Motten (1982)
General information
This is a study
of the interactions between insects visitors and spring wildflowers
in piedmont North Carolina. Spring flowering, entomophilous herbs,
shrubs, and understory trees were included in the study.
Data type
The author
recorded his data by counting the number of visits of each flower
visitor species to each plant species. 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.
Sources
Motten, A.
F. 1982. Pollination Ecology of the Spring Wildflower Community
in the Deciduous Forests of Piedmont North Carolina. Doctoral Dissertation
thesis, Duke University, Duhram, North Carolina, USA.
Motten, A.
F. 1986. Pollination ecology of the spring wildflower community
of a temperate deciduous forest. Ecological Monographs 56:21-42.
Data files
Text format:
interaction
matrix (no species names)
Excel format:
interaction
matrix (includes species lists)
