Meetnetten.be - Site counts for butterflies in Flanders, Belgium

Details

Meetnetten.be - Site counts for butterflies in Flanders, Belgium is a sampling event dataset published by the Research Institute of Nature and Forest (INBO). It is part of the Meetnetten.be suite of monitoring networks for priority species in Flanders, in which data are collected at fixed locations using a standardized protocol (https://meetnetten.be). This dataset contains site counts for 2 priority butterfly species, as well as other butterflies observed during sampling. Here it is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each sampling event an eventID, date, location and sampling protocol (in the event core), the cloudiness, temperature, and wind force at the time of the event (in the measurement or fact extension) and for each occurrence an occurrenceID, the number of recorded individuals, status (present/absent) and scientific name (in the occurrence extension). Issues with the dataset can be reported at https://github.com/inbo/meetnetten-occurrences/issues

Date available	06/06/2020
Tijdelijke dekking periode	01/01/2016 - 31/12/2018
Geographical coverage	Flanders

Teams

• Datamanagement
• Species Diversity
• Open science lab for biodiversity
• Biometry, Methodology and Quality Assurance
• Management Team

INBO Research theme(s)

• Protected nature
• Data & infrastructure

Taxonomic List

• butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera)

Policy related

• monitoring network for policy support