Arthropod Community Response to Mowing Intensity in a Japanese Satoyama Forest

Two CSV files contain data from a field experiment testing mowing management effects on arthropod diversity and abundance. Ziyan Chen published this 17.5 KB dataset in April 2026 to support findings that mowing intensity, not frequency, drives arthropod diversity. The data includes environmental covariates, community indices, and raw abundance counts for 25 dominant species.

Use Cases

• Model arthropod community indices (e.g., diversity, abundance) against mowing management regimes and environmental covariates from Maindata.csv.
• Analyze raw abundance patterns for the 25 dominant arthropod species, including Armadillidium vulgare, listed in Arthropodspecies.csv.
• Investigate relationships between plant vegetation data (collected 2024) and ground-dwelling arthropod metrics.
• Identify abiotic environmental filters constraining arthropod abundance using the measured covariates.

Strengths

• Data supports a clear, peer-reviewed hypothesis on mowing intensity versus frequency.
• Includes raw species-level abundance counts for 25 dominant arthropod taxa.
• Combines experimental design, environmental covariates, and calculated community indices in one structured file.

Limitations

• Very small dataset at 17.5 KB, indicating limited sample size and scope.
• Geographic scope is restricted to a single Japanese Satoyama secondary forest site.
• Unknown row counts for both CSV files prevent assessment of statistical power.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Ziyan Chen.

Collection Method

Fieldwork data collection from a mowing management experiment in a forest.

Time Range

Vegetation data collected in 2024; arthropod data collection period not specified.

Freshness

Last updated April 2026, indicating recent publication.

Geography

A Japanese Satoyama secondary forest.