Identification

Title

Wild bee abundance and species richness, survey data from Leighfield Forest, Leicestershire and Rutland, 2020

Abstract

This dataset contains records on the abundance and species richness of wild bees along transects in ten 1x1 km survey squares of the Leighfield forest region of Leicestershire and Rutland, UK collected in the Spring and Summer of 2020. The dataset also contains a 10 m resolution raster land cover map of the survey sites and spatially referenced GIS files of the survey transect paths. The work was carried out by the data authors to assess pollinator abundance and species richness within the rural landscape of Leighfield Forest. The research was funded through NERC Grant Reference : NE/L002493/1Central England NERC Training Alliance (CENTA) Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4f4d2ef6-2f31-4aa6-aa1a-fe79cc6d6b04

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/4f4d2ef6-2f31-4aa6-aa1a-fe79cc6d6b04

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/4f4d2ef6-2f31-4aa6-aa1a-fe79cc6d6b04.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/4f4d2ef6-2f31-4aa6-aa1a-fe79cc6d6b04

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Leighfield Forest

Wild bee

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-0.939

East bounding longitude

-0.823

North bounding latitude

52.655

South bounding latitude

52.588

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2020-05-08

End position

2020-08-06

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2021-05-10

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Records on the abundance and species richness of wild bees were collected across 20 field days via transect and pan trap surveys during the Spring and Summer of 2020. Species records were sense checked by the surveying ecologist, and double checked by the collating ecologist. Data were recorded on filedsheets and entered in spreadsheets. Data were exported as comma seperated files for deposit into the EIDC. The 10 m resolution raster land cover map was produced through a random forest classification of Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, accessed and classified in Google Earth Engine. Classification accuracy was assessed at 89.1% through a confusion matrix of 700 random points across the mapped area.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-08-08T13:19:34

Metadata language

eng