Protea Change

In 2025, data on pollinator communities was collected at 16 study sites in protea-dominated shrublands near Cape Town, South Africa. Pollinator observations have been conducted using different methods. (1) 10-minute Point Counts of nectar-feeding birds (2) Camera-Trap videos of bird pollinator - plant interactions, and (3) 15-minute insect pollinator observations. Additionally, (4) protea cones have been collected and examined for signs of damage caused by insect antagonists.

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Data and Resources

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Geographic coverage
Geographic description	Western Cape, South Africa
Temporal coverage
Time period	Begin: March 15, 2025 End: October 15, 2025
Taxonomic coverage
Species	Nectarinia famosa
Genus	Protea
Species	Anthobaphes violacea
Species	Promerops cafer
Species	Cinnyris chalybeus
General taxonomic description	Nectar-feeding bird species, Protea-pollinating insects, Protea-seed predators
Other info
Last Updated	December 4, 2025, 13:35 (UTC)
Created	December 4, 2025, 12:57 (UTC)

Responsible parties

Creator and point of contact
Name	Laura Wörner
Creator
Name	Matthias Schleuning

Research data management planning

Types of data that will be / are / were created during the project	Numeric (spreadsheet, measurements, etc.) , Multimedia (images, sounds, videos, etc.)
Estimated volume of created data	Cannot estimate
Data will be stored at (long-term archived)	SGN DropBox

Link to this dataset:

https://dataportal.senckenberg.de/dataset/787669bf-c6ec-4a6f-8479-c5f3e7baaa1e