PlumX Metrics
Embed PlumX Metrics

Annual estimates of occupancy for bryophytes, lichens and invertebrates in the UK, 1970–2015

Scientific Data, ISSN: 2052-4463, Vol: 6, Issue: 1, Page: 259
2019
  • 41
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 80
    Captures
  • 2
    Mentions
  • 0
    Social Media
Metric Options:   Counts1 Year3 Year

Metrics Details

  • Citations
    41
  • Captures
    80
  • Mentions
    2
    • News Mentions
      2
      • 2

Most Recent News

More and More Insects Are Dying. That Will Make Climate Change Even Worse.

In 2019, there were 44 million fewer breeding birds in the UK than there were in the 1970s. There are thought to be fewer than

Article Description

Here, we determine annual estimates of occupancy and species trends for 5,293 UK bryophytes, lichens, and invertebrates, providing national scale information on UK biodiversity change for 31 taxonomic groups for the time period 1970 to 2015. The dataset was produced through the application of a Bayesian occupancy modelling framework to species occurrence records supplied by 29 national recording schemes or societies (n = 24,118,549 records). In the UK, annual measures of species status from fine scale data (e.g. 1 × 1 km) had previously been limited to a few taxa for which structured monitoring data are available, mainly birds, butterflies, bats and a subset of moth species. By using an occupancy modelling framework designed for use with relatively low recording intensity data, we have been able to estimate species trends and generate annual estimates of occupancy for taxa where annual trend estimates and status were previously limited or unknown at this scale. These data broaden our knowledge of UK biodiversity and can be used to investigate variation in and drivers of biodiversity change.

Bibliographic Details

Outhwaite, Charlotte L; Powney, Gary D; August, Tom A; Chandler, Richard E; Rorke, Stephanie; Pescott, Oliver L; Harvey, Martin; Roy, Helen E; Fox, Richard; Roy, David B; Alexander, Keith; Ball, Stuart; Bantock, Tristan; Barber, Tony; Beckmann, Björn C; Cook, Tony; Flanagan, Jim; Fowles, Adrian; Hammond, Peter; Harvey, Peter; Hepper, David; Hubble, Dave; Kramer, John; Lee, Paul; MacAdam, Craig; Morris, Roger; Norris, Adrian; Palmer, Stephen; Plant, Colin W; Simkin, Janet; Stubbs, Alan; Sutton, Peter; Telfer, Mark; Wallace, Ian; Isaac, Nick J B

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Mathematics; Computer Science; Social Sciences; Decision Sciences

Provide Feedback

Have ideas for a new metric? Would you like to see something else here?Let us know