Cave species occurrence data from the nature protection sector

Occurrence
Latest version published by Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition on Aug 19, 2025 Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition

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Description

The dataset contains both presence and absence occurrence records of cave species from Croatia, reported by various elements of the nature protection sector.

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 29,280 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:

MEPGT-IEN (2025). Cave species occurrence data from the nature protection sector. Version 2.2. Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.71531/elkoxy

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

MEPGT-IEN
  • Originator
Institute for Environment and Nature, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition
Radnička cesta 80
10000 Zagreb
HR
Luka Katušić
  • Point Of Contact
Institute for Environment and Nature, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition
Radnička cesta 80
10000 Zagreb
HR
01/5502-950

Geographic Coverage

Republic of Croatia

Bounding Coordinates South West [42.147, 13.14], North East [46.604, 19.446]

Project Data

No Description available

Title Cave species occurrence data gathered through various projects, e.g. financed by the public institutions for management of protected areas of nature, various literature and other sources.

Sampling Methods

The occurrence records are the result of various projects, with differing sampling methodologies. These can be found in the reports for each project, denoted by the associated references.

Study Extent Whole of Croatia

Method step description:

  1. See the corresponding associated references for details.

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 10.71531/elkoxy
https://ipt-bioatlas.bioportal.hr/resource?r=cave_fauna