Mammals and other animals in the diet of owls on the territory of Ukraine (1925-1931)

Study Extent

The dataset was created after excluding data from already published literature resources. All finds were processed under the guidance of I. H. Pidoplichko by the Commission of Natural and Geographical Local History of the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and published in one publication "Materials for regional study of small animals and birds that feed on them. Issue 1, 1932". We processed 100% of the materials of this publication and created a data set.

Sampling

All information of the registration points of animals & plants was excluded from the publications. Georeferencing was made using the descriptions provided in the literature.

Quality Control

The author is fully responsible for the quality of information provided in the dataset. All species identifications and other information were made by the authors of original published materials.

Method steps

1. Examining of the information provided within the resource.
2. Georeferencing.
3. Organizing of the dataset according to Darwin Core requirements.

The dataset is comprised of the records of remnants of animals (Chordata and Arthropoda phylums) excluded from pellets of birds of prey and identified to specific level.,

1. Animalia
   rank: kingdom
2. Chordata
   rank: phylum
3. Arthropoda
   rank: phylum
4. Mammalia
   rank: class
5. Aves
   rank: class
6. Insecta
   rank: class
7. Squamata
   rank: class
8. Amphibia
   rank: class

The dataset covers the territory of Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Luhansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Vinnytsia, Khmel'nytskyi, Kirovohrad and Cherkasy administrative regions of Ukraine.