Description
The dataset contains sampling data of 100 pitfalls that were collected weekly in the Meijendel dune area from March 1953 until March 1960. The dataset contains more than 250 beetle species together with a number of mammal species. The research was done by the Animal Ecology and Plant Ecology group of Leiden University. In particular, drs. G.J. de Bruyn throughout the years has made much effort to empty the pitfalls, identify specimens. In addition, he acted as custodian of the specimen collections and archival records until these could be digitized.
Pitfalls were placed in groups of three in replicates of the same set of habitats, running along a gradient from open vegetation dominated by low vegetation (<5cm) and bare sand, through to various stands of woods, groves and shrub dominated vegetations. More details will be published as supplementary material in a data paper
Data Records
The data in this sampling event 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 37,770 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
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.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Biometris Wageningen Plant Science group. 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: 9d02b439-aa5c-4c22-b1d9-d27fbde9e3ee. Biometris Wageningen Plant Science group publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Netherlands Biodiversity Information Facility.
Keywords
Historical data; Dutch coastal dunes; Meijendel onderzoek
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Meijendel area, part of the Dutch dune system
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [52.113, 4.293], North East [52.147, 4.366] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Beetles and a few mammals.
| Order | Coleoptera (Beetles), Rodentia (Mice) |
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| Family | Soricidae (Shrews), Talpidae (Moles) |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1953-03-01 / 1960-03-10 |
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Project Data
Publishing historic data from the research carried out in 1953-1960 in the Meijendel part of the Dutch dune area.
| Title | Het digitaal beschikbaar maken van een historisch gegevensbestand uit de regio Meijendel. |
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| Identifier | nlbif2020.005 |
| Funding | NLBIF and Dunea |
| Study Area Description | see data paper: https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/90103/ |
| Design Description | see data paper: https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/90103/ |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Pitfalls without preservative. Emptied and collected once per week. Samples were stored in 70% alcohol and identified by researchers of the Animal Ecology group from the Leiden University in the years following the sampling program. Locations were recorded as Amersfoort coordinates.
| Study Extent | March 1953- March 1960 |
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| Quality Control | After digitization data was checked via row sums and column sums; when all files were digitized we checked the input once more by row and column sums. |
Method step description:
- Writing down the catches on paper (in the early 1970s), registering the catches in an excel file per species for all 7 years; and checking some parts of the resulting file in a random way.
- Writing an R program for getting the data in the right format for GBIF.
- Checking some parts of the resulting file in a random way.
Bibliographic Citations
- Gerrits G, Hemerik L (2022) Occurrence data on beetles (Coleoptera) collected in Dutch coastal dunes between 1953 and 1960. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e90103. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e90103 https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e90103
Additional Metadata
| Purpose | monitoring |
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| Maintenance Description | not planned |
| Alternative Identifiers | 9d02b439-aa5c-4c22-b1d9-d27fbde9e3ee |
| http://ipt.nlbif.nl/resource?r=biometris_meijendel_5360 |