extent
The study was carried out in southern Chile, in the Araucanía Region (38.2°S - 39.3°S; Fig. S1). Pan traps were placed during flowering in eight blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) orchards (= crop fields) between September-October 2019 and in eight canola (Brassica napus) fields between October-November 2019. In both cases, the same crop species cultivar was sampled to reduce the confounding effects of different cultivars on the results. Blueberry orchards had a mean size of 35.38 12.66 ha (mean +- SE), while canola orchards had a mean size of 130.50 +- 54.36 ha. Sampled blueberry orchards were at least 8 km apart, while canola fields were at least 4.7 km apart from each other.Sampling
We used three pan trap colors: blue (430-500 nm), white (400-700 nm), and yellow (565-580 nm). In each orchard, we placed three sets of pan traps at the crop border (0 - 10 m) and three sets within the crop (50-70 m from the border; in some smaller blueberry orchards, it was not possible to place them 50 m from the field border, in such locations we maximized the distance to the border as much as possible; Fig. S2). Thus, we placed 18 pan traps at each orchard, nine (i.e., three sets of yellow, white, and blue plates) in the edge of the crop and nine in the center, making a total of 144 pan traps per crop type, and 288 pan traps overall. Pan traps (18 cm in diameter and 10 cm in depth, Forfest, Brazil) were placed twice during flowering in blueberry (sampling bouts were separated by at least five days) orchards and once during flowering in the canola fields on days with good weather (i.e., no rain). Each pan trap set consisted of three traps of different colors (i.e., white, yellow, and blue) separated ~3m from each other (following FAO recommendations [21]). Pan traps were placed 50 cm above the ground and secured using a wooden stake to fix them and avoid mechanical effects from the wind. We placed pan traps in the morning, filled them with water and a few drops of odorless soap, and left them for 24h in the field. After that, we collected the insects captured by the pan traps and preserved them in recipients with 70% ethanol, separating them according to trap color and position (center or border). In our study area, blueberries bloomed early in spring, and canola started to bloom a few weeks after blueberry flowering was over. We conducted pan trap sampling in blueberry crops between September 16th and October 5th 2019, and between October 30th and November 8th 2019, in the canola crops.Quality Control
Data was checked for taxonomic correctness and completeness.Method steps
- A total of 3375 insect specimens were obtained, belonging to 127 insect species grouped in 58 families, which were examined by an expert entomologist (CJP) and identified at the lowest taxonomic level possible, based on the Catalogue of Life (https://www.catalogueoflife.org/) database.
Taxonomic Coverages
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Asilidaerank: family
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Coleopterarank: order
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Arthropodarank: phylum
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Anthomyiidaerank: family
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Melyridaerank: family
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Insectarank: class
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Dipterarank: order
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Muscidaerank: family
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Empididaerank: family
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Syrphidaerank: family
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Mycetophilidaerank: family
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Hymenopterarank: order
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Chironomidaerank: family
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Staphylinidaerank: family
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Apidaerank: family
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Animaliarank: kingdom
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Formicidaerank: family
Geographic Coverages
Southern Chile, Araucania Region
Bibliographic Citations
- Jaques, S.A., C. Jofré-Pérez, M.M. Murúa, L. Vieli & F.E. Fontúrbel. 2023. Crop-specific effects of pan-trap sampling of potential pollinators as influenced by trap color and location. Agronomy 13: 552. doi: 10.3390/agronomy13020552 -
Contacts
Lorena Vielioriginator
position: Professor
Universidad de La Frontera
Temuco
CL
email: lorena.vieli@ufrontera.cl
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8383-581X
Maureen Murua
originator
position: Professor
Universidad Mayor
Santiago
CL
email: maureen.murua@umayor.cl
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8777-9445
Christian Jofre-Perez
originator
position: Curator
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Av. Universidad 330
Valparaíso
2373223
Valparaíso
CL
email: christian.jofre@pucv.cl
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2408-4064
Esteban Fuentes
originator
position: Graduate student
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Av. Universidad 330
Valparaíso
2373223
Valparaíso
CL
email: ej.sotofuentes@gmail.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1302-0364
Francisco Fonturbel
originator
position: Adjunct professor
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
Av. Universidad 330
Valparaíso
2373223
Valparaíso
CL
email: francisco.fonturbel@pucv.cl
homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/ecoevolutionary
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8585-2816
Francisco Fonturbel
principal investigator
position: Adjunct professor
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
Valparaiso
CL
email: francisco.fonturbel@pucv.cl
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8585-2816
Lorena Vieli
originator
position: Professor
Universidad de La Frontera
Temuco
CL
Maureen Murua
author
position: Professor
Universidad Mayor
Santiago
CL
Christian Jofre-Perez
curator
position: Curator
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
Valparaiso
CL
metadata author
position: Graduate student
Universidad de Valparaiso
Valparaiso
CL
Francisco Fonturbel
administrative point of contact
position: Adjunct professor
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaíso
Av. Universidad 330
Valparaíso
2373223
Valparaíso
CL
Telephone: +56322274845
email: francisco.fonturbel@pucv.cl
homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/ecoevolutionary
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8585-2816