Author: Birkemoe T1 Reviewers: Sverdrup-Thygeson A2, Gillespie MAK3, Eycott AE4,5 Measurement unit: number or relative abundance per area; Measurement scale: plot; Equipment costs: €; Running costs: €; Installation effort: low to medium; Maintenance effort: medium to high; Knowledge need: high (species knowledge); Measurement mode: manual Terrestrial macroinvertebrates, that is…
4.12 Pollinator composition
Authors: Gillespie MAK1, Hegland SJ1 Reviewer: Sydenham MAK2 Measurable unit: number of individuals/species, various indices; Measurement scale: site; Equipment costs: €; Running costs: €; Installation effort: low; Maintenance effort: low; Knowledge need: high; Measurement mode: manual Pollinators are usually insects that assist a wide range of flowering plants with…
4.13 Pollinator visitation
Authors: Hegland SJ1, Gillespie MAK1 Reviewer: Sydenham MAK2 Measurement unit: number of pollinators per flower per time unit/various network descriptors; Measurement scale: site, plot, plant or flower; Equipment costs: €€€; Running costs: € Installation effort: low; Maintenance effort: low; Knowledge need: medium; Measurement mode: manual Data on pollinator visitations…
4.14 Plant pathogen and invertebrate herbivory
Authors: Wilfahrt P1, Halliday FW2 Reviewers: Barrio IC3, Te Beest M4,5 Measurable unit: damage severity/community load; Measurement scale: plot; Equipment costs: €; Running costs: none; Installation effort: low; Maintenance effort: low; Knowledge need: medium; Measurement mode: manual Quantifying damage severity on plant organs from invertebrate herbivores and viral, bacterial,…
4.15 Vertebrate herbivory
Authors: Speed JDM1, Barrio IC2, Ravolainen VT3 Reviewers: Te Beest M4,5 & Wilfahrt P6 Measurement unit: various (see below); Measurement scale: site to plot (herbivore presence), plot to individual (herbivore damage); Equipment costs: €–€€; Running costs: €; Installation effort: low; Maintenance effort: low; Knowledge need: medium; Measurement mode: manual…
4.16 Functional traits
Author: Gya R1, Wilfahrt P2 Reviewer: Halbritter AH1, Vandvik V1 Trait-based ecology has seen a steady rise in recent decades by helping explain patterns of how organisms affect and mediate ecosystem processes and functioning (Violle et al., 2007; de Bello et al., 2010). Functional traits are morphological, physiological, or…