- The following acknowledgments should be included either in the main text or Acknowledgments section of all publications using data distributed by Caterpillars Count!: "Data were provided by Caterpillars Count! and the many participants who contribute to its foliage arthropod monitoring program."
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All data sets distributed by Caterpillars Count! should be cited as described below:
- Caterpillars Count! [Year of dataset access]. Foliage Arthropod Data. Data type: [Raw Data, Map Data, Phenology Data, or Composition Data]. [Date range of data used] for Site: [Site Name]. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Data set accessed [Date] at https://caterpillarscount.unc.edu.
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Examples:
- Caterpillars Count!. . Foliage Arthropod Data. Data type: Phenology Data. 01/01/2017-12/31/2019 for Site: NC Botanical Garden. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Data set accessed at https://caterpillarscount.unc.edu.
- Caterpillars Count!. . Foliage Arthropod Data. Data type: Raw Data. 01/01/2010-12/31/2019 for Site: All sites. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Data set accessed at https://caterpillarscount.unc.edu.
- We request that all bibliographic information be provided to Caterpillars Count! (caterpillarscount@gmail.com) for all manuscripts using Caterpillars Count! data immediately after their publication.
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Caterpillars Count! recommends that all Caterpillars Count! data and/or other forms of information from the Caterpillars Count! Website downloaded by a user, referred to as "User," be acknowledged as received from Caterpillars Count! according to the following terms of this Caterpillars Count! Data Attribution Policy.