Dataset specification
- Title: BioBasis Zackenberg - Mammals - Arctic fox reproduction
- Description: Annual data on arctic fox reproduction in known breeding dens. For further details, please refer to the newest BioBasis manual available at the website. Mammals:Mammals BioBasis Zackenberg:The BioBasis programme monitors the dynamics of organisms and biological processes in the terrestrial and limnic ecosystems at Zackenberg and Nuuk. The BioBasis programme plays a central role in the development and implementation of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme (CBMP) http://www.caff.is/monitoring across the Arctic.
- DOI: 10.17897/4GTK-B887 - https://doi.org/10.17897/4GTK-B887
- Location/site: Arctic fox breeding dens - -20.57, 74.47 (lon-lat wgs84)
- Date span of the dataset: 1996 - 2021
Data originator, license and how to download the dataset
The dataset is a product of the Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring program (GEM): https://grid.ac/institutes/grid.507580.f. It is free and open data, licensed with terms of use under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ When downloading you will automatically get a terms of use document, describing how to cite the data and other important information.
Download the dataset via this link (registration needed): http://data.g-e-m.dk/log-in/data-tables?doi=10.17897/4GTK-B887
Variables measured / columns in dataset
| ID | Name | Unit | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/4GTK-B887&column=General_remarks | General_remarks | Text | Text | General remarks to the census |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/4GTK-B887&column=Den_ID | Den_ID | Text | Text | Name of arctic fox den |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/4GTK-B887&column=Easting | Easting | M | Number | Position UTM 27X East |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/4GTK-B887&column=Northing | Northing | M | Number | Position UTM 27X North |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/4GTK-B887&column=Active | Active | Text | Text | Whether breeding was verified in the den or not (YES/NO) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/4GTK-B887&column=MaxPupsWhite | MaxPupsWhite | Number | Number | The maximum number of white pups observed |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/4GTK-B887&column=MaxPupsBlue | MaxPupsBlue | Number | Number | The maximum number of blue pups observed |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/4GTK-B887&column=WeanedPupsWhite | WeanedPupsWhite | Number | Number | The estimed number of weaned white pups |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/4GTK-B887&column=WeanedPupsBlue | WeanedPupsBlue | Number | Number | The estimed number of weaned blue pups |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/4GTK-B887&column=VisitsTotal | VisitsTotal | Number | Number | Number of visits to the fox den or den complex in total |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/4GTK-B887&column=VisitsAfterJuly15th | VisitsAfterJuly15th | Number | Number | Number of visits to the fox den or den complex after July 15th |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/4GTK-B887&column=Year | Year | Number | Number | Year of census |