Dataset specification
- Title: BioBasis Zackenberg - Mammals - Lemming nest abundance
- Description: Annual data on lemming winter nest numbers, including signs of predation and breeding, within the designated lemming 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/WJQB-X013 - https://doi.org/10.17897/WJQB-X013
- Location/site: Lemming census area - -20.57, 74.47 (lon-lat wgs84)
- Date span of the dataset: 1996-01-01 - 2022-08-26
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/WJQB-X013
Variables measured / columns in dataset
| ID | Name | Unit | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/WJQB-X013&column=Date | Date | Date | Date | Date of census |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/WJQB-X013&column=Nest+ID | Nest ID | Number | Number | Running nest ID |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/WJQB-X013&column=Easting | Easting | M | Number | Position UTM East |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/WJQB-X013&column=Northing | Northing | M | Number | Position UTM North |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/WJQB-X013&column=Nest+type | Nest type | Text | Text | New or old nest |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/WJQB-X013&column=Nest+size | Nest size | Text | Text | Size category of the nest |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/WJQB-X013&column=Nest+place | Nest place | Text | Text | The position of the nest |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/WJQB-X013&column=Breeding | Breeding | Text | Text | Signs of breeding |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/WJQB-X013&column=Predation | Predation | Text | Text | Signs of predation |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/WJQB-X013&column=Area2007 | Area2007 | Text | Text | Nest located inside or outside the 2007 reduced census area |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/WJQB-X013&column=Area1996 | Area1996 | Text | Text | Nest located inside or outside the original 1996 reduced census area |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/WJQB-X013&column=Field_remarks | Field_remarks | Text | Text | Remarks from the field observer |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/WJQB-X013&column=General_remarks | General_remarks | Text | Text | General remarks |