Historical records of plant-insect interactions in subarctic Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Historical ecological records document the diversity and composition of communities decades or centuries ago. They can provide a valuable benchmark for comparisons with modern communities. Historical datasets on plant-animal interactions allow for modern comparisons that examine the stability of species and interaction networks over long periods of time and in response to anthropogenic change. Here we present a curated dataset of interactions between plants and insects in subarctic Finland, generated from digitizing a historical document from the late 19th century and updating the taxonomy using currently accepted nomenclature.

Data description

The resulting dataset contains 654 records of plant-insect interactions observed during the years 1895-1900, and includes

SUBMITTER: Zoller L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9548211 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature