Sapo National Park Bio-monitoring Data

Benedictus Freeman1, Matthew Varney2

1 Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1301 West 24th Street, 66046, Lawrence, United States; 2 Fauna & Flora International, Liberia, Congo Town, 1000, Monrovia, Liberia

Corresponding author(s): Benedictus Freeman (benedictusfreeman@gmail.com), Matthew Varney (matthew.varney@fauna-flora.org )

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

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&amp;v=1.1

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation

Project details

Project title: Building Capacity for Biodiversity Data Mobilization and Conservation in Liberia
Personnel: Benedictus  Freeman
Funding: This project is funded by the European Union Commission and GBIF.
Study area descriptions/descriptor: 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.

Data published through GBIF: http://197.189.235.147:8080/iptliberia/resource?r=sapobiomon

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Mammals, Birds
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Aves, Mammalia, Reptilia, Mollusca
Common names: Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, Molluscs

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Sapo National Park
Coordinates: 5°16'46.86''N and 5°33'1.37''N Latitude; 8°41'14.78''W and 8°23'17.02''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 2014 - 2015

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Sapo National Park Bio-monitoring Data
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://197.189.235.147:8080/iptliberia/archive.do?r=sapobiomon
Publication date of data: 2018-08-14
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-08-10
Hierarchy level: Dataset