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Sapo National Park Bio-monitoring Data

Latest version published by Forestry Development Authority on Aug 14, 2018 Forestry Development Authority

These data were collected as part of a bi-annual biomonitoring program implemented by the Forestry Development Authority of Liberia in collaboration with Fauna & Flora International in Sapo National Park, Liberia. Data are collected along a system of 90 predefined 2 km each line transects across the park.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 3,373 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Downloads

Download the latest version of this resource data as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) or the resource metadata as EML or RTF:

Data as a DwC-A file download 3,373 records in English (75 KB) - Update frequency: unknown
Metadata as an EML file download in English (7 KB)
Metadata as an RTF file download in English (7 KB)

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Freeman B (2018): Sapo National Park Bio-monitoring Data. v1.1. Fauna & Flora International and Forestry Development Authority. Dataset/Occurrence. http://197.189.235.147:8080/iptliberia/resource?r=sapobiomon&v=1.1

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Forestry Development Authority. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 43f9dcb0-80e1-40ec-906f-93a186e993b2.  Forestry Development Authority publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Benedictus Freeman
PhD student
Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas 1301 West 24th Street 66046 Lawrence KS US 2674075623

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Matthew Varney
Biomonitoring Coordinator
Fauna & Flora International, Liberia Congo town 1000 Monrovia montserrado LR

Who filled in the metadata:

Matthew Varney
Biomonitoring Coordinator
Fauna & Flora International, Liberia Congo Town 1000 Monrovia LR

Geographic Coverage

Sapo National Park

Bounding Coordinates South West [5.28, -8.687], North East [5.55, -8.388]

Taxonomic Coverage

Mammals, Birds

Class  Aves (Birds),  Mammalia (Mammals),  Reptilia (Reptiles),  Mollusca (Molluscs)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2014-01-01 / 2015-01-01

Project Data

The project seeks to build the capacity of Liberian biodiversity data collectors, academic institutions, government agencies and other stakeholders to mobilize, process and conserve Liberia’s biodiversity data in standard data sharing formats (Darwin Core) to be published and accessed by national and international data users.

Title Building Capacity for Biodiversity Data Mobilization and Conservation in Liberia
Identifier BID-AF2017-0168-SMA
Funding This project is funded by the European Union Commission and GBIF.
Study Area Description Data mobilized from this project covered all taxa in Liberia from mainly observational studies.
Design Description The project goal is to mobilize and publish Liberian biodiversity data.

The personnel involved in the project:

Originator
Benedictus Freeman

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 43f9dcb0-80e1-40ec-906f-93a186e993b2
http://197.189.235.147:8080/iptliberia/resource?r=sapobiomon