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Waterbirds of the Botanic Garden Meise

Dataset homepage

Citation

Groom Q (2019). Waterbirds of the Botanic Garden Meise. Version 3.6. Botanic Garden Meise. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/cgffyq accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-02-25.

Description

Counts of feral geese and coots from the Botanic Garden Meise recorded as part of a project on the habitat preferences of these birds.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The Botanic Garden Meise

Sampling

counts of waterbirds in defined areas within the botanic garden. Birds are counted between 12:00 and 13:00 CET (Winter) and CEST (Summer) only on weekdays. Counts of absences are also recorded, but not available here.

Method steps

  1. Geese are counted based upon four standard routes around the garden that are chosen at random each day. For details of the routes see the map at the reference below... Quentin Groom. (2019, January 1). A map describing routes used in goose monitoring at Meise Botanic Garden. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2529725
  2. Details of each survey area are available at this data deposit. Quentin Groom. (2019). Goose monitoring data from the Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium [Data set]. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2529723

Additional info

Absence data is also available upon request.

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Branta canadensis
    common name: Canada goose rank: species
  2. Branta leucopsis
    common name: barnacle goose rank: species
  3. Anser anser
    common name: greylag goose rank: species
  4. Alopochen aegyptiaca
    common name: Egyptian goose rank: species
  5. Fulica atra
    common name: Eurasian coot rank: species

Geographic Coverages

The grounds of the Botanic Garden Meise

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Quentin Groom
originator
Botanic Garden Meise
Bouchout Domain, Nieuwelaan 38
Meise
1860
Vlaams-Brabant
BE
email: quentin.groom@plantentuinmeise.be
homepage: http://www.plantentuinmeise.be/
Quentin Groom
metadata author
Botanic Garden Meise
Bouchout Domain, Nieuwelaan 38
Meise
1860
Vlaams-Brabant
BE
email: quentin.groom@plantentuinmeise.be
homepage: http://www.plantentuinmeise.be/
distributor
Botanic Garden Meise
Meise
BE
Quentin Groom
administrative point of contact
Botanic Garden Meise
Bouchout Domain, Nieuwelaan 38
Meise
1860
Vlaams-Brabant
BE
email: quentin.groom@plantentuinmeise.be
homepage: http://www.plantentuinmeise.be/
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