Landscape and Insect Community Dataset

The dataset is arranged with rows separated by research site and year, with columns of data. The dataset consists of the following columns of data: research site ID (Farm ID), research year (Year; 1=2012, 2=2013), the area of the potato field sampled as a research site in square meters (FieldArea) initial number of plants infected (InitialInfected), the final number of plants infected (FinalInfected), the difference in the number of plants infected (Infected; FinalInfected-InitialInfected), the number of plants sampled (NPlants), the number of times the plants were sampled throughout the season (NSamples), the number of insect traps collected throughout the season (NTraps), the number of aphids collected throughout the season (Naphids), the number of aphids collected throughout the season that were identified to species or genera (NAphidsID), aphid species richness (NAphidSpp, meaning the count of aphid species collected throughout the season), the interpolated aphid species richness (AphidRichness), the Shannon diversity of the aphid community (ShannonDiversity), the number of coccinellids collected throughout the season (PredatorAbundance), the coccinellid species richness (Predator Richness, meaning the count of coccinellid species found throughout the season), the percentage of unmanaged land within a 500 m radius of the site (Nat500), the percentage of unmanaged land within a 1000 m radius of the site (Nat1000) the percentage of unmanaged land within a 1500 m radius of the site (Nat1500), the percentage of cropland within a 500 m radius of the site (Ag500), the percentage of cropland within a 1000 m radius of the site (Ag1000), and the percentage of cropland within a 1500m radius of the site (Ag1500)