DOI: 10.5061/dryad.m905qfv0x
title: Data from: Plant provenance affects pollinator network: implications for ecological restoration

description: The selection of plant provenance for ecological restoration is an
 intensively debated topic. Throughout this debate, arguments mostly focus
 on plant performance, but little attention is paid to the effects of
 provenance on other members of the restored ecosystem. On the other hand,
 in restoration projects that focus specifically on supporting interacting
 biota, for example, flower stripes among fields to support pollinators,
 the provenance choice is often not considered, partly because the effect
 of provenance on pollinators is unknown. In this pioneering case study, we
 tested whether pollinators differentiate between experimental plant
 communities of different provenances. We established experimental plant
 communities with the same species composition but with plants originating
 from three different provenances. We then recorded plant phenology and
 observed pollinators and flower visitors interacting with these
 experimental communities and related the pollinator visitation to the
 provenance identity.  The provenances of the experimental plant
 communities had a strong and significant effect on the diversity and
 abundance of flower-pollinator interactions, with one provenance
 interacting twice as often as the other two provenances. The effect was
 driven by the differences in flowering phenology among provenances.
 Synthesis and applications: Plant provenances substantially differ in
 their interactions with local pollinators. Therefore, the selection of
 plant provenance should be considered when planning restoration projects
 for the support of pollinators.
description: See the paper.
description: Data to:<br> Plant provenance affects pollinator network:
 implications for ecological restoration<br> Bucharova et al.,
 Journal of Applied Ecology ###
 Flower_resources_phenology.txt ###<br> # Data on plant
 phenology<br> Community ID – identification number of the plant
 experimental community (each community consists of six plant species, each
 species represented by one plant)<br> Provenance – provenance of the
 plant experimental community (=all species in the community)<br> Day
 – day of the year when the observation was done<br> Species – plant
 species<br> NumberOfFlowers – number of open flowers each plant had
 on given day of observation ###
 Flower_pollinator_interaction.txt ###<br> # Data on plant-pollinator
 interactions<br> RowNumber – row number<br> CommunityID -
 identification number of the plant experimental community (each community
 consists of six plant species, each species represented by one
 plant)<br> Provenance  - provenance of the plant experimental
 community (=all plant species in the experimental community)<br>
 PlantSpecies – identity of plant species<br> ObservationDate – there
 were three observation dates – 1st,2nd,3rd<br> PollinatorSpecies –
 identity of the pollinator taxa involved in the flower-pollinator
 interaction<br> NumberOfInteractions – the number of interactions
 between given pollinator and flowers of given plant species at given
 observation day