Survey responses from stakeholders managing, growing, advising or assessing UK populations of Juniperus communis

Increased imports of plants and timber through global trade networks provide frequent opportunities for introduction of novel plant pathogens that can cross-over from commercial to natural environments, threatening native species and ecosystem functioning. Prevention or management of such outbreaks relies on a diversity of cross-sectoral stakeholders acting along the invasion pathway. Yet guidelines are often only produced for a small number of stakeholders, missing opportunities to consider ways to control outbreaks in other parts of the pathway. We used the infection of common juniper with the invasive pathogen Phytophthora austrocedri as a case study to explore the utility of decision tools for managing outbreaks of plant pathogens in the wider environment. We invited stakeholders who manage or monitor juniper populations or supply plants or management advice to participate in a survey exploring their awareness of, and ability to use, an existing decision tree produced by a coalition..., Please see the journal article Donald et al. 2024 in Ecology and Evolution for a comprehensive description of the methods. 
In summary, a self-completion questionnaire was designed consisting of 21 open and closed format questions of which 13 were mandatory. The survey asked three questions about stakeholder experience and role relating to juniper management, Phytophthora austrocedri and juniper planting. It was then presented in two main sections with: i) six questions pertaining to the awareness and use of the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Juniper management guidelines published in 2017 and ii) nine questions about the sources and utility of spatial information (distribution maps) followed by three questions about the expected importance of potential infection risk factors. Both the management guidelines and the Shiny app with maps of the distribution of juniper, P. austrocedri and juniper planting compiled in September 2020 are linked to as supplementary informati..., , # Survey responses from stakeholders managing, growing, advising or assessing UK populations of *Juniperus communis*

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.msbcc2g4n](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.msbcc2g4n)

This dataset publishes responses received from 41 stakeholders sent a self-completion questionnaire in October 2020 asking about their awareness of a decision framework presented in the Juniper Management Guidelines (Defra, 2017, available at [JuniperManagementGuidelinesSeptember2017Published.pdf (planthealthcentre.scot)](https://www.planthealthcentre.scot/sites/www.planthealthcentre.scot/files/inline-files/JuniperManagementGuidelinesSeptember2017Published.pdf)), importance of abiotic and biotic factors stakeholders believe contribute to the spread of the plant pathogen Phytophthora austrocedri, and the utility of accompanying distribution maps for juniper and P. austrocedri in the UK created by the authors (available at [https://floradonald-juniper-planting-2020.shinyapps.io/Planting2/](...

通过全球贸易网络开展的植物与木材进口规模持续增长，为新型植物病原菌的跨区域传入创造了频繁契机——这类病原菌可从商业种植环境扩散至自然生态系统，对本土物种及生态系统功能构成威胁。
此类病害暴发的防控与治理，依赖于沿病原菌入侵路径开展工作的多部门利益相关方协同配合。但现有防控指南往往仅针对少数类别的利益相关方制定，未能兼顾入侵路径其他环节的暴发管控方案。本研究以入侵性病原菌南方雪松疫霉（*Phytophthora austrocedri*）侵染普通桧柏（*Juniperus communis*）为案例，探讨决策工具在更广域自然环境中管控植物病原菌暴发的应用价值。
我们邀请了负责桧柏种群管理与监测、苗木供应或提供桧柏种植管理咨询的利益相关方参与调研，以了解其对某联盟制定的现有决策树的认知与使用能力。具体方法的完整说明请参阅发表于《Ecology and Evolution》期刊的Donald等人2024年的研究论文。
综上，本研究设计了一份包含21道开放题与封闭题的自填式问卷，其中13道为必答题。问卷首先设置3道问题，调研利益相关方在桧柏管理、南方雪松疫霉防控及桧柏种植相关的从业经验与角色定位。问卷主体分为两大模块：其一为6道问题，聚焦2017年英国环境、食品与农村事务部（Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs，简称Defra）发布的《桧柏管理指南》的认知与使用情况；其二为9道关于空间信息（分布地图）的来源与应用价值的问题，随后设置3道关于潜在侵染风险因子重要性预期的问题。
本研究将上述管理指南，以及2020年9月编制的桧柏、南方雪松疫霉分布及桧柏种植分布地图配套的Shiny应用程序（Shiny app）作为补充材料（原文此处存在截断）。本数据集收录的是针对英国境内普通桧柏（*Juniperus communis*）种群开展管理、种植、咨询或评估工作的利益相关方的调研反馈。
数据集DOI：10.5061/dryad.msbcc2g4n。本数据集收录了2020年10月向41位利益相关方发放的自填式问卷的反馈结果，问卷内容涵盖：对《桧柏管理指南》（Defra，2017，可访问https://www.planthealthcentre.scot/sites/www.planthealthcentre.scot/files/inline-files/JuniperManagementGuidelinesSeptember2017Published.pdf 获取）中提出的决策框架的认知情况；利益相关方认为影响南方雪松疫霉传播的非生物与生物因子的重要性排序；以及作者编制的英国境内桧柏与南方雪松疫霉分布配套地图的应用价值（相关在线工具可访问https://floradonald-juniper-planting-2020.shinyapps.io/Planting2/，原文此处存在截断）。