DATASET TITLE:
Monitoring presence, abundance and flight phenology of three moth species of spruce cone pests, the spruce seed moth, Cydia strobilella, the spruce coneworm, Dioryctria abietella, and the cloaked pug, Eupithecia abietaria, in Swedish spruce seed orchards 2010-2015

Creators:
Name: Glenn Svensson
ORCID: 0000-0001-8112-8441
Institution: Department of Biology, Lund University
Email: glenn.svensson@biol.lu.se

Name: Olle Anderbrant
ORCID: 0000-0002-8859-3239
Institution: Department of Biology, Lund University
Email: olle.anderbrant@biol.lu.se

Name: Christer Löfstedt
ORCID: 0000-0002-3116-6922
Institution: Department of Biology, Lund University
Email: christer.lofstedt@biol.lu.se

DATES OF COLLECTION: 2010-2015


GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF DATA COLLECTION: can be found in the file "Info about experimental sites"



FILE FORMATS:
- CSV
- PDF/A
- TXT


LIST OF FILES:
	DOCUMENTATION:
		- README.txt	(This text file)
		- Info about experimental sites.csv (site, host tree species, management, geographic coordinates, area, distance to nearest spruce stand, moth species monitored, trapping, cone survey and cone analysis included)
		- Pheromone lures for trapping.csv (info about the chemical composition of lures for the three pest species included in the study)
		- Description of the field experiments on the spruce seed moth, Cydia strobilella, the spruce coneworm, Dioryctria abietella, and the cloaked pug, Eupithecia abietaria, in Swedish seed orchards of Norway spruce, Picea abies, 2011-2015.pdf (Short description of the experiments)

	TRAPPING DATA IN MACHINE READABLE FORMAT, (in the format method_species name_site_time period, There are 15 files, and here follows an example of the first file:
		- Catch_Cydia_strobilella_Galltofta_2011-2015.csv	(Number of trapped moths per week)


COLUMN HEADINGS FOR MACHINE READABLE TABULAR DATA FOR ALL FILES ABOVE:
28 variables: Year, Catch week 17 to Catch week 42, Comment


	CONE SURVEY AND DAMAGE DATA IN MACHINE READABLE FORMAT, (in the format method_site_time period, There are 6 files, and here follows an example of the first file:
		- Cone_survey_damage_Galltofta_2010-2015.csv	(data on cone abundance and moth infestation rates)


COLUMN HEADINGS FOR MACHINE READABLE TABULAR DATA FOR ALL FILES ABOVE:
9 variables: Year, Number of cones per tree, C. strobilella larvae per cone, C. strobilella larvae per tree, D. abietella larvae peer cone, D. abietella larvae peer tree, E. abietaria larvae per cone, E. abietaria larvae per tree, Comment



File: Info about experimental sites.csv
10 variables: site, host tree species, management, geographic coordinates, area, distance to nearest spruce stand, moth species monitored, trapping, cone survey, cone analysis 

File: Pheromone lures for trapping
3 variables: Species name, Scientific name, Composition of sex pheromone bait



VARIABLE LIST:
Site (name of location of experiment)
Host tree species (name of tree species in seed orchard/clone archive)
Management (info about management of site (seed orchard or clone archive))
Geographic coordinates (coordinates for the field site)
Area (size of study field (ha)))
Distance to nearest spruce stand (distance in m)
Moth species monitored (species included in study)
Trapping (years included in study)
Cone survey (years included in study)
Cone analysis (years included in study)
Catch week xx (total number of male moths trapped during that week)
Number of cone per tree (mean number of cones observed on 21 sampled trees at study site)
C. strobilella larvae per cone (mean number of larvae observed in 100 cones collected from 21 trees at study site)
C. strobilella larvae per tree (calculated as mean number of larvae per cone * mean number of cones on 21 sampled trees)
D. abietella larvae per cone (mean number of larvae observed in 100 cones collected from 21 trees at study site)
D. abietella larvae per tree (calculated as mean number of larvae per cone * mean number of cones on 21 sampled trees)
E. abietaria larvae per cone (mean number of larvae observed in 100 cones collected from 21 trees at study site)
E. abietaria larvae per tree (calculated as mean number of larvae per cone * mean number of cones on 21 sampled trees)
Comment (info about when traps were placed in the field and removed from the field, and if mating disruption tests were performed in the field)