Some finds of birds, mammals, insects, amphibians and reptiles in July 2014 in Georgia

Stanislav Viter1, Oleksii Marushchak2

1 National Nature Park "Homilsha Forests", , Ukraine; 2 I. I. Schmalhausen Institute Of Zoology NAS of Ukraine, Vul. B. Khmelnytskogo, 15, 01030, Kyiv, Ukraine

Corresponding author(s): Stanislav Viter (viter.stanislav@gmail.com)

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Resource Citation

Viter S (2023): Some finds of birds, mammals, insects, amphibians and reptiles in July 2014 in Georgia. v1.3. Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO). Dataset/Occurrence. https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=georgia1&v=1.3

Abstract

The dataset includes finds of birds (Aves), mammals (Mammalia), insects (Insecta), amphibians (Amphibia) and reptiles (Reptilia) in some western, central, southwestern and southeastern regions of Georgia.

Keywords: Occurrence, Georgia, biodiversity, animals, mammals, birds, insects, amphibians, reptiles, Observation

Data published through GBIF: https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=georgia1

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Dataset consists of findings of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects.
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata, Arthropoda
Class: Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Insecta, Reptilia

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Dataset consists of findings from the territory of Georgia.
Coordinates: 41°2'45.6''N and 43°36'43.2''N Latitude; 39°55'26.4''E and 46°41'31.2''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: July 11, 2014 - July 27, 2014

Methods

Method step description: 
- . 	Species registration and visual identification.
- . 	Georeferencing.
- . 	Organizing of the dataset.
Study extent description: The surveys covered:
- northeastern "tail" of the Lazistan ridge (southwestern part of Adjaria, Georgia),
- the lower part of the valley of the Chorokh River in Adjaria (Georgia),
- the territory of the Batumi Botanical Garden and some adjacent areas;
- the area off the western shore of Lake Paleostomy in the Samegrelo region (Georgia),
- the territory of the Ajamet Reserve and the adjacent part of the valley of the river Kvirila in the region of Imereti (Georgia);
- the territory of the Grand Canyon of the Kura River (Mtkvari) above the city of Mtskheta (Georgia);
- the territory of Tbilisi;
- the territory of the Algeti National Park, the mountains of the Little Caucasus (Georgia);
- the area near the town of Marneuli in the south-east of Georgia, namely: sections along the Jadrani Canal, the valley of the Algeti River between the village of Akhali-Marabda and the town of Marneuli, some adjacent areas;
- when moving between these regions, sporadic observations were made on the route from Tbilisi to Kutaisi and then to Poti, from Poti to Batumi (through the Guria region and the northern part of Adjaria).
Sampling description: Studies of the species composition and number of birds, mammals, insects, amphibians and reptiles were conducted on routes (from 1000 m to 10 km) and in the survey of registered areas (from 10 ares to 5000 ha).
Quality control description: The author of the dataset is fully responsible for the quality of data provided within the dataset.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Some finds of birds, mammals, insects, amphibians and reptiles in July 2014 in Georgia
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/archive.do?r=georgia1
Publication date of data: 2023-05-25
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-03-20
Hierarchy level: Dataset