Environmental and location data for Malaise trap samples in the leakage belt of the Gola Rainforest National Park, Sierra Leone, November to December 2021

This dataset contains information about the locations and local environmental conditions of 123 Malaise trap samples collected in November-December 2021 in the 908 km2 forested ‘leakage belt’ buffer zone of the Gola Rainforest National Park (GRNP) in eastern Sierra Leone, where cocoa, a driver of deforestation, is the main cash crop. Each trap was set out for 5 days with >99% ethanol. The samples were transported from Sierra Leone to the UK, where they have been sent for metabarcoding for arthropods (using Leray2 PCR primers). The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (Grant NE/S014063/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/161315e4-71c1-481d-906c-149ab2e9705c本数据集收录了2021年11月至12月期间，在塞拉利昂东部戈拉雨林国家公园（Gola Rainforest National Park, GRNP）占地908平方千米的林区“渗漏带”缓冲区内采集的123个马氏诱捕器（Malaise trap）样本的点位信息与局地环境条件。该区域的主要经济作物为可可，而可可种植正是当地森林砍伐的主要驱动因素。每个诱捕器的布设时长为5天，使用体积分数超过99%的乙醇作为保存液。所有样本已从塞拉利昂转运至英国，用于开展节肢动物的元条形码测序（metabarcoding）分析，实验采用Leray2 PCR引物。本研究得到自然环境研究理事会（Natural Environment Research Council）资助，项目编号为NE/S014063/1。本数据集的完整详情可通过以下链接获取：https://doi.org/10.5285/161315e4-71c1-481d-906c-149ab2e9705c