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EM Identity and Description (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry for that variable)

EM ID variable.detail.emIdHelp ?	EM-697
Document Author variable.detail.emDocumentAuthorHelp ?	Tarrant S., J. Ollerton, M. L Rahman, J. Tarrant, and D. McCollin
Document Year variable.detail.emDocumentYearHelp ?	2013

Variable General Info (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry for that variable)

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Floral cover ? Comment: Standardized plant surveys were used (Dicks et al. 2002; Potts et al. 2006). Transects (100 × 2m) were centered from the approximate middle of the site. A “floral cover” method to represent available floral resources was used which combines floral abundance with inflorescence size. Mean area of the floral unit from above was measured for each flowering plant species and then multiplied by their frequencies. The sizes of the floral units were determined through field sampling, and checked for consistency using previously published literature. Only open flowers likely to produce nectar or pollen were recorded.
Variable ID variable.detail.varIdHelp ?	16510
Symbol variable.detail.varSymbolHelp ?	*
Qualitative-Quantitative variable.detail.continuousCategoricalHelp ?	*
Cardinal-Ordinal variable.detail.cardinalOrdinalHelp ?	*
Units variable.detail.varUnitsHelp ?	*

Variable Typology (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry for that variable)

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Floral cover ? Comment: Standardized plant surveys were used (Dicks et al. 2002; Potts et al. 2006). Transects (100 × 2m) were centered from the approximate middle of the site. A “floral cover” method to represent available floral resources was used which combines floral abundance with inflorescence size. Mean area of the floral unit from above was measured for each flowering plant species and then multiplied by their frequencies. The sizes of the floral units were determined through field sampling, and checked for consistency using previously published literature. Only open flowers likely to produce nectar or pollen were recorded.
Predictor-Intermediate-Response variable.detail.displayVariableTypeHelp ?	*
Predictor Variable Type variable.detail.displayPredictorVariableTypeHelp ?	*
Response Variable Type variable.detail.resClassHelp ?	*
Data Source/Type variable.detail.dataTypeHelp ?	*
Variable Classification Hierarchy variable.detail.vchLevel1Help ?	*

Variable Spatial Characteristics (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry for that variable)

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Floral cover ? Comment: Standardized plant surveys were used (Dicks et al. 2002; Potts et al. 2006). Transects (100 × 2m) were centered from the approximate middle of the site. A “floral cover” method to represent available floral resources was used which combines floral abundance with inflorescence size. Mean area of the floral unit from above was measured for each flowering plant species and then multiplied by their frequencies. The sizes of the floral units were determined through field sampling, and checked for consistency using previously published literature. Only open flowers likely to produce nectar or pollen were recorded.
Spatial Extent Area variable.detail.spExtentHelp ?	* ? Comment: One sample transect per site (18 total sites).
Spatially Distributed? variable.detail.spDistributedHelp ?	*
Observations Spatially Patterned? variable.detail.regularSpGrainHelp ?	*
Spatial Grain Type variable.detail.spGrainTypeHelp ?	*
Spatial Grain Size variable.detail.spGrainSizeHelp ?	*
Spatial Density variable.detail.spDensityHelp ?	*
EnviroAtlas URL variable.detail.enviroAtlasURLHelp ?	GAP Ecological Systems

Variable Temporal Characteristics (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry for that variable)

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Floral cover ? Comment: Standardized plant surveys were used (Dicks et al. 2002; Potts et al. 2006). Transects (100 × 2m) were centered from the approximate middle of the site. A “floral cover” method to represent available floral resources was used which combines floral abundance with inflorescence size. Mean area of the floral unit from above was measured for each flowering plant species and then multiplied by their frequencies. The sizes of the floral units were determined through field sampling, and checked for consistency using previously published literature. Only open flowers likely to produce nectar or pollen were recorded.
Temporal Extent variable.detail.tempExtentHelp ?	2007
Temporally Distributed? variable.detail.tempDistributedHelp ?	*
Regular Temporal Grain? variable.detail.regularTempGrainHelp ?	*
Temporal Grain Size Value variable.detail.tempGrainSizeValHelp ?	*
Temporal Grain Size Units variable.detail.tempGrainSizeUnitHelp ?	*
Temporal Density variable.detail.tempDensityHelp ?	*

Variable Values (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry for that variable)

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Floral cover ? Comment: Standardized plant surveys were used (Dicks et al. 2002; Potts et al. 2006). Transects (100 × 2m) were centered from the approximate middle of the site. A “floral cover” method to represent available floral resources was used which combines floral abundance with inflorescence size. Mean area of the floral unit from above was measured for each flowering plant species and then multiplied by their frequencies. The sizes of the floral units were determined through field sampling, and checked for consistency using previously published literature. Only open flowers likely to produce nectar or pollen were recorded.
Units variable.detail.estUnitHelp ?	*
Min Value variable.detail.minEstHelp ?	*
Max Value variable.detail.estHelp ?	*
Other Value Type variable.detail.natureOtherEstHelp ?	*
Other Value variable.detail.otherEstHelp ?	*

Variable Variability and Sensitivity (* Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry for that variable)

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Floral cover ? Comment: Standardized plant surveys were used (Dicks et al. 2002; Potts et al. 2006). Transects (100 × 2m) were centered from the approximate middle of the site. A “floral cover” method to represent available floral resources was used which combines floral abundance with inflorescence size. Mean area of the floral unit from above was measured for each flowering plant species and then multiplied by their frequencies. The sizes of the floral units were determined through field sampling, and checked for consistency using previously published literature. Only open flowers likely to produce nectar or pollen were recorded.
Variability Expression Given? variable.detail.variabilityExpHelp ?	*
Variability Metric variable.detail.variabilityMetricHelp ?	*
Variability Value variable.detail.variabilityValueHelp ?	*
Variability Units	*
Resampling Used? variable.detail.bootstrappingHelp ?	*
Variability Expression Used in Modeling? variable.detail.variabilityUsedHelp ?	*

Variable Operational Validation (Response Variables only; * Note that run information is shown only where run data differ from the "parent" entry for that variable)

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?
Variable ID variable.detail.varIdHelp ?
Validated? variable.detail.resValidatedHelp ?
Validation Approach (within, between, etc.) variable.detail.validationApproachHelp ?
Validation Quality (Qual/Quant) variable.detail.validationQualityHelp ?
Validation Method (Stat/Deviance) variable.detail.validationMethodHelp ?
Validation Metric variable.detail.validationMetricHelp ?
Validation Value variable.detail.validationValHelp ?
Validation Units
Use of Measured Response Data variable.detail.measuredResponseDataHelp ?

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