DEMNA-DNE : Wild mammals in Wallonia

Occurrence
Latest version published by Service Public de Wallonie – Département d’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW – DEMNA) on Nov 19, 2024 Service Public de Wallonie – Département d’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW – DEMNA)
Home:
https://biodiversite.wallonie.be/fr/accueil.html?IDC=6
Publication date:
19 November 2024
License:
CC-BY-NC 4.0

Download the latest version of this resource data as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) or the resource metadata as EML or RTF:

Data as a DwC-A file download 22,483 records in English (891 KB) - Update frequency: annually
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Description

'DEMNA-DNE : Wild mammals in Wallonia' is a presence-only occurrence dataset maintained by the Département d'Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW-DGARNE-DEMNA). It contains validated mammal records from the department encoding system (Observatoire Faune Flore Habitats -OFFH - https://observatoire.biodiversite.wallonie.be/encodage/).

Bats are excluded from this dataset, as are non-native mammals observations, that are published through other dedicated datasets :

-DEMNA-DNE : Exotic animal occurrences in Wallonia, Belgium - https://doi.org/10.15468/bcuhep

-DEMNA-DNE : Early warning system on Introduced Species in Wallonia - https://doi.org/10.15468/dc2dyg

Sensitive species or confidential observations are made available with a reduced accuracy (4 km x 4 km IFBL ; 10km x10km for Lutra lutra). Thus the georeferencing should mostly rely on the DwC term 'footPrintWKT' for a detailled cartography of the dataset as it contains both point and polygon verbatim positioning.

Returns on the dataset are more than welcome. Motivated request for unshared content or accurate records for sensitive species can be adressed at https://observatoire.biodiversite.wallonie.be/cmdd/.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 22,483 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Licoppe A, Coupremanne M, Barbier Y, Manet B, Schockert V, Malengreaux C (2024). DEMNA-DNE : Wild mammals in Wallonia. Version 1.4. Service Public de Wallonie – Département d’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW – DEMNA). Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=mams&v=1.4

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Service Public de Wallonie – Département d’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW – DEMNA). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 4293dbbc-5b8f-488f-b5e5-a20b3da904e5.  Service Public de Wallonie – Département d’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW – DEMNA) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

Maxime Coupremanne
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Data lisaison officer
Belgian Biodiversity Platform - DEMNA
  • 23 Avenue Maréchal Juin
5030 Gembloux
Namur
BE
Yvan Barbier
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator
  • Biodiversity expert - IT/data manager
Department d'Etude du Milieu naturel et Agricole (DEMNA)
  • Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
5030 Gembloux
Namur
BE
Alain Licoppe
  • Metadata Provider
  • Biodiversity Expert - Wild Fauna Unit manager
Department d'Etude du Milieu naturel et Agricole (DEMNA)
  • Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
5030 Gembloux
Namur
BE
Benoit Manet
  • Originator
  • Biodiversity Expert - Wild Fauna Unit
Department d'Etude du Milieu naturel et Agricole (DEMNA)
  • Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
5030 Gembloux
BE
Vinciane Schockert
  • Originator
  • Biodiversity Expert - Wild Fauna Unit
Departement d'Etude du Miliieu Naturel et Agricole (DEMNA)
  • Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
Gembloux
Namur
BE
Céline Malengreaux
  • Originator
  • Biodiversity Expert - Wild Fauna Unit
Department d'Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (DEMNA)
  • Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
5030 Gembloux
Namur
BE
Alain Licoppe
  • Metadata Provider
  • Biodiveristy Expert - Wild Fauna unit manager
Department d'Etude du Milieu naturel et Agricole (DEMNA)
  • Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
5030 Gembloux
Namur
BE
Guillaume Petit
  • Programmer
  • IT expert
Department d'Etude du Milieu naturel et Agricole (DEMNA)
  • Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
5030 Gembloux
Namur
BE
Xavier Baumans
  • Programmer
  • IT expert
Department d'Etude du Milieu naturel et Agricole (DEMNA)
  • Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
5030 Gembloux
Namur
BE
Partners and OFFH contributors and OFFH contributors
  • Colleagues, Partners & citizen scientists
Department d'Etude du Milieu naturel et Agricole (DEMNA)
BE

Geographic Coverage

Wallonia, southern Belgium.

Bounding Coordinates South West [49.485, 3.207], North East [50.817, 6.37]

Taxonomic Coverage

Mammals observed in the Walloon Region. Bats are excluded from this dataset, as are many non-natives species that are shared trough a dedicated early warning dataset.

Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammals)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1978-12-31 / 2024-07-01

Sampling Methods

The system aggregates had hoc observations from citizen scientists and data collected in different projects/contexts.

Study Extent Wallonia, Southern Belgium. OFFH is still used and fed with new records made by the department officers and our partners.
Quality Control Only validated records are shared. Validation is performed by department officers, and can be based on a picture, likelihood, or observer'expertise. This information is detailed under DwCTerm 'identificationVerificationStatus'.

Method step description:

  1. Observations by officers & partners within different contexts
  2. Encoding in OFFH
  3. continuous validation of OFFH records by DEMNA officers
  4. Validated mammal records export, cleaning & GBIF publication

Additional Metadata

Maintenance Description Annual update planned.
Alternative Identifiers 4293dbbc-5b8f-488f-b5e5-a20b3da904e5
https://ipt.biodiversity.be/resource?r=mams