Table 5 The data structure of the dataset summarising special cases.

From: A species-level multi-trophic metaweb for Switzerland

Column name

Description

Example(s)

Taxon

The taxonomic name of the consumer or resource species

Anguis vernonensis

Inference_Taxon

The taxonomic name of the species from which inferences are made

Anguis fragilis

Citation

The ID number of the reference documenting the diet or predator similarities between the two taxa

508

Case

Identification of whether the taxon is missing diet or predator information

Missing diets

  1. Please note that the examples do not all arise from the same Citation ID.