Description
Counts of birds (non Passerines and crow) using vehicle-based transect along the Beach of the Natural Space of Doñana.
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 99 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
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Mañez M, Rodriguez C (2023). Bird census at the beach of Doñana Natural Space. Version 2.7. Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC). Samplingevent dataset. https://doi.org/10.15470/z6dyzs
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC). 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: 9a57e938-3616-4f8c-985a-c9b66e7a1347. Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Spain.
Keywords
Samplingevent; species composition; relative abundance; endangered species; macrofauna; census; biodiversity; Puffinus mauretanicus; Larus audouinii.; Samplingevent
Contacts
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3696-3496
Geographic Coverage
The Beach of the Natural Space of Doñana.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [36.805, -6.529], North East [36.982, -6.347] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Shore birds.
| Species | Actitis hypoleucos, Alca torda, Anas acuta, Anas clypeata, Anas crecca, Anas penelope, Anas strepera, Apus sp, Ardea cinerea, Arenaria interpres, Calidris alba, Calidris alpina, Charadrius alexandrinus, Charadrius dubius, Charadrius hiaticula, Chlidonias hybrida, Chlidonias niger, Chroicocephalus genei, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Circus cyaneus, Corvus corax, Egretta garzetta, Falco peregrinus, Falco tinnunculus, Haematopus ostralegus, Himantopus himantopus, Hydroprogne caspia, Larus argentatus, Larus audouinii, Larus fuscus, Larus marinus, Larus melanocephalus, Larus michahellis, Limosa lapponica, Melanitta nigra, Mergus serrator, Milvus migrans, Morus bassanus, Numenius arquata, Numenius phaeopus Pandion haliaetus, Phalacrocorax carbo, Philomachus pugnax, Pluvialis apricaria, Pluvialis squatarola, Puffinus yelkouan, Recurvirostra avosetta, Stercorarius parasiticus, Stercorarius skua, Sterna bengalensis, Sterna hirundo, Sterna paradisaea, Sterna sandvicensis, Sternula albifrons, Tringa totanus |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1993-01-01 / 1993-12-31 |
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Sampling Methods
The band census method is applied along the National Park beach in Southeast-Northwest direction. Transect is conducted at constant speed (10-20 km/h) during the morning low tide. This allows higher visibility (sunlight coming from the back). Stops were made when necessary (counting or identification). Wind speed (6 categories from calm to gale), wind direction, sky conditions (6 categories from sunny to rainy), and sea conditions (6 categories from calm to very rough).
| Study Extent | Protected in 1968, Doñana National Park (537 km2) is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, a Ramsar Site and a Natural World Heritage Site. The site contains 25 km-long dune ecosystem and its respective shoreline along which the band census method was applied monthly during one year. |
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| Quality Control | Each identification (scientific name) is matched against the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy as a quality control to make sure that each identification is correct. |
Method step description:
- Conduct 29km transect driving in 4x4 vehicle at constant speed (10-20 km/h) monthly between days 10 and 20 looking for the best morning low tide.
- Divide transect into three sections 13.5km (CAMA), 7.5km (MAZA), and 8km (ZACA) by using the easily recognisable reference points of Zalabar and Carbonero watchtowers. CAMA means Carbonero-Matalascañas (the beach resort), MAZA means Malandar-Zalabar (Malandar is the name of the point where the river joins the ocean), and ZACA means Zalabar-Carbonero (the two watchtowers). Considering that maximum width of the beach is around 300m, these transects cover 4 km2, 2.1 km2, and 2.4 km2, respectively
- For each section (of transect), for each bird (non Passerines and crow) species observed, record its name and number of individuals counted, stopping the car when necessary.
- For each section (of transect), record wind speed (6 categories from calm to gale), wind direction, sky conditions (6 categories from sunny to rainy), and sea conditions (6 categories from calm to very rough).
- Match each identification (scientific name) against the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy as a quality control, and augment each identification with the matching species' higher taxonomy.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | doi:10.15470/z6dyzs |
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| http://data.lter-europe.net/deims/dataset/2a0762f2-4630-11e3-aeb9-005056ab003f | |
| 9a57e938-3616-4f8c-985a-c9b66e7a1347 | |
| https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=donana |