Data on habitat use of birds on a high-mounted agrivoltaic trial plot

Study design This dataset contains sampling data from bird surveys on a high-mounted agrivoltaic trial plot with chive culture (Allium schoenoprasum) in Lower-Saxony, Germany (53°00'15.0"N 11°10'27.7"E). The data was collected over a one-year period (Nov. 2022 to Nov 2023) on an agrivoltaic trial plot, three neighbouring plots (without agrivoltaic but also cultivated with chives of different age-classes) and an intervenig tree row. Data description The collected data are stored in a workbook divided into two sheets based on their content. The first sheet contains data of bird surveys by standardized point counts that were carried out in two-week interval (27 survey days in total) on all five sample plots with an observation time of 12 Minutes per plot and survey day. The second sheet contains data of detections by camera traps (CT; Dörr Snapshot Mini Black) that were carried out on the agrivoltaic and the adjecent control (same age, crop and management) with 10 Cts per plot (=20 Cts in total). The CTs were active continuously from 8 November 2022 to 6 November 2023 (363 days) and worked time-triggered, taking pictures in an interval of 10 minutes (=144 pictures per camera and day). The data include all pictures on which birds were visible. Funding The research was funded by the German Environmental Foundation (DBU).