Skandobs

Data as a DwC-A file	download 21,196 records in Norwegian (2 MB) - Update frequency: weekly
Metadata as an EML file	download in English (7 KB)
Metadata as an RTF file	download in English (6 KB)

Description

Observations from the Norwegian tracking system for lynx, wolverine, brown bear and wolf. In this database everyone can register observations of tracks, signs or sightings of large carnivores in Scandinavia.

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 21,196 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.

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:

Rovdata (2016): Skandobs. v1. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.nina.no/ipt/resource?r=skandobs_no&v=1.0

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 9ea87732-b88e-488d-a02b-3dc6e9b885e0. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Norway.

Keywords

Occurrence; Skandobs; lynx; wolverine; brown bear; wolf; large carnivores; Occurrence

Contacts

Roald Vang

Metadata Provider ●
Originator

Norsk institutt for naturforskning

Trondheim

rv@nina.no

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4006-8689

Jonas Kindberg

Point Of Contact

Section Manager

Rovdata

rovdata@rovdata.no

Geographic Coverage

Norway

Bounding Coordinates	South West [58.11, 5.021], North East [70.865, 30.932]

Taxonomic Coverage

Large carnivores, Lynx, Brown bear, Wolf, Wolverine

Order	Carnivora (Large carnivores)

Temporal Coverage

Formation Period	2001-Current

Additional Metadata

http://www.rovdata.no/

Purpose	Rovdata is responsible for operating, communicating and developing the Norwegian Large Predator Monitoring Program. We collect, analyse, and report monitoring data on the Eurasian lynx, wolverine, brown bear, wolf and golden eagle.
Maintenance Description	The data is updated weekly with new observations
Alternative Identifiers	9ea87732-b88e-488d-a02b-3dc6e9b885e0
	https://ipt.nina.no/resource?r=skandobs_no