Kato et al.(1990)
General information
The study took
place at the Kyoto University Forest of Ashu, at the northeastern
boundry of the Kyoto Prefecture in Japan, between 1984 and 1987.
The paper deals with the flowering phenology of 91 plant species,
the community structure of flower-visiting insects, and the spectrum
of floral hosts for flower visitors. The emphasis is laid on the
pattern of community organization of flower-visiting insects in
a primary forest ecosystem of western Japan.
Data type
The authors
recorded their data by counting the number of individual flower
visitors caught on each plant species. The total number of individuals
collected on each plant species provide a rough estimate of the
level of visitation that each species received. Data are presented
as an interaction frequency matrix, in which cells with positive
integers indicate the frequency of interaction between a pair of
species, and cells with zeros indicate no interaction.
Source
Kato, M., T. Makutani, T. Inoue, and T. Itino. 1990.
Insect-flower relationship in the primary beech forest of Ashu, Kyoto:
an overview of the flowering phenology and seasonal pattern of insect
visits. Contr. Biol. Lab. Kyoto Univ. 27:309-375.
Data files
Text format:
interaction
matrix (no species names)
Excel format:
interaction
matrix (includes species lists)
