Mammal records for Europe via the iMammalia app

Occurrence
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Description

Opportunistic recordings of wild mammals across Europe, submitted via the iMammalia mobile app. Part of the MammalNet Project (https://mammalnet.com/).

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 24,967 records.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Occurrence records of mammals in Europe. [Date of download.] Submitted via iMammalia.

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Biological Records Centre. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 3ccfe992-043a-4fff-951d-1e6e158854da.  Biological Records Centre publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by National Biodiversity Network.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation; Occurrence

Contacts

David Roy
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Head of the Biological Records Centre
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK
UKCEH Wallingford, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford
OX10 8BB Wallingford
Oxfordshire
GB
07920233049

Geographic Coverage

Europe

Bounding Coordinates South West [26.431, -13.359], North East [71.746, 60.82]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Order Mammalia (Mammals)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date 2020-06-19

Project Data

Opportunistic recordings of wild mammals across Europe, submitted via the iMammalia mobile app. Part of the MammalNet Project (https://mammalnet.com/)

Title Mammal records for Europe via the iMammalia app
Identifier https://european-mammals.brc.ac.uk/
Funding European Food Safety Authority
Study Area Description Europe
Design Description iMammalia application developed by flumens.io

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

Opportunistic sightings

Study Extent Europe
Quality Control Data quality is high, records are validated based on recorder credentials and expert review by mammal experts. Geolocation accuracy is likely to be high due to phone geolocation. Many records also have a photograph attached to aid verification.

Method step description:

  1. Data is collected through a mobile application using the Indicia online recording system (http://www.indicia.org.uk/). Data is stored in the Indicia data warehouse, hosted by the Biological Records Centre. Data is verified by experienced mammal experts using the Indicia verification tools.

Bibliographic Citations

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Additional Metadata

Purpose MammalNet is a partnership between different scientific and academic institutions in Europe and the wider public. The purpose of the project is is to improve knowledge of the distribution of wild mammal in Europe in order to make informed decisions for the management and conservation of mammals.
Alternative Identifiers 3ccfe992-043a-4fff-951d-1e6e158854da
https://ipt.brc.ac.uk/resource?r=mammalnet