RHS rosemary beetle (Chrysolina americana) monitoring
Citation
Royal Horticultural Society (2017). RHS rosemary beetle (Chrysolina americana) monitoring. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/spnw1a accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-06-20.Description
The data set consists of records for the rosemary beetle (Chrysolina americana) for the UK gathered by the Royal Horticultural Society, from members of the Society and the general public.Sampling Description
Quality Control
Data quality is good, but coverage pre May 2008 is predominantly limited to Royal Horticultural Society members. Records are verified by Andrew Halstead, Andrew Salisbury, Anna Platoni or Hayley Jones based on samples or descriptions provided to the RHS Advisory Service or on the on-line form. Grid references are checked against site names.Method steps
- Records of the rosemary beetle have been collected via the Royal Horticultural Society Advisory Service (predominantly from RHS members) and from the general public via an on-line recording form on the project website http://www.rhs.org.uk/Science/Plant-pests/Rosemary-beetle or RHS web profile page https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=555.
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
The survey aims for UK and Ireland coverage. A majority of records are at 1km or better resolution.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorRoyal Horticultural Society
80 Vincent Square,
London,
SW1P 2PE
Telephone: 020 3176 5800
email: membership@rhs.org.uk
homepage: http://www.rhs.org.uk
metadata author
Royal Horticultural Society
80 Vincent Square,
London,
SW1P 2PE
Telephone: 020 3176 5800
email: membership@rhs.org.uk
homepage: http://www.rhs.org.uk
distributor
NBN Atlas
Broadway Business Centre, 32a Stoney Street, Lace Market
Nottingham
NG1 1LL
Nottinghamshire
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Andrew Salisbury
administrative point of contact
email: andrewsalisbury@rhs.org.uk