Description
The dataset represents 215 records of 21 animal species from the Kreminsky forests and surrounding areas in the Luhansk region, Ukraine. The total species list contains 15 mammals, such as Canis lupus, Vulpes vulpes, Meles meles, Lutra lutra, Martes foina, Mustela putorius, Cervus elaphus, Alces alces, etc., and 6 birds, such as Haliaeetus albicilla, Strix aluco, etc. Also, the dataset includes 12 animal species, checked by camera traps at 7 locations of the Kreminsky forests.
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 57 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
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Yarotskiy V, Yarotska M (2025). Wolf tracking, observation of animal diversity, and animals’ daily activity using camera traps in the Kreminsky forests and surrounding areas. Version 1.0. Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO). Samplingevent dataset. https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=kreminnaforestanimalreg1&v=1.0
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: cb2da04b-5c9e-4e0b-9669-549129c80698. Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Samplingevent; animals; records; fauna; mammals; camera traps; biodiversity; Luhansk region; Ukraine; steppe; Kreminna; Observation
Contacts
- Originator
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https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2062-9349
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Geographic Coverage
The dataset represents records of animals from Luhansk administrative region of Ukraine.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The dataset consists of records of animals (fauna).
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves, Mammalia |
| Order | Accipitriformes, Artiodactyla, Carnivora, Passeriformes, Pelecaniformes, Rodentia, Strigiformes |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2010-02-04 / 2022-01-26 |
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Project Data
The project is aimed on collecting, digitalization and preservation of data on biodiversity records in Ukraine.
| Title | Preservation of Scientific Heritage of Nature Reserves and National Parks Affected by the War |
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| Identifier | 09-12-2024 |
| Funding | The project was implemented by the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group with the support of the Goethe-Institut Ukraine, part of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ukraine |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
We studied the animals of the Kreminsky forests and the surrounding areas. Most of the releves are represented by mammals. A lot of records describe a detailed story of wolf tracking. Some records include points of the animal species and their behavior, points of the holes, markers of their life, such as urine marks and excrements. Also, we studied animal diversity of the Kreminsky forests, and animals’ daily activity using camera traps. Most of the events are represented by mammals. Camera records describe the diversity of mammals and birds living in forest biotopes. Some events open a detailed story of animals' daily activity, with the exact time of their visit to the camera trap point, animal curiosity, and food interests. We considered one event as the appearance of an individual of a certain animal species in the camera with a difference of 30 minutes. We also noted the time of human inspection of camera traps as a factor influencing the animals’ behavior and possible caution. We used 4 camera traps Bolyguard SG520-DB, in different periods in the autumn and winter seasons. The distribution of the species points was recorded using a Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx navigator.
| Study Extent | The dataset covers the area of the Kreminsky forests and surrounding areas that are located in the steppe zone. The research region covers the floodplain and the part of the pine terrace of the Siverskiy Donets river and its tributaries. Kreminsky forests are located near the Kreminna town, Kreminnskyi district, Luhansk region. |
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| Quality Control | The authors of the dataset are fully responsible for the quality of data provided in it. |
Method step description:
- Installation of camera traps.
- Regular checks of camera traps.
- Species visual identification during checks and visual registration of animals and birds.
- Georeferencing.
- Organising of the dataset according to the Darwin Core standards.
Bibliographic Citations
- Яроцький В.Ю., Букша М.І., Ларшина М.О. 2008. Використання електронної бази даних для моніторингу конфліктних ситуацій «вовклюдина». // Матеріали III міжнар. конф. молодих науковців. «Біологія : від молекулу до біосфери», (Харків, листопад 2008). 460-462.
- Яроцький В.Ю., Мілаковські Б., Яроцька М.О. Історія та перспективи заповідання Кремінських лісів. // Природничі науки: проєкти, дослідження, перспективи: Матеріали II Міжнародної науково-практичної конференції. - Старобільськ: Вид-во ДЗ “ЛНУ імені Тараса Шевченка”, 2021. – С.83-87.
- Wright, P. G. R., E. Croose, S. B. Hunter, J. MacPherson, E. Çoraman, V. Yarotskiy, V. Moisieieva, B. Karapandza, B. Hoxha, P. Madalina, E. Tilova, M. Radonjic, 2023: Can social media be used to inform the distribution of the marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna? // Mammal Research, 68(3), 295-304. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-023-00680-8
- Brian Milakovsky, Yehor Yatsiuk, Viktor Myroniuk, Sergiy Zibtsev, Volodymyr Yarotskiy, Maryna Yarotska. Perspectives: Land use history, climate change, institutional capacity and war drive forest fire damage in the Siversky Donets basin of eastern Ukraine: a historical review // Forest Ecology and Management. - 2025. - Volume 590, 122770.
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=kreminnaforestanimalreg1 |
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