FORMICA_LEPIDOPTERA - Lepidoptera along edge-to-core transects in open and dense forests in the framework of the Forest Microclimate Assessment (FORMICA) project

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Description

FORMICA_LEPIDOPTERA is a sampling event dataset published by Ghent University. It contains information on 128 sampling events with 1595 validated occurrences of macro-moths in 2020. These data were gathered as part of the research conducted by Vangansebeke et al. (in preparation). Issues with the dataset can be reported at https://github.com/inbo/fornalab-datasets/issues.

We have released this dataset to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver. If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don't hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata.

This sampling took place in the framework of the Forest Microclimate Assessment (<a href="https://formica.ugent.be/">FORMICA</a>) project and was funded by the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant FORMICA 757833). This dataset was published with technical support provided by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO).

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 128 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

128

1586

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Vangansbeke P, De Smedt P, Mestdagh C, De Frenne P, Govaert S (2024). FORMICA_LEPIDOPTERA - Lepidoptera along edge-to-core transects in open and dense forests in the framework of the Forest Microclimate Assessment (FORMICA) project. Version 1.2. Ghent University. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=formica_lepidoptera&v=1.2

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Ghent University. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 4dbc1693-2dff-4d6c-9d42-30f816f8f264. Ghent University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.