Description
Within the framework of the Project “Monitoring Program development for species and habitat types of EU interest” within the Operational Programme “Competitiveness and Cohesion” (OPCC) project “Development of Monitoring Systems for Species and Habitat Types” Lot 4: Development of a monitoring program for bats with capacity building of stakeholders in the monitoring and reporting system“ old data were collected and validated and new data on the abundance and distribution of bats were gathered. New data were collected using methods described in the proposed monitoring program, aiming to test adequacy for long-term monitoring of species to evaluate its conservation status. This dataset includes occurrences of bats from 1995 till 2023.
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 12,403 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
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
MEPGT-IEN (2024). Project OPKK Monitoring Bats - occurrence data collected for the development of monitoring programs 1995-2023. Version 1.0. Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt-bioatlas.bioportal.hr/resource?r=sismisi_opkk_javnost_upload&v=1.0
Rights
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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
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6930-3371
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Geographic Coverage
Republic of Croatia
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [0, 0], North East [46.5, 19.403] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Class | Mammalia |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1995-04-09 / 2023-07-12 |
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Project Data
Within the framework of the Project “Monitoring Program development for species and habitat types of EU interest” within the Operational Programme “Competitiveness and Cohesion” (OPCC) project “Development of Monitoring Systems for Species and Habitat Types” Lot 4 : Development of a monitoring program for bats with capacity building of stakeholders in the monitoring and reporting system“ old data were collected and validated and new data on the abundance and distribution of bats were gathered. New data were collected using methods described in the proposed monitoring program, aiming to test adequacy for long-term monitoring of species to evaluate its conservation status. This dataset includes occurrences of bats from 1995 till 2023.
| Title | “Monitoring Program development for species and habitat types of EU interest” within the Operational Programme “Competitiveness and Cohesion” (OPCC) project “Development of Monitoring Systems for Species and Habitat Types” Lot 4: Development of a monitoring program for bats with capacity building of stakeholders in the monitoring and reporting system“ |
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| Funding | EU |
| Study Area Description | Republic of Croatia |
Sampling Methods
Within the project framework of "Development of monitoring system for the conservation status of species and habitat types", the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of the Republic of Croatia engaged Geonatura Ltd. to develop a monitoring programme for 33 resident bat species in Croatia. Its main purpose is to provide data and estimations for reporting on species conservation status (SCS) to the EU under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive. All bat data collected form 1995 till 2022 were validated with strict procedure and new data with sampling methodology prescribed were collected during 2022 and 2023. Methodology for bat monitoring and methodology used to estimate parameters for bat SCS assessment was tested, although there is still insufficient data for robust analyses for most species. Collection and validation of literature data included evaluation of previously used data for SCS assessment and additional bat observations from 91 expert studies, reports, scientific papers and other sources. Field surveys were conducted to collect additional data and test proposed monitoring methods at 386 sites from January 2022 until July 2023. Basic monitoring methods included winter and summer roost surveys, mist netting, acoustic surveys using ultrasound detectors through continuous bat activity monitoring and during mist netting. Additional methods included roost surveys during seasonal migrations, monitoring using camera traps, molecular analyses and random observations. Rough estimation of parameters for SCS assessment, especially threats with lack of systematic conservation measures, suggest most species are in an unfavourable – inadequate (U1) or unfavourable – bad (U2) conservation status. Future challenges in successful monitoring lie in a series of preconditions that must be met. It is crucial to ensure continuous implemetation of filed monitoring programme, appoint a monitoring coordinator, set up an and maintain appropriate database and enable further additions to the monitoring programme. Further efforts should be made to standardize the methodology of data collection, and especially evaluation criteria and assessment of species conservation status between Member States.
| Study Extent | Republic of Croatia |
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| Quality Control | Key Experts validated all bat occurrence data. |
Method step description:
- Collection and validation of literature data included evaluation of previously used data for SCS assessment and additional bat observations from 91 expert studies, reports, scientific papers and other sources. Field surveys were conducted to collect additional data and test proposed monitoring methods at 386 sites from January 2022 until July 2023. Key Experts validated all bat occurrence data. All data were standardized in unique xlsx table.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | https://ipt-bioatlas.bioportal.hr/resource?r=sismisi_opkk_javnost_upload |
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