File name: ReadMe-Trophic-association-ver1

This (ReadMe) file was created on 2025-09-29 by Natalia I. Kirichenko and Maarten de Groot

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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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: <source: https://ror.org/; for SFI/GIS: https://ror.org/0232eqz57 >
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


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SHARING/ACCESSING INFORMATION
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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

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VIEWING DATA AND FILES
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File list: <list of all files or folders, with a short description>

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

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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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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

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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION: [FILENAME] <repeat this section for each dataset, folder or file>
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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