Tarp impacts on soil arthropods

These data show the impacts of tarps on aboveground and belowground arthropods (collected with pitfall traps and the Berlese funnel method, respectively). These data are a timeseries with 5 sampling times (before tarping, during tarping, and 1, 3, and 5 weeks after tarp removal). We identified arthropods into morphospecies and calculates species richness, Shannon’s diversity, and total abundance. We also include the abundance of certain pest and natural enemy species. For more information, please refer to Kinnebrew et al. 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2022.2146254) or contact Dr. Kinnebrew at [e-mail]. Column Names and Explanations: 1. Farm: the farm site (“A,” “B” or “C”) where the plot was located. All farms were located in Chittenden County, Vermont, USA 2. Treatment: indicates the treatment type (silage tarps, clear plastic tarps, or control) 3. Plot_ID: the unique identifier for each spatial plot 4. Sampling: the sampling period. “Pretarps” indicates sampling that occurred a week before tarp application, to capture baseline understanding of the arthropod community. “Tarps on” indicates a sampling that took place 3 weeks into tarp application. “Tarps off 1w,” “Tarps off 3w,” and “Tarps off 5w” indicates samplings that took place 1, 3, and 5 weeks after tarps were removed from the plots. 5. Pitfall_SpRichness: species richness (specifically the number of morphospecies) of arthropods collected with pitfall traps 6. Pitfall_Shannons: Shannon’s diversity of arthropod morphospecies collected with pitfall traps 7. Pitfall_TotalOrgs: total number of individuals collected with pitfall traps 8. Berlese_SpRichness: species richness (specifically the number of morphospecies) of arthropods collected with the Berlese funnel method 9. Berlese_Shannons: Shannon’s diversity of arthropod morphospecies collected with the Berlese funnel method 10. Berlese_TotalOrgs: total number of individuals collected with the Berlese funnel method 11. Chrysomelidae_Abundance: abundance (number of individuals) per plot in the Chrysomelidae family (flea beetles). Organisms captured with pitfall traps. 12. Aphididae_Abundance: abundance (number of individuals) per plot in the Aphididae family (aphids). Organisms captured with pitfall traps. 13. Carabidae_Abundance: abundance (number of individuals) per plot in the Carabidae family (ground beetles). Organisms captured with pitfall traps. 14. Elateridae_Abundance: abundance (number of individuals) per plot in the Elateridae family (click beetles). Organisms captured with pitfall traps. 15. Lycosidae_Abundance: abundance (number of individuals) per plot in the Lycosidae family (wolf spiders). Organisms captured with pitfall traps. 16. Curculionidae_Abundance: abundance (number of individuals) per plot in the Curculionidae family (weevils). Organisms captured with pitfall traps.