DIGITAF - Agrobiodiversity occurrences in and around tree row bordered cereal fields in Flanders, Belgium

Methods applied incorporated (i) 2 pitfall traps (14 days, Ø 9cm, d 11cm, autoantifreeze dilution, June) for beetles (Histeridae, Carabidae, Staphylinidae), spiders, ants, isopods, millipedes, centipedes and harvestmen, (ii) a transect walk (50m, 15', May-June & September) along the plot for lepidoptera, bees, wasps, flies and pollinating beetles, (iii) a vegetation quadrat of 10m² (2x5 or 1x10, depending on margin width, May-June) for plants and (iv) AudioMoth deployment between 05:15 CET-10:00 CET, 19:30-22:00 CET and 22:30-02:00 CET (48h, 1' per 15', 0-96 kHz, May-June) for birds and bats.

Audiofiles were processed with BTO acoustic pipeline and the BirdNET analyzer with manual verification afterwards. Bat and bird data are presented in presence (under one date, better resolution data can be requested), plant data in cover percentage and all other data in number of individuals caught. A metadata-file with parcel specifications will be published with the Zenodo-records of this dataset and can be requested through our contacts.

With the same records, we will also publish the validated activity-based dataset for bats. We have released this dataset under a Creative Commons waiver. If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don't hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata.

This sampling took place in the framework of the DIGItal Tools to help AgroForestry (<a href="digitaf.eu/">DigitAF</a>) project (grant agreement no. 101059794), co-funded by the European Commission and the European Research Agency, within the Horizon Europe programme. This dataset was published with technical support provided by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). We thank Jef Hendrix for verifying some hoverfly specimens.