Some finds of birds, mammals, insects, amphibians, reptiles and vascular plants within the Poltava and Sumy administrative regions of Ukraine in 2007 and 2012

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 (2022): Some finds of birds, mammals, insects, amphibians, reptiles and vascular plants within the Poltava and Sumy administrative regions of Ukraine in 2007 and 2012. v1.2. Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO). Dataset/Occurrence. https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=viterpoltavasumy1&v=1.2

Abstract

The dataset includes finds of birds (Aves), mammals (Mammalia), insects (Insecta), amphibians (Amphibia), reptiles (Reptilia) and vascular plants within the Poltava and Sumy administrative regions of Ukraine.

Keywords: Occurrence, Poltava, Sumy, Ukraine, biodiversity, animals, fauna, flora, vegetation, vascular plants, Observation

Data published through GBIF: https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/resource?r=viterpoltavasumy1

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The database includes finds of birds (Aves), mammals (Mammalia), insects (Insecta), amphibians (Amphibia), reptiles (Reptilia) and vascular plants (Tracheophyta).
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata, Arthropoda, Tracheophyta
Class: Mammalia, Aves, Insecta, Reptilia, Amphibia, Liliopsida, Magnoliopsida, Polypodiopsida

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Dataset consists of finds of animals and plants from Sumy and Poltava administrative regions of Ukraine.
Coordinates: 48°44'31.2''N and 52°22'55.2''N Latitude; 32°2'49.2''E and 35°37'4.8''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: August 18, 2007 - May 15, 2012

Methods

Method step description: 
- . 	Conducting of field surveys.
- . 	Species identification.
- . 	Georeferencing.
- . 	Organizing of the dataset.
Study extent description: The surveys covered:
- The valley of the Vorskla river between the confluence of the Merla river and the village of Krotenky (Poltava region);
- Lithuanian Bir (Okhtyrka district of Sumy region);
- Trostyanets oak - near Krasnotrostyanets forest research station;
- Dibrovni forests in the north of Krasnopil district of Sumy region (west of the village of Osoivka);
- Dibrovni massifs from Sumy to the village of Mogrytsia of Sumy region;
- Forests and steppe beams to the east of the village of Yunakivka, Sumy district, Sumy region.
This dataset was prepared and published with the help of the Olin gGmbH foundation to preserve data on the biodiversity of Ukraine obtained by the Ukrainian scientists, who were forced to leave their homeland due to the war (Russia's invasion of Ukraine). Olin gGmbH is a funding organization for environmental protection and conservation that supports environmental and sociopolitical organizations.
Sampling description: Studies of the species composition and number of birds, mammals, insects, amphibians and reptiles were conducted on routes (from 1000 m to 30 km) and in the survey of registered areas (from 10 ares to 5000 ha). In the northern part of the region hiking trails are about 100 km. Observations were also carried out while traveling in the region by motor vehicle (private car, bus).
Quality control description: The author 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, reptiles and vascular plants within the Poltava and Sumy administrative regions of Ukraine in 2007 and 2012
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ukraine.ipt.gbif.no/archive.do?r=viterpoltavasumy1
Publication date of data: 2022-08-29
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-03-30
Hierarchy level: Dataset