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UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) Cairngorm spider data 2004-2019

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
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Summary

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This dataset consists of count data (by gender) for all species of spider collected from three habitats (mire, dwarf-shrub heath, pine woodland) at the Cairngorms Environmental Change Network (ECN) site between 2004 and 2019. Spiders were collected in pitfall traps on a two-weekly basis between March and early November. Each habitat contained 10 pitfall traps, spaced 10 m apart. Samples were aggregated by habitat and collection date prior to analysis. The number of male and females of each species was recorded by the same expert araneologist for the duration (2004-2019). Data was collected to look at long-term trends in invertebrate ground predators. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d251b39a-a5be-4193-89dc-6a7be9059d42

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2026
Harvest GUID
d251b39a-a5be-4193-89dc-6a7be9059d42
Extent (Latitude)
57.11° to 57.07°
Extent (Longitude)
-3.86° to -3.8°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2021-10-01
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Andrews, C., Snazell, R., Dick, J. (2021). UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) Cairngorm spider data 2004-2019. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d251b39a-a5be-4193-89dc-6a7be9059d42
Responsible party
(author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian); Unaffiliated (author)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng