File name: ReadMe-Trophic-association-ver1 This (ReadMe) file was created on 2025-09-29 by Natalia I. Kirichenko and Maarten de Groot ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- Name of the dataset: Trophic associations of leaf-mining insects with woody plants in the Volcji Potok Arboretum (Slovenia) Authors Name and surname: Natalia I. Kirichenko 1,2, Stanislav Gomboc 3, Barbara Piškur 4, Maarten de Groot 4 Institution/Affiliation: (1) Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS”, Akademgorodok 50/28, 660036 Krasnoyarsk, Russia (2) Institute of Ecology and Geography, Siberian Federal University, Svobodny pr. 79,660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia (3) Independent Researcher, Gančani 110, 9231 Beltinci, Slovenia (4) Slovenian Forestry Institute, Večna pot 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia *Correspondence: Natalia Kirichenko (nkirichenko@yahoo.com) ROR organization identifier: Email: nkirichenko@yahoo.com , maarten.degroot@gozdis.si Date of data collection: from 2022-08-06 to 2023-01-08 Geographical location of data collection: Europe, Volcji Potok Arboretum in Slovenia (46.1873 N; 14.6113 E; 345 m a.s.l.) Information on the funders/programmes/projects that made the data collection possible: The core research group Forest biology, Ecology, and Technology (No. P4-0107, Slovenian Research Agency) Russian Science Foundation (grant No. 22-16-00075) Basic project of the Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS (No. FWES-2021-0011) DOI 10.20315/Data.0010 License: CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.en ----------------------------- SHARING/ACCESSING INFORMATION ----------------------------- Data licences/restrictions: - Links to publications that cite or use the data: Kirichenko, N.I.; Gomboc, S.; Piškur, B.; de Groot, M. Use of an Arboretum and DNA Barcoding for the Detection and Identification of Leaf-Mining Insects on Alien Woody Plants. Forests 2023, 14, 641. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14030641 Was the data obtained from another source? No ---------------------- VIEWING DATA AND FILES ---------------------- File list: List 1. Origin of woody plant species involved in the study in the Volčji Potok Arboretum (Slovenia) in 2022–2023 List 2. Diversity, abundance and trophic associations of leaf-mining insects documented on various woody plants in the Volčji Potok Arboretum (Slovenia) in 2022–2023 Are there multiple versions of the dataset? NO -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- Description of the methods used to collect/obtain the data: Data processing methods can be found in the article: Kirichenko, N.I.; Gomboc, S.; Piškur, B.; de Groot, M. Use of an Arboretum and DNA Barcoding for the Detection and Identification of Leaf-Mining Insects on Alien Woody Plants. Forests 2023, 14, 641. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14030641 Data processing methods: see in Kirichenko, N.I.; Gomboc, S.; Piškur, B.; de Groot, M. Use of an Arboretum and DNA Barcoding for the Detection and Identification of Leaf-Mining Insects on Alien Woody Plants. Forests 2023, 14, 641. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14030641 Software information: R (R Core Team. R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria, 2024. https://www.R-project.org/) Experimental conditions: field sampling ------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION: [FILENAME] ------------------------------------- List of variables: List 1. Origin of plants No.: Case identification number Plant order: The taxonomic order of the plant species included in the study Plant family: The taxonomic family of the plant species included in the study Plant species: The taxonomic species of the plants included in the study Origin in Slovenia (N - native, A - alien): Indicates whether the studied plant species are native to Slovenia or alien (i.e., introduced from other countries or continents) Native range: The broader geographic origin of the studied plant species. Abbreviations: C Asia – Central Asia; C China – Central China; C Europe – Central Europe; E Asia – East Asia; N Africa – North Africa; N America – North America; NW Africa – Northwest Africa; S Canada – Southern Canada; S China – Southern China; S Europe – Southern Europe; SE Canada – Southeastern Canada; SE Europe – Southeastern Europe; SE Russia – Southeastern Russia; SW Asia – Southwestern Asia; SW China – Southwestern China; W Asia – Western Asia; W Himalayas – Western Himalayas Number of examined plants: The total number of individuals of a given species surveyed in the study List 2: Trophic associations No.: Case identification number Field ID: Identification number assigned to an individual plant during the field survey Plant species: Taxonomic species of the plants included in the study Insect order: Taxonomic order of leaf-mining insect species identified in the study Insect family: Taxonomic family of leaf-mining insect species identified in the study Insect species: Taxonomic species of leaf-mining insect species identified in the study Sampling date: Date (dd.mm.yyyy) when insects were recorded on plants Trophic association (new to science - 1, known =-0): Indicates whether the association between leaf-mining insects and their host plants is newly discovered (1) or already known (0) Damage level (1 – low [1–24% of leaves mined], 2 – moderate [25–49%], 3 – high [50–75%], 4 – severe [>75%]): Proportion of leaves with mines per 100 leaves examined, % Origin of insect species in Slovenia (Ne - native, previously known; Nn - native novel, recorded for the first time in this study; Ak - alien, previously known; An - alien novel, recorded for the first time in this study): Classification of leaf-mining insects according to whether they are native or alien in Slovenia, and whether they were known or newly recorded in the country