Identification

Title

UK Biodiversity Indicator C8, Mammals of the wider countryside (bats)

Abstract

This spreadsheet is the underlying data for the biodiversity indicator C8, Mammals of the wider countryside (bats). Bat populations are considered to be a good indicator of the broad state of wildlife and landscape quality because they utilise a range of habitats across the landscape and are sensitive to pressures in the urban, suburban and rural environment. All bats and their roosts are protected by domestic and European legislation. The UK is a signatory to the EUROBATs agreement, set up under the Convention on Migratory Species, with the intention of conserving all European bat populations. The wider relevance of bats as biodiversity indicators is presented in Jones et al. (2009). The indicator shows changes in the population size of eight widespread bat species, based on summer field surveys and roost counts and winter hibernation counts. Population change between 1999 and 2014 is analysed using a statistical model developed by the Bat Conservation Trust. This is one of a suite of 24 UK biodiversity indicators published by JNCC on behalf of Defra; the latest publication date was 19 January 2016 - for indicator C8 the latest data are for 2014.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4271

name: page-4271

Unique resource identifier

code

3d06aba5-c2e3-40a3-8c7e-24069be1e733

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4271 Data set supported by a Word document (C8 - Mammals of the wider countryside (bats).docx) containing all of the website text, and three jpeg images (UKBI2015_C8i_Final.jpg, UKBI2015_C8ii_Final.jpg, UKBI2015_C8iii_Final.jpg).

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Terrestrial

UK Biodiversity

Evidence

Mammals

Biodiversity

bats

indicator

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.65

East bounding longitude

2.0

North bounding latitude

61.0

South bounding latitude

49.77

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1999

End position

2014

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-01-19

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Source: Bat Conservation Trust.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Microsoft Excel for Windows

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Attribution statement "Contains public sector information from the Bat Conservation Trust, licenced under the Open Government Licence v3.0"

Limitations on public access

No limitations

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC

email address

data@jncc.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2018-05-17

Metadata language

eng