Faunistic and floristic records in the Belarusian Polissia in 2019-2020

Andrey Abramchuk1, Oleksii Marushchak2

1 Forest Working Group, , Belarus; 2 I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Vul. B. Khmelnytskogo, 15, 01030, Kyiv, Ukraine

Corresponding author(s): Andrey Abramchuk (egreta113@mail.ru)

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Resource Citation

Abramchuk A (2023): Faunistic and floristic records in the Belarusian Polissia in 2019-2020. v1.2. Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO). Dataset/Occurrence. https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=belaruscentralfaunaflora1&v=1.2

Abstract

The dataset contains data on records of 54 species of spiders, insects, reptiles, birds, mammals, plants, fungi and lichens.

Keywords: Occurrence, Belarus, biodiversity, plants, animals, flora, fauna, fungi, records, Polissia, Observation

Data published through GBIF: https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=belaruscentralfaunaflora1

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The dataset consists of the records of fauna and flora of the following classes: Arachnida, Insecta, Reptilia, Aves, Mammalia, Lycopodiopsida, Liliopsida, Magnoliopsida, Bryopsida, Jungermanniopsida, Polypodiopsida, Agaricomycetes, Lecanoromycetes.
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Plantae, Fungi, Animalia
Phylum: Tracheophyta, Bryophyta, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Chordata, Marchantiophyta, Arthropoda
Class: Aves, Liliopsida, Insecta, Bryopsida, Agaricomycetes, Arachnida, Mammalia, Reptilia, Magnoliopsida, Polypodiopsida, Lycopodiopsida, Jungermanniopsida, Lecanoromycetes

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The study area covers the territory of eastern and south-eastern Polissia of Belarus. This area includes also the following Areas of special conservation interest (ASCI's): Telekhany Bog and Forest Complex  (BY0000171), Lower Yaselda Valley  (BY0000170), adopted sites: Vieluta  (SiteCode: BY0000055), Luninskiy  (SiteCode: BY0000080), Srednyaya Pripyat  (SiteCode: BY0000005), Bielaye Fish Farm  (SiteCode: BY0000034), Chyrvonaye  (SiteCode: BY0000064), Lva Floodplain  (SiteCode: BY0000049), Olmanskiye bolota  (SiteCode: BY0000012), Stary Zhadzien  (SiteCode: BY0000051), Volkhva  (SiteCode: BY0000039), as well as forest complexes within Ivatsevichi, Pinsk, Luninets, Stolin, districts of the Brest region, Zhitkovichi and Lelchitsa districts of the Gomel regions, Belarus.
Coordinates: 51°15'43.2''N and 56°10'12''N Latitude; 23°9'32.4''E and 32°44'20.4''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: March 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020

Methods

Method step description: 
- . 	Conducting of field research.
- . 	Vocal stimulation of birds in order to get vocal response and identify the species.
- . 	Visual identification of specific composition of flora and fauna.
- . 	Georeferencing.
- . 	Organizing of the datatset according to Darwin Core standards.
Study extent description: The author expresses his gratitude to Yuri Yankevich, Anatoly Nefidovich for help in conducting field research, Alexander Yatsyn, a staff member of the Institute of Experimental Botany. V.F. Kuprevich of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, for help in identifying lichen species.
Part of the data was collected as part of the project "Polesie - Wildlife without Borders: Restoration of one of the largest natural landscapes in Europe."
Sampling description: The material was collected during field excursions along pre-planned routes. Bird counts were carried out using vocal stimulation. Field work was carried out in March-June 2019, March-June 2020 on the territory of Ivatsevichy, Pinsk, Luninets, Stolin, districts of the Brest region, Zhitkovichi and Lelchitsky districts of the Gomel region, the Republic of Belarus.
Quality control description: The author of the dataset is fully responsible for the quality of data provided in it.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Faunistic and floristic records in the Belarusian Polissia in 2019-2020
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/archive.do?r=belaruscentralfaunaflora1
Publication date of data: 2023-04-19
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-11-14
Hierarchy level: Dataset