Mica - Muskrat, Raccoon and Coypu occurrences collected by ITAW in Germany

Friederike Gethoeffer; Dimitri Brosens; Emma Cartuyvels; Lilja Fromme

doi:10.15468/qzcu4s

Mica - Muskrat, Raccoon and Coypu occurrences collected by ITAW in Germany

Citation

Gethoeffer F, Brosens D, Cartuyvels E, Fromme L (2023). Mica - Muskrat, Raccoon and Coypu occurrences collected by ITAW in Germany. Version 1.5. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qzcu4s accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-11-29.

Description

Mica - Muskrat and Coypu and Raccoon Occurrences collected by ITAW, Germany is an occurrence dataset published by the Research Institute of Nature and Forest (INBO) and ITAW (Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research. It is part of the LIFE MICA - Management of Invasive Coypu and muskrat in Europe project on Muskrat monitoring networks in Flanders, The Netherlands and Germany. This dataset contains Muskrat, Raccoon and Coypu counts. Here it is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each occurrence record an recordID, date, location, samplingProtocol, the number of recorded individuals, status (present/absent) and scientific name. Issues with the dataset can be reported at https://github.com/inbo/muskrat-uvw-occurrences/issues

We have released this dataset to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver. We would appreciate it if you follow the INBO norms for data use (https://www.inbo.be/en/norms-data-use) when using the data. If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don't hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via opendata@inbo.be.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Life MICA is an international cooperation with the goal to reduce coypu and muskrat population to a manageable size in order to prevent damage to waterways, biodiversity and plant life. This datasets contains the catches in Germany

Sampling

Data is collected by volunteers and recorded in a Google.sheet

Quality Control

Data are collected in the field by specialized trappers

Method steps

Data are collected in the field by specialized trappers and recorded in a Google sheet
An R script script is created to map the original data to Darwin Core as occurrence Core
The Darwin Core text file (occurrence.txt) is uploaded in the INBO IPT and documented with metadata
The dataset is published and registered with GBIF

Taxonomic Coverages

The target species for this dataset are Ondatra zibethicus, Procyon lotor and Myocastor coypus

Animalia
rank: kingdom
Vertebrata
rank: phylum
Mammalia
rank: class
Rodentia
rank: order
Cricetidae
rank: family
Ondatra zibethicus
rank: species
Myocastoridae
rank: family
Myocastor coypus
rank: species
Carnivora
rank: order
Procyonidae
rank: family
Procyon lotor
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Mica project areas in Germany: Lake Dümmer, Aschau Teiche, Vechtegebied

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Friederike Gethoeffer
originator
Institut für Terrestrische und Aquatische Wildtierforschung (ITAW)
DE
email: Friederike.Gethoeffer@tiho-hannover.de
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1092-6099

Dimitri Brosens
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)/ Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
email: dimitri.brosens@inbo.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116

Emma Cartuyvels
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
email: emma.cartuyvels@inbo.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7856-6360

Lilja Fromme
originator
Institut für Terrestrische und Aquatische Wildtierforschung (ITAW)
DE
email: lilja.fromme@tiho-hannover.de

Lilja Fromme
metadata author
Institut für Terrestrische und Aquatische Wildtierforschung (ITAW)
DE
email: lilja.fromme@tiho-hannover.de

Dimitri Brosens
metadata author
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) / Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
email: dimitri.brosens@inbo.be
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9116

Friederike Gethöffer
administrative point of contact
Institut für Terrestrische und Aquatische Wildtierforschung (ITAW)
DE
email: Friederike.Gethoeffer@tiho-hannover.de
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1092-6099