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United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: phenology 2019
OwnerUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) - view all
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Last updated26 days ago
Overview

This dataset provides data on the timing of butterfly flight periods for each UK butterfly species across all monitored sites in the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). Annual data from over 2,500 sites are presented relating to the timing (first appearance, last appearance, date of peak abundance and mean flight date) and the duration (total number of days, standard deviation around the mean flight date) of the flight period for all UK butterfly species from 1976 to the present year. In addition, this data is divided each year for eleven multi-voltine species to provide separate phenology data for distinct flight periods associated with first and subsequent generations. Phenology change is a widely used measure of the biological impacts of climate change because of the close relationship between temperature and the timing of biological events. This dataset provides an invaluable tool for assessing the impacts of climate change both spatially and temporally. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme is organized and funded by Butterfly Conservation (BC), the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). The UKBMS is indebted to all volunteers who contribute data to the scheme. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability.

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contact_emailenquiries@ceh.ac.uk
contact_nameDr. Marc Botham
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language["eng"]
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publisher_urihttps://ror.org/04xw4m193
spatial_textPOLYGON((-8.648 49.864, -8.648 60.861, 1.768 60.861, 1.768 49.864, -8.648 49.864))
urihttps://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/4bc7bb9f-4a7a-46ff-aa63-2747e248fd1e
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harvest_source_idd4fbf67d-0e8f-4732-a34e-be92ef65e401
harvest_source_titleceh-eidc
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