Kirsten Work collected odonate assemblages at 16 ponds in Ocala National Forest during the summers of 2021 and 2023. The data was gathered to test whether assemblage similarity and structure are influenced by pond proximity and ecological variables. Adults were collected with aerial nets and nymphs with dipnets.
Use Cases
- Modeling species distribution based on pond proximity and ecological variables mentioned in the description
- Analyzing community assemblage structure for odonates in a forest pond network
- Studying the relationship between adult and nymph life stages in freshwater insect populations
Strengths
- Data collection occurred over two distinct field seasons (2021 and 2023), allowing for temporal comparison.
- Sampling covered 16 ponds clustered in four groups, providing spatial replication.
- Both adult and nymph life stages were collected, offering a more complete picture of the odonate community.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- The dataset's geographic scope is limited to a single national forest.
Provenance
- Source
- Harvard Dataverse, author Kirsten Work.
- Collection Method
- Field collection using aerial nets for adults and dipnets for nymphs.
- Time Range
- Summer 2021 and 2023.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-09 16:22:08; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Ocala National Forest, Florida, USA.