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Annual abundance indices and trends for moths in Britain and Ireland from the Rothamsted Insect Survey light-trap network, 1968-2021, including country-level results for England, Scotland and Wales

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
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Summary

The dataset contains annual abundance indices and trends in abundance for 477 species of moths (mostly macro-moths) estimated using the data collected by Rothamsted Insect Survey (RIS) from their light-trap network between the years 1968 and 2021. The abundance indices are trends calculated using Generalized Abundance Index (GAI) models. The trends are presented as Annual Growth Rates (AGR), and the total percentage changes over the time series for each species are also provided. The indices and trends include 95% confidence limits estimated via bootstrapping. Abundance indices and trends are presented for the entire network of traps across Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands, as well as country level analyses for England, Scotland, and Wales. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/75161449-1382-42a4-bb91-58835740cc75

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2026
Harvest GUID
75161449-1382-42a4-bb91-58835740cc75
Extent (Latitude)
62.674° to 48.702°
Extent (Longitude)
-11.938° to 2.549°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2025-02-12
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Harrower, C.A., Bell, J.R., Botham, M.S., Fox, R., Kruger, T., Roy, D.B., Shortall, C.R., Isaac, N.J.B. (2025). Annual abundance indices and trends for moths in Britain and Ireland from the Rothamsted Insect Survey light-trap network, 1968-2021, including country-level results for England, Scotland and Wales. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/75161449-1382-42a4-bb91-58835740cc75
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(author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng