MICA - Muskrat occurrences collected by VMM in Flanders, Belgium

Dataset

Description

MICA - Muskrat occurrences collected by VMM in Flanders, Belgium is an occurrence dataset published by the Flanders Environment Agency (VMM). It is part of the LIFE project MICA, in which innovative techniques are tested for a more efficient control of muskrat and coypu populations, both invasive species. This dataset contains mainly muskrat and brown rat catches. Here it is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each occurrence record an occurrenceID, date, location, sampling protocol, the number of recorded individuals, status (present/absent) and scientific name. Issues with the dataset can be reported at https://github.com/inbo/mica-occurrences/issues

We have released this dataset under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0). We would appreciate it if you follow the INBO norms for data use (https://www.inbo.be/en/norms-data-use) when using the data. If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don't hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via [email protected].

This dataset was published for the MICA project, which received funding from the European Union’s LIFE Environment sub-programme under the grant agreement LIFE18 NAT/NL/001047.
Date made available11-Mar-2021
Temporal coverage3-Jan-2019 - 24-Dec-2020
Geographical coverageFlanders, Belgium

Thematic List 2020

  • Invasive species

Taxonomic list

  • rodents (Rodentia)
  • Ondatra zibethicus
  • muskrat
  • Rattus norvegicus
  • brown rat

Geographic list

  • Flanders

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