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Annual abundance indices and trends for moths in Britain and Ireland from the Rothamsted Insect Survey light-trap network, 1968-2021, including country-level results for England, Scotland and Wales
The dataset contains annual abundance indices and trends in abundance for 477 species of moths (mostly macro-moths) estimated using the data collected by Rothamsted Insect Survey (RIS) from their light-trap network between the years 1968 and 2021. The abundance indices are trends calculated using Generalized Abundance Index (GAI) models. The trends are presented as Annual Growth Rates (AGR), and the total percentage changes over the time series for each species are also provided. The indices and trends include 95% confidence limits estimated via bootstrapping. Abundance indices and trends are presented for the entire network of traps across Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands, as well as country level analyses for England, Scotland, and Wales. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/75161449-1382-42a4-bb91-58835740cc75
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- Date (Publication)
- 2025-02-12
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/75161449-1382-42a4-bb91-58835740cc75
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/75161449-1382-42a4-bb91-58835740cc75
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Harrower, C.A., Bell, J.R., Botham, M.S., Fox, R., Kruger, T., Roy, D.B., Shortall, C.R., Isaac, N.J.B. (2025). Annual abundance indices and trends for moths in Britain and Ireland from the Rothamsted Insect Survey light-trap network, 1968-2021, including country-level results for England, Scotland and Wales. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/75161449-1382-42a4-bb91-58835740cc75
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Harrower, C.A.
Point of contact UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Harrower, C.A. Author Keele University Bell, J.R. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Botham, M.S. Author Butterfly Conservation Fox, R. Author Rothamsted Research Kruger, T.
Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Roy, D.B. Author Rothamsted Research Shortall, C.R. Author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Isaac, N.J.B. Author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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- Keywords
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- Biodiversity
- abundance
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England
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Scotland
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Wales
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Britain
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Ireland
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Channel Islands
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moth
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moth trends
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Rothamsted
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- no limitations
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Harrower, C.A., Bell, J.R., Botham, M.S., Fox, R., Kruger, T., Roy, D.B., Shortall, C.R., Isaac, N.J.B. (2025). Annual abundance indices and trends for moths in Britain and Ireland from the Rothamsted Insect Survey light-trap network, 1968-2021, including country-level results for England, Scotland and Wales. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/75161449-1382-42a4-bb91-58835740cc75
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- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 1968-01-01
- End date
- 2021-12-31
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- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/75161449-1382-42a4-bb91-58835740cc75 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/75161449-1382-42a4-bb91-58835740cc75.zip Supporting information
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dataset
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- Title
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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
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Moth count data from the light traps is submitted to Rothamsted Research where it undergoes some standard QA steps to check for species records are appropriate for the site and time of year. The Rothamsted moth count data was used to produce abundance indices and associated trends using Generalised Abundance Index GAI models. The analysis results were reviewed to exclude results for species showing pronounced issues, i.e. where the indices across a significant proportion of the time series had exceptionally wide confidence intervals and or were based on very sparse data.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 75161449-1382-42a4-bb91-58835740cc75 XML
- Metadata language
- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:25:26
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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