Individual moth species counts collected from light trap surveys. The data is used for comparisons with airDNA metabarcoding datasets. The dataset was authored by Alejandro Maeda Obregon and last updated on April 28, 2026.
Use Cases
- Validate airDNA metabarcoding results based on traditional light trap survey counts mentioned in the description
- Analyze moth biodiversity patterns based on species count data
- Compare detection efficiency between morphological identification and molecular metabarcoding techniques
Strengths
- Has a clear CC-BY-4.0 license for open use
- Explicitly intended for validation against a specific metabarcoding dataset (airDNA)
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- figshare
- Collection Method
- Light trap surveys
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 12:42:03; freshness should be verified