ANIMAL VISITATION DATA SET File Name Animal_Visitation_Survey_Tierney_RSPB_2023.dat File Format Tab-separated values Content 36 variables and 581 cases. Variables Description RefNo Survey Reference Number: each Animal Visitation survey (row of 15 trees) was given a unique identifier. Each observational quadrat of each tree in each survey row was concatenated to provide a sum value for each animal taxon visiting apple flowers. [Nominal] Year Year: the year the survey was undertaken. [Nominal] Month Month: the month the survey was undertaken. [Nominal] Day Day: the day the survey was undertaken. [Nominal] Cloud Cloud Cover: recorded in Oktas from 0 (clear sky) to 8 (fully overcast). [Nominal] Wind_av Average Wind Speed: recorded in km/hr. [Scale] Temp Ambient Temperature: recorded in degrees Celsius. [Scale] Crop Fruit Crop: only one fruit crop is included in this study (1 = Apple). The column is retained as a secondary indicator of data fidelity. [Nominal] Cultivar Crop Cultivar: two cultivars are included in this study (1 = cv. Pink Lady; 2 = cv. Granny Smith). [Nominal] Bloom Bloom Phase: subjective categorization of flowering phenology of the row being surveyed for insect visitation to crop flowers (1 = king- bloom; 2 = full-bloom). [Nominal] Region Study Region: situation of fruit growing region (1 = Blue Mountains; 2 = Central West). [Nominal] Orchard Orchard: each orchard was given a unique identifier (1-6 = Blue Mountains; 7-12 = Central West). [Nominal] Row Orchard Row: pertains to pre-existing identifiers allocated by growers; hence these numbers may not be unique and should not be used to categorize data above the Orchard-level. [Nominal] OpenSum Open Flowers: sum total open flowers from Floral Phenology survey undertaken on the same day as the Animal Visitation survey. dBI Index of the Density of the Flowering Bloom: snapshot index of bloom density (dBI) on the same day as the Animal Visitation survey. [Scale] Amegilla Genus Amegilla: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Apis Genus Apis: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Arachnid Class Arachnida: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Coccinella Genus Coccinella: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Coleoptera Order Coleoptera (including Coccinella): sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Colletidae Family Colletidae: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Diptera Order Diptera (including Syphidae): sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Exoneura Genus Exoneura (including Brevineura): sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Formicidae Family Formicidae: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Hemiptera Order Hemiptera: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Hymenoptera Order Hymenoptera: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Lasioglossum Genus Lasioglossum: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Lepidoptera Order Lepidoptera: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Megachilidae Family Megachilidae: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Odonata Order Odonata: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Orthoptera Order Orthoptera: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] OthColeoptera Other Coleoptera - Order Coleoptera (excluding Coccinella): sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] OthDiptera Other Diptera - Order Diptera (excluding Syphidae): sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] SyrphidFly Family Syrphidae: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Tetragonula Genus Tetragonula: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Wasp Suborder Apocrita (excluding Formicidae & Anthophila): sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale] Xylocopa Genus Xylocopa: sum individuals visiting flowers in survey row. [Scale]