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Annual estimates of occupancy for bryophytes, lichens and invertebrates in the UK (1970-2015)

This dataset provides annual estimates of species occupancy and species trend estimates in the form of growth rates for 5,293 UK invertebrate, bryophyte and lichen species for the period 1970 to 2015. Estimates are provided at the country level for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as for the UK and Great Britain (GB) where possible. These data were generated using observations of species collated by UK recording schemes and societies as the input data for a Bayesian occupancy model. The outputs resulting from this modelling framework are presented in three forms: • 1000 samples from the modelled posterior distribution of the proportion of occupied sites for each species for each year and for each region analysed. • Summary tables from the model outputs detailing mean occupancy and associated statistics including credible intervals and rhat measure of convergence. • Derived species trend estimates in the form of annual percentage growth rates. Annual estimates derived from fine-grained data (1x1km squares) have not been determined for this set of species before, making this a unique dataset that broadens knowledge on UK biodiversity change. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/0ec7e549-57d4-4e2d-b2d3-2199e1578d84

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Date (Publication)
2019-03-01
Citation identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/0ec7e549-57d4-4e2d-b2d3-2199e1578d84
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doi: / 10.5285/0ec7e549-57d4-4e2d-b2d3-2199e1578d84
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Outhwaite, C.L., Powney, G.D., August, T.A., Chandler, R.E., Rorke, S., Pescott, O., Harvey, M., Roy, H.E., Fox, R., Walker, K., Roy, D.B., Alexander, K., Ball, S., Bantock, T., Barber, T., Beckmann, B.C., Cook, T., Flanagan, J., Fowles, A., Hammond, P., Harvey, P., Hepper, D., Hubble, D., Kramer, J., Lee, P., MacAdam, C., Morris, R., Norris, A., Palmer, S., Plant, C., Simkin, J., Stubbs, A., Sutton, P., Telfer, M., Wallace, I., Isaac, N.J.B. (2019). Annual estimates of occupancy for bryophytes, lichens and invertebrates in the UK (1970-2015) . NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/0ec7e549-57d4-4e2d-b2d3-2199e1578d84

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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, University College London (UCL)

Outwaite, C.

charlotte.outhwaite.14@ucl.ac.uk

Point of contact
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Isaac, N.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

collaborator
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Outhwaite, C.L.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Powney, G.D.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

August, T.A.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
University College London Chandler, R.E.

r.chandler@ucl.ac.uk

Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Rorke, S.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Pescott, O.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Harvey, M.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Roy, H.E.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
Butterfly Conservation Fox, R.

rfox@butterfly-conservation.org

Author
Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

Walker, K.

kevin.walker@bsbi.org

Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Roy, D.B.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author

Soldier Beetles, Jewel Beetles and Glow-worms Recording Scheme

Alexander, K.

keith.alexander@waitrose.com

Author

Dipterists Forum, Hoverfly Recording Scheme

Ball, S.

stuart.ball@dsl.pipex.com

Author

Terrestrial Heteroptera Recording Scheme

Bantock, T.

tristanba@googlemail.com

Author

British Myriapod and Isopod Group

Barber, T.

tonydbarber@uk2.net

Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Beckmann, B.C.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author

Aquatic Heteroptera Recording Scheme

Cook, T.

tony.cook20@btinternet.com

Author

Terrestrial Heteroptera Recording Scheme

Flanagan, J.

jimflanagan@btopenworld.com

Author

Weevil and Bark Beetle Recording Scheme

Fowles, A.

a.fowles@btinternet.com

Author

Staphylinidae Recording Scheme

Hammond, P.

peter.m.hammond@talktalk.net

Author

British Arachnological Society

Harvey, P.

grayspeterharvey@gmail.com

Author
British Dragonfly Society

Hepper, D.

david.hepper@local-software.co.uk

Author

Chrysomelidae Recording Scheme

Hubble, D.

dshubble@yahoo.com

Author

Cranefly Recording Scheme

Kramer, J.

john.kramer@btinternet.com

Author

British Myriapod and Isopod Group

Lee, P.

arachne2222@aol.com

Author

Riverfly Recording Scheme

MacAdam, C.

craig.macadam@buglife.org.uk

Author

Hoverfly Recording Scheme

Morris, R.

roger.morris@dsl.pipex.com

Author

Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Norris, A.

AdrianXNorris@aol.com

Author

Gelechiid Recording Scheme

Palmer, S.

s.palmer12@btopenworld.com

Author

Lacewings and Allies Recording Scheme

Plant, C.

cpauk1@ntlworld.com

Author

British Lichen Society

Simkin, J.

janetsimkin@btinternet.com

Author

Cranefly Recording Scheme

Stubbs, A.

alan.stubbs@buglife.org.uk

Author

Grasshoppers and Related Insects Recording Scheme

Sutton, P.

petersutton@freeuk.com

Author

Ground Beetle Recording Scheme

Telfer, M.

mark.g.telfer@btinternet.com

Author

Riverfly Recording Schemes

Wallace, I.

Ian.Wallace@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Author
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Isaac, N.J.B.

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Author
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

Custodian
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

Publisher
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Owner
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned

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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Outhwaite, C.L., Powney, G.D., August, T.A., Chandler, R.E., Rorke, S., Pescott, O., Harvey, M., Roy, H.E., Fox, R., Walker, K., Roy, D.B., Alexander, K., Ball, S., Bantock, T., Barber, T., Beckmann, B.C., Cook, T., Flanagan, J., Fowles, A., Hammond, P., Harvey, P., Hepper, D., Hubble, D., Kramer, J., Lee, P., MacAdam, C., Morris, R., Norris, A., Palmer, S., Plant, C., Simkin, J., Stubbs, A., Sutton, P., Telfer, M., Wallace, I., Isaac, N.J.B. (2019). Annual estimates of occupancy for bryophytes, lichens and invertebrates in the UK (1970-2015) . NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/0ec7e549-57d4-4e2d-b2d3-2199e1578d84

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Text, table
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1000  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Language
English
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Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
Begin date
1970-01-01
End date
2015-12-31
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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

info@eidc.ac.uk

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https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/0ec7e549-57d4-4e2d-b2d3-2199e1578d84.zip

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https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/datastore/eidchub/0ec7e549-57d4-4e2d-b2d3-2199e1578d84

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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

These data were generated using observations of species occurrence as the input data for a Bayesian occupancy model. The modelling framework implemented was based on that developed to improve precision of occupancy estimates when using biological records type data (Outhwaite et al., 2018; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.05.010). This allowed the estimation of species occupancy for the largest set of UK species to date. The input data used for this study consisted of species occurrence data collated from 29 UK recording schemes and societies. These data are presence only data that consist of a record of a species at a known time and location. Where possible, these input data were supplemented with additional occurrence data in the same form from the Biological Records Centre database and the wildlife recording app iRecord ( https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/) These input datasets were then standardized according to the requirements of the model and to desired coverage. Observations of species had to meet the following criteria to be included in the final input dataset: - Date of the record known to the day - Location of the record known to 1x1km square precision - Record was from 1970 onwards - The location of the record was in the UK (strictly England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) Species names were checked with guidance from the scheme organisers, duplicate records were then removed from the dataset. The occupancy modelling framework used here was based on the random walk model tested by Outhwaite et al., 2018. Alterations made to the modelling framework include country level year effects in the state model and a categorical specification of list length in the detection model. For a complete description of the model and the changes implemented, see the associated data paper.

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dataset

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2025-03-21T13:23:25
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UK GEMINI
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

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