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

Lilja Fromme1, Dimitri Brosens2, Emma  Cartuyvels3

1 Institut für Terrestrische und Aquatische Wildtierforschung (ITAW), , Germany; 2 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)/ Belgian Biodiversity Platform, , Belgium; 3 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), , Belgium

Corresponding author(s): Lilja Fromme (lilja.fromme@tiho-hannover.de)Dimitri Brosens (dimitri.brosens@inbo.be)Emma  Cartuyvels (emma.cartuyvels@inbo.be )

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Resource Citation

Fromme L, Brosens D, Cartuyvels E (2021): Mica - Muskrat, Raccoon and Coypu occurrences collected by ITAW in Germany. v1.0. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=mica-itaw-occurrences&v=1.0

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Occurrence, Occurrence, animal damage‚  biodiversity‚  public awareness campaign‚  flood protection‚  pest control‚  damage prevention‚  flood control

Project details

Project title: https://lifemica.eu/
Personnel: Emma Cartuyvels
Funding: EU
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Flanders, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany
Design description: Registration of trapped muskrats and coypus is essential to monitor the population and the effectiveness of eradication campaigns. Both the Netherlands and Flanders have set up a registration system for monitoring trapped muskrats and coypus. Data from these applications, together with data from a new application in Germany will be consolidated in one place. This dataset will be made accessible in a purposely build dashboard.

Registration of trapped muskrats and coypus is essential to monitor the population and the effectiveness of eradication campaigns. Data of sightings and tracks of both species can be used to increase local trapping effort. It can be also used for the identification of sites where to implement the innovative methods developed in this project. Apart from the target species, it is also important to include observations of non-target species to minimize bycatches in the future.

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=mica-itaw-occurrences

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The target species for this dataset are Ondatra zibethicus, Procyon lotor and Myocastor coypus

Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia, Carnivora
Family: Cricetidae, Myocastoridae, Procyonidae
Species: Ondatra zibethicus, Myocastor coypus, Procyon lotor

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Mica project areas in Germany: Lake Dümmer, Aschau Teiche, Vechtegebied
Coordinates: 52°27'0''N and 52°45'36''N Latitude; 8°16'48''E and 10°16'12''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: October 12, 2019 - August 5, 2021

Methods

Method step description: 
- . 	Data are collected in the field by specialized trappers
- . 	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
Study extent description: 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 description: Data is collected by volunteers and recorded in a Google.sheet
Quality control description: Data are collected in the field by specialized trappers

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Mica - Muskrat, Raccoon and Coypu occurrences collected by ITAW in Germany
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.inbo.be/archive.do?r=mica-itaw-occurrences
Publication date of data: 2021-09-24
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2020-12-10
Hierarchy level: Dataset