Night road-side counts FDC25 (2004)

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Data creators : Patrick Giraudoux ^[1] ^[2], Régis Renaude ^[3]

[1] : Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249) (Université de Franche-Comté)

[2] : Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers - Terre, Homme, Environnement, Temps, Astronomie (UAR 3245) (Université de Franche-Comté)

[3] : Fédération départementale des chasseurs du Doubs

Description :

Road-side counts carried out by the Fédération des chasseurs du Doubs on a protocol designed with Patrick Giraudoux (Chrono-environment)

Disciplines :

biodiversity conservation (applied biology - ecology), ecology (applied biology - ecology)

Keywords :

monitoring, road-side count

Access details :

The data set is available as part of scientific cooperation carried out with the author or by rights granted by FDC25

General metadata

Data acquisition date : from Mar 2004 ongoing

Data acquisition methods :

Observational data :
Field collection - Counts were performed along geo-referenced transects, 1–2 km in length, distributed over the Doubs Department. Every spring, counts were performed along each transect over 3–4 nights. These counts were performed at least 1 h after sunset in a car (maximum speed of 20 km/h)and by 4 people: a driver, a data recorder and 2 observers. Observations were made using 100-W spotlights and binoculars for species identification. Double counting was unlikely because transects were relatively straight and observers were careful about animal movements. Among the 3-4 counts, only the maximum number of animal of a given species was filed (thus providing a lower limit for the number of animal of this species present)

Update periodicity : annually

Language : English (eng)

Formats : application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text, application/x-shapefile

Audience : Research