Point count data of Birds of Arabuko-Sokoke Forest (2017)
Latest version published by National Museums of Kenya on Mar 15, 2019
This is a record of bird species recorded in Arabuko – Sokoke Forest. The data was collected using point count method of data collection for a number of days from 18 – 24 June 2017. Point count data in birds is mostly used for estimating population sizes and for detecting changes in population sizes of birds. At times this method is used to determine species diversity and prepare checklists. This data is also made up of a small list of owl species recorded in the forest specifically in Cyanometra Forest of the Arabuko – Sokoke Forest.
Data Records
The data in this sampling event 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 86 records. 1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
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- Occurrence
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.
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| Data as a DwC-A file | download 86 records in English (35 KB) - Update frequency: unknown |
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| Metadata as an EML file | download in English (13 KB) |
| Metadata as an RTF file | download in English (9 KB) |
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Mulwa R, Kioko O, Ogada N, Juma F, Kirao L, Njoroge P (2018): Point count data of Birds of Arabuko-Sokoke Forest (2017). v1.4. National Museums of Kenya. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.museums.or.ke/ipt/resource?r=asf_pointcounts_ogada&v=1.4
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GBIF Registration
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Keywords
point count; sampling event; National Museums of Kenya; ornithology section archives
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Geographic Coverage
Bird species recorded in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-3.502, 39.795], North East [-3.2, 40.004] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Various bird species.
| Class | Aves |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2017-06-18 / 2017-06-24 |
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Project Data
The purpose of this project is to digitalize all data of both flora and fauna recorded in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest and adjacent surroundings making the data easily accessible to conservationists and researchers. By being the largest and least disturbed coastal forest in East Africa, the forest is home to a number of endemic and rare bird species.
| Title | Prioritizing conservation management in an East African forest landscape |
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| Identifier | BID-AF2017-0274-NAC |
| Funding | The final formatting and digitisation of Arabuko-Sokoke Forest data was funded by the European Union through the Biodiversity Information for Development project of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility https://bid.gbif.org/en/calls/africa-2017/national-grants/ |
| Study Area Description | Arabuko-Sokoke Forest lies within co-ordinates 030 20’ S and 390 50’E. The forest is made up of three distinct habitat types namely. Cynometra Forest, Brachystegia Woodland and Mixed Forest. Cyanometra forest is dominated by Cynometra webberi and Manilkara sulcata tree species. The brachystegia woodland is dominated by Brachystegia spiciformis while in the mixed forest the common tree species are Afzelia quanzensis (formerly dominant), Hymenaea verrucosa, Combretum schumannii and Manilkara sansibarensis and the cycad Encephalartos hildebrandtii. These distinct habitats vary depending on the soil type and rainfall patterns. A number of seasonal wetlands are found in the forest including the Arabuko Swamp. |
| Design Description | The data was collected using point count data collection method. The data was collected for five days from 0600 hours to 1000hours. Data on the owls was collected for one night at the Cyanometra Forest for a period of two hours from 1900 hours to 2100hours. The list consist of species recorded within the boundaries of the forest and the adjacent environs. The species were approved before being added to this list. The data was then aligned to the Darwin Core Standards before publishing through the IPT at the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | dc67ba75-6a7c-44ef-83f7-81bce6a7aef1 |
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| http://ipt.museums.or.ke/ipt/resource?r=asf_pointcounts_ogada |