Observations.be - Non-native species occurrences in Wallonia, Belgium
Citation
Paquet J, Bronne L, Reyserhove L, Desmet P (2024). Observations.be - Non-native species occurrences in Wallonia, Belgium. Version 1.44. Natagora. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/p58ip1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-24.Description
Observations.be - Non-native species occurrences in Wallonia, Belgium is a species occurrence dataset published by Natagora. The dataset contains over 190,000 occurrences of animal, plant and fungal non-native species, recorded by volunteers (citizen scientists), mainly since 2008. The occurrences are derived from the database http://www.observations.be, an initiative from the nature conservation NGO Natagora (https://www.natagora.be) in collaboration with Stichting Natuurinformatie and Natuurpunt. Standardized information regarding the occurrence's sex, reproductiveCondition, behavior, occurrenceRemarks, and samplingProtocol is included as well. Issues with the dataset can be reported at https://github.com/trias-project/natagora-alien-occurrences
Generalized and/or withheld information: for some occurrences, location information is generalized to grid cells, as requested by the observer (usually to avoid disturbance or collecting). Observer name, toponyms, and photographs are not included in the published dataset, but are known in the source database.
We have released this dataset to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver. We would appreciate however, if you read and follow these norms for data use (https://www.natagora.be/donnees_naturalistes_usage) and provide a link to the original data set whenever possible. If you use these data for a scientific paper, please cite the dataset following the applicable citation norms and/or consider us for co-authorship. We are always interested to provide more information or know how you have used the data, so please contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via biodata@natagora.be.
Sampling Description
Study Extent
See geographic coverage.Sampling
The observations (species, date, location, observer) were recorded by volunteers (citizen scientists) at http://www.observations.be. The dataset is a mixture of presence-only data and checklists.Quality Control
Recorded data are constantly verified by species group specialists (including professionals) taking collection specimens, the observer’s species knowledge, added photographs and known species list of locations into account. The validation procedure from observations.be consists of an interactive procedure in which observers can be asked for additional information by a team of validators, after which the validator manually adds a validation status. Records that are not manually validated are additionally checked by an automated validation procedure that takes into account the number of manually validated observations within a specified date and distance range. The validation status is indicated in the field identificationVerificationStatus, the link to the original record is in references.Method steps
- Not provided
Taxonomic Coverages
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Plantaecommon name: Plants rank: kingdom
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Animaliacommon name: Animals rank: kingdom
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Fungicommon name: Fungi rank: kingdom
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
- Vanderhoeven S, Adriaens T, Desmet P, Strubbe D, Backeljau T, Barbier Y, Brosens D, Cigar J, Coupremanne M, De Troch R, Eggermont H, Heughebaert A, Hostens K, Huybrechts P, Jacquemart A, Lens L, Monty A, Paquet J, Prévot C, Robertson T, Termonia P, Van De Kerchove R, Van Hoey G, Van Schaeybroeck B, Vercayie D, Verleye T, Welby S, Groom Q (2017) Tracking Invasive Alien Species (TrIAS): Building a data-driven framework to inform policy. Research Ideas and outcomes 3: e13414. - https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.3.e13414
Contacts
Jean-Yves Paquetoriginator
position: Head of Study Departement
Natagora
BE
email: jean-yves.paquet@natagora.be
homepage: https://www.natagora.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2068-7976
Louis Bronne
originator
position: Database officer
Natagora
BE
email: louis.bronne@natagora.be
homepage: https://www.natagora.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-184X
Lien Reyserhove
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
email: lien.reyserhove@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7484-9267
Peter Desmet
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-8025
Louis Bronne
metadata author
position: Database officer
Natagora
BE
email: louis.bronne@natagora.be
homepage: https://www.natagora.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-184X
Jean-Yves Paquet
metadata author
position: Head of Study Departement
Natagora
BE
email: jean-yves.paquet@natagora.be
homepage: https://www.natagora.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2068-7976
Lien Reyserhove
metadata author
position: Data Publisher
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
email: lien.reyserhove@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7484-9267
Peter Desmet
metadata author
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-8025
Louis Bronne
administrative point of contact
position: Database officer
Natagora
BE
email: louis.bronne@natagora.be
homepage: https://www.natagora.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-184X