DEMNA-DNE : Early warning system on Introduced Species in Wallonia

Yvan Barbier; Maxime Coupremanne; Etienne Branquart; Sonia Vanderhoeven

doi:10.15468/dc2dyg

DEMNA-DNE : Early warning system on Introduced Species in Wallonia

Citation

Barbier Y, Coupremanne M, Branquart E, Vanderhoeven S (2024). DEMNA-DNE : Early warning system on Introduced Species in Wallonia. Version 1.776. Service Public de Wallonie – Département d’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW – DEMNA). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/dc2dyg accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.

Description

Early warning system on Introduced Species in Wallonia is a presence-only dataset aimed to deliver in real time the occurrence records of introduced species within Wallonia. Data are aggregated from various online recording systems that are maintenaid by the Département d'Étude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW-DEMNA).

Among these encoding systems, we find OFFH (Observations Faune Flore Habitats), the main occurrence encoding platform for the department experts and partners. But also specific surveys on exotic species (e.g. on the Giant Hogweed) open to the general public and thus based on citizen participation.

As this dataset aims to feed an alert system on exotic species, it also include non-validated data and attention should be paid to the validation status of the records!

If you have any return or remark, please do not hesitate to contact the Department for further details.

Purpose

This dataset aims to feed a GBIF-mediated early warning system on introduced or invasive species within belgium in the framework of the LIFE RIPARIAS project.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Wallonia, southern Belgium. Data derives from diverse encoding facilities, all managed by the Département d'Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW-DEMNA).

Sampling

Data are derived from a variety of contexts, including structured or targeted inventories conducted by the Department's experts and partners, their opportunistic observations, as well as citizen science via online survey modules targeting invasives and facilitating their participatory monitoring

Quality Control

Validation of each record is an important part of DEMNA-SPW's data policy. All raw records are submitted to a validation by biodiversity experts of the department. This validation can be based on a photo, on the observer's expertise or on plausibility. However, as this dataset serves as an early warning system, it also contains UNVALIDATED data and special attention must be paid to the identificationVerificationStatus field.

Method steps

Field data collection from various protocols and frameworks
Encoding in departement data systems (OFFH,'enquêtes invasives, etc.)
Automated fusion of records from the various systems
API for a DWC-formatted exports of exotics species records, updated daily

Taxonomic Coverages

introduced species from Wallonia. The dataset covers both plant and animal species mentionned as non native by the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species - Belgium, and within other shorter listings. As mentionned in the basic metadata, this watch list also includes taxa that should not be considered as invasive for the entire wallonia/Belgium but from which the distribution dynamics are monitored.

Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
common name: Animals, Metazoan rank: kingdom
Haeckel (1866)
common name: Plants rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

Bibliographic Citations

Branquart E., Adriaens T., Devisscher S., D’hondt B., Denys L., Dumortier A., Latli A., Packet J., Scheers K., Vanderhoeven S. & Willeput R. (2021) Belgian alert lists of alien aquatic plants and crayfish. Report prepared in support of implementing action A1 of the LIFE RIPARIAS project LIFE19 NAT/BE/000953, 15 pages. - https://www.riparias.be/358

Contacts

Yvan Barbier
originator
position: Biodiversity Expert/IT manager
Department d'étude du milieu naturel et agricole
Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
Gembloux
5030
Namur
BE
email: yvan.barbier@spw.wallonie.be

Maxime Coupremanne
originator
position: Data liaison officer
Belgian Biodiversity Platform - DEMNA
Boulevard Simon Bolivar, 30
bruxelles
1000
Brussels
BE
email: m.coupremanne@biodiversity.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9052-9500

Etienne Branquart
originator
position: Biodiveristy expert
Department d'étude du milieu naturel et agricole
Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
Gembloux
5030
Namur
BE
email: etienne.branquart@spw.wallonie.be

Sonia Vanderhoeven
originator
position: Biodiveristy Expert
Belgian Biodiversity Platform - DEMNA
Boulevard Simon Bolivar, 30
Brussels
1000
Brussels
BE

Maxime Coupremanne
metadata author
position: Data Liaison officer
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
Gembloux
5030
Namur
BE
email: m.coupremanne@biodiversity.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9052-9500

Sonia Vanderhoeven
content provider
position: Science officer
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
Boulevard Simon Bolivar, 30
Brussels
1000
BE
email: s.vanderhoeven@biodiversity.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6298-5373

Adrien Latli
content provider
position: Science officer
Department d'étude du milieu naturel et agricole
Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
Gembloux
5030
Namur
BE
email: adrien.latli@spw.wallonie.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6640-5930

Etienne Branquart
content provider
position: Science Officer
Department d'étude du milieu naturel et agricole
Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
Gembloux
5030
Namur
BE
email: etienne.branquart@spw.wallonie.be

Maxime Coupremanne
administrative point of contact
position: Data liaison officer
Belgian Biodiversity Platform - DEMNA
Boulevard Simon Bolivar 30
Brussels
1000
Brussels
BE
email: m.coupremanne@biodiversity.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9052-9500

Yvan Barbier
administrative point of contact
position: Biodiversity Expert/IT manager
Department d'étude du milieu naturel et agricole
23 Avenue Maréchal Juin
Gembloux
5030
Namur
BE
email: yvan.barbier@spw.wallonie.be