Open AccessDigital record of specimens, including voucher material, from the study of a pollinator habitat restoration site under a commercial solar array in Jackson County, Oregon, 2019
Author(s) -
Maggie Graham,
Lincoln R. Best,
Andrew R. Moldenke
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
catalog: oregon state arthropod collection
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-1943
DOI - 10.5399/osu/cat_osac.5.2.4855
Subject(s) - pollinator , understory , pollination , habitat , photovoltaic system , canopy , geography , foraging , ecology , environmental science , biology , pollen
Photovoltaic solar energy installation is booming, frequently nearagricultural lands. Traditionally, the land underneath ground-mountedphotovoltaic panels is unused, though some are repurposing it as habitat forpollinating insects. However, the impact of the solar panel canopy on thepollinator-plant community understory is unknown. In this study (Graham etal., 2020), we investigated the effects of solar arrays on plantcomposition, bloom timing and foraging behavior of pollinators in openfields (control), and in full shade and partial shade areas under solarpanels in a predominant agricultural region of southern Oregon. Pollinatinginsect specimens were collected using hand nets, and identified to thelowest taxonomic group possible by M. Graham, A.R. Moldenke, and L.R. Best.A total of 85 voucher specimens were deposited into the Oregon StateArthropod Collection; accession record: OSAC_AC_2021_03_11_001-01.