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Badger and Habitats Survey of Ireland

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Dataset with records of badgers and other mammal species made during the period of the survey.

Geographic Coverage: National

Temporal Coverage: 1989-1995

Species Groups recorded: terrestrial mammal

Dataset Status: Complete

Additional Information: Smal, C. (1995) The Badger and Habitat Survey of Ireland. Unpublished Report to the Department of Agriculture and the National Parks & Wildlife Service.

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Date released 2017-09-05
Date updated 2017-09-05
Dataset conforms to these standards The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
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Language English
Landing page http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/4
Geographic coverage in GeoJSON format {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-10.61671112, 51.51484437],[-10.61671112, 55.33975054], [-5.44776733, 55.33975054], [-5.44776733, 51.51484437], [-10.61671112, 51.51484437]]]}
Spatial Reference Systems (SRS) TM75 / Irish Grid (EPSG:29903)
Vertical Extent {"verticalDomainName": "EPSG Projection 5731 - Malin Head height", "minVerticalExtent": "0", "maxVerticalExtent": "0"}
Provenance information All data was checked by the project co-ordinator, Dr Chris Smal. Extensive quality control was carried out at all stages in the project, with trainaing and standardised data collection an important part of the project. Data Capture Method: Full details of the data capture methodology is available in Smal, C. (1995) The Badger and Habitat Survey of Ireland. Unpublished Report to the Department of Agriculture and the National Parks & Wildlife Service.. Searches for badger setts were made at 729 pre-selected 1km squares from across the country. Setts were classified, mapped and associated habitat data were recorded Data Capture Purpose: The suvey was undertaken to obtain baseline data on the distribution and abundance of badgers in Ireland. Original Format: Data imported into Recorder 6 from MS Access files.
Period of time covered (begin) 1982-01-01
Period of time covered (end) 1993-12-31