Dataset specification
- Title: BioBasis Zackenberg - Mammals - Arctic hare abundance
- Description: Data on arctic hare numbers within the designated hare census area. 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/BCWF-K310 - https://doi.org/10.17897/BCWF-K310
- Location/site: Hare census area - -20.57, 74.47 (lon-lat wgs84)
- Date span of the dataset: 2001-07-02 - 2022-08-25
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/BCWF-K310
Variables measured / columns in dataset
| ID | Name | Unit | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/BCWF-K310&column=Date | Date | Date | Date | Date of census |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/BCWF-K310&column=Easting | Easting | M | Number | Position UTM 27X East |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/BCWF-K310&column=Northing | Northing | M | Number | Position UTM 27X North |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/BCWF-K310&column=Start_hour | Start_hour | Hour | Time | Start hour of the census (UTC) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/BCWF-K310&column=End_hour | End_hour | Hour | Time | End hour of the census (UTC) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/BCWF-K310&column=Field_remarks | Field_remarks | Text | Text | Remarks from the field observer |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/BCWF-K310&column=General_remarks | General_remarks | Text | Text | General remarks to the census |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/BCWF-K310&column=Group_ID | Group_ID | Number | Number | Field group ID number |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/BCWF-K310&column=Group_size | Group_size | Number | Number | Number of arctic hares in group |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/BCWF-K310&column=Cloud_cover | Cloud_cover | X/8 | Number | The estimated cloud cover (in x/8) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/BCWF-K310&column=Min_visibility | Min_visibility | Km | Number | The minimum visibility (Km); 99 indicates unlimited |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/BCWF-K310&column=Max_visibility | Max_visibility | Km | Number | The maximum visibility (Km); 99 indicates unlimited |