Beetle & spider data, RSPB Abernethy fire & mowing experiment, 2002-14

Full details of the experiment for which these data were collected, are given in these references: Hancock, M.H., Amphlett, A., Proctor, R., Dugan, D., Willi, J., Harvey, P. et al. (2011) Burning and mowing as habitat management for capercaillie Tetrao urogallus: an experimental test. Forest Ecology and Management, 262, 509–521. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.04.019 Hancock, M.H., Gullett, P.R., Golder, P., Marshall, G. & Cowie, N.R. (2023) Emulating natural disturbances with trial management in Scotland: effects of burning, mowing and cattle on habitat measures important for capercaillie Tetrao urogallus. European Journal of Forest Research, 142, 593–609. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-023-01544-1 These data also underpin a submitted manuscript under review with the journal Insect Conservation and Diversity, entitled "Beetle and spider responses to burning and mowing in a Scots pine Pinus sylvestris forest". Funding was from RSPB, NatureScot, EU LIFE and Natural Talent.