Impact of Agricultural Tarping on Soil-Dwelling Arthropods

Data associated with manuscript: Differing short-term impacts of agricultural tarping on soil-dwelling and surface-active arthropods by Kinnebrew et al. 2023, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2023.108542 This dataset details the soil-dwelling arthropods collected during the experiment.

Column Names and Descriptions:
1. Date: Date of collection 2. Sampling: The time period in which collection occurred. Pretarps: 1 week before tarps were applied; Tarps on: during tarping; Tarps off 1w: 1 week after tarp removal; Tarps off 3w: 3 weeks after tarp removal; Tarps off 5w: 5 weeks after tarp removal 3. Farm: The location of the plot – the three farms sampled at included Diggers’, Intervale Community Farm (ICF), and Catamount Farm (all located in Chittenden County, Vermont, USA) 4. Treatment: The type of tarp treatment applied. SilageTarp: silage (black plastic) tarp; ClearPlastic: clear plastic tarp; Control: no tarp 5. PlotName: Unique plot identifier; the first three digits represent the farm on which the plot was located (ICF: Intervale Community Farm, Dig: Diggers’ Farm, Cat: Catamount Farm), the fourth digit represents the treatment (P: clear plastic, S: silage tarp, C: control), and the fifth digit represents the replicate number (1-6) 6. Num: number of individuals collected 7. SpCode: unique identifier for each morphospecies 8. Species: classification at the species level, if available 9. Genus: classification at the genus level, if available 10. Family: classification at the family level, if available 11. Order: classification at the order level 12. Class: classification at the class level