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Crawley, D. et al

Occurrence data at 10km resolution for terrestrial mammals in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1960-1992 and 2000-2016 v2

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https://doi.org/10.5285/ab61349e-c055-477c-9872-22a4f7cc2473
This dataset contains 10km summarised occurrence data for terrestrial mammals as mapped in the Atlas of Mammal of Great Britain and Northern Ireland published by the Mammal Society in 2020. For each species 10km grid squares were categorised based on whether the species was recorded in that square only the current atlas time period (2000-2016), only the previous atlas time period (1960-1992) or in both time periods. The dataset contains data for all species mapped in the atlas, with the exception of cetaceans which are not included in the dataset.
Publication date: 2023-05-19
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Formats

Comma-separated values (CSV), Geopackage

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation types
Tabular (text)
Vector
Spatial reference systems
WGS 84
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
OSI Irish National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
1960-01-01    to    1992-12-31
2000-01-01    to    2016-12-31

Provenance & quality

This dataset is a summarised product of the production of the Mammal Atlas and represents the 10km resolution data plotted in the species maps in the atlas.

The underlying data used in the production of the atlas to determine the summarised distributions came from a wide number of sources, such as the iRecord, National Biodiversity Network (NBN) gateway (now the NBN atlas), local biological records centres, national and local monitoring schemes. Data was provided to the Mammal Society from these sources for the purpose of producing the mammal atlas. Data from iRecord and the Mammal Society’s online recording tools & mammal tracker app were verified and validated by Mammal Society verifiers. The majority of other data had undergone verification and validation prior to being provided to the Mammal Society but the level and extent of QA differed between sources and the QA processes were often not specified in detail.

The majority of data is opportunistic sightings data, however the dataset does also contain data from structured and or professional surveys.

Licensing and constraints

This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
Crawley, D.; Coomber, F.; Kubasiewicz, L.; Harrower, C.; Evans, P.; Waggitt, J.; Smith, B.; Mathews, F. (2023). Occurrence data at 10km resolution for terrestrial mammals in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1960-1992 and 2000-2016 v2. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/ab61349e-c055-477c-9872-22a4f7cc2473

Correspondence/contact details

Harrower, C.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Crawley, D.
The Mammal Society
Coomber, F.
The Mammal Society
Kubasiewicz, L.
The Mammal Society
Harrower, C.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Evans, P.
Sea Watch Foundation
Waggitt, J.
Sea Watch Foundation
Smith, B.
The Mammal Society
Mathews, F.
The Mammal Society

Other contacts

Rights holders
The Mammal Society , UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
biota
environment
INSPIRE theme
Species Distribution
Keywords
distribution , mammal , mammal species , occurrence
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/R016429/1
Last updated
08 January 2025 13:55