Identification

Title

Species traits, ecological preferences and distribution metrics for 48 species of ladybird considered resident in the United Kingdom

Abstract

This dataset includes compiled information on species traits, ecological preferences and distribution metrics for 48 species of ladybird considered resident in the United Kingdom. Ecological traits including information on morphology, habitat and diet preferences, and phenology as well as information on species distributions, trends in species occupancy over time, and species temperature indices have been determined where possible for each of the 48 species. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/18cdeee4-38cf-4d15-a141-a99a53e17095

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/18cdeee4-38cf-4d15-a141-a99a53e17095

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function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/18cdeee4-38cf-4d15-a141-a99a53e17095.zip

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Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/18cdeee4-38cf-4d15-a141-a99a53e17095

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

environment

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

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8.648

East bounding longitude

1.768

North bounding latitude

60.861

South bounding latitude

49.864

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2025-02-03

date type

creation

effective date

2025-01-07

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

We used a range of sources, including published literature, the recently published Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Great Britain and Ireland, and observations of species provided to the UK Ladybird Survey and iRecord (a website and mobile phone application for collating wildlife observations) to determine a comprehensive set of traits, preferences and other variables for the 48 resident species of ladybird found in the UK.

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

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Outhwaite, C.L., Cocker, L., Comont, R., White, H.J. , Powney, G.D. , Turvey, K. , Roy, H.E., Brown, P.M.J. (2025). Species traits, ecological preferences and distribution metrics for 48 species of ladybird considered resident in the United Kingdom. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/18cdeee4-38cf-4d15-a141-a99a53e17095

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London

email address

charlotte.outhwaite@ioz.ac.uk

web address

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9997-6780

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