Point Count Data for Payne's Creek National Park, Belize 2008-2013

Abidas Ash1, Ivanna Waight-Cho1, Mario Muschamp2

1 University of Belize Environmental Research Institute, Price Center Road, Belmopan, Belize; 2 Toledo Institute for Development and Environment, Southern Hwy, Hopeville, Punta Gorda, Belize

Corresponding author(s): Abidas Ash (aash@ub.edu.bz), Ivanna Waight-Cho (iwaight@ub.edu.bz)

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Resource Citation

Toledo Institute for Development and Environment; (2019) Point Count Data for Payne's Creek National Park, Belize 2008-2013. Version 1. Toledo Institute for Development and Environment. Dataset/Occurrence. https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/manage/resource.do?r=pnp_2008_2013

Abstract

Point count data collected at a protected area in southern Belize, Paynes Creek National Park, using the point count methodology. Data collected from November 2008 to April 2013.

Keywords: Occurrence, Belize, Birds, Observation, Belize, Birds, Point Count

General description

Purpose: This dataset was developed based on point count data collected by the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment. The dataset includes observational data of both resident and migrant species. Having data on birds in Belize will allow information to be generated on abundance, diversity, etc. 

Project details

Project title: Improving Natural Resources Management in Belize through Mobilization of Biodiversity Data
Personnel: Elma Kay
Funding: This project was made possible through the GBIF BID programme. 
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Data for this project was collected at several locations in Belize including protected areas and private lands. For this particular dataset, data was collected at the Payne's Creek National Park which is a protected area located in the southern part of Belize and is co-managed by Toledo Institute for Development and Environment. 
Design description: Partners/stakeholders were contacted to assist in contributing digitized and un-digitized bird data toward this project. Data Sharing Agreements were signed between the UB ERI and partners before data was utilized and submitted. 

Data published through GBIF: https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/resource?r=pnp_2008_2013

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: All birds were identified to species

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Payne's Creek National Park (PCNP) is a protected area in the south-eastern part of Belize that is co-managed by the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment and the Belize Forest Department. PCNP covers 37,680 acres and protects multiple habitat types such as saline, brackish and freshwater; mangroves; broadleaf forest; and savannah. 
Coordinates: 16°16'55.2''N and 16°23'24''N Latitude; 88°41'9.6''W and 88°32'52.8''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: November 30, 2008 - December 29, 2008

Temporal coverage: January 29, 2009 - November 27, 2009

Temporal coverage: January 29, 2010 - November 6, 2010

Temporal coverage: January 25, 2011 - December 27, 2011

Temporal coverage: January 27, 2012 - December 29, 2012

Temporal coverage: January 30, 2013 - April 26, 2013

Methods

Method step description: The dataset was collected using the most commonly used point count methodology.
Study extent description: Data was collected at Payne's Creek National Park in Belize from November 2008 to April 2013.
Sampling description: The data collected used the point count method. Point counts were conducted at 200 m intervals along a 1 km transect. At each interval/point count, the recorder and observer recorded all bird species that were seen and/or heard within a 10 minute time frame. The number of individuals of that species was also recorded along with other data such as weather conditions, start time, end time and the date.
Quality control description: The surveys were conducted by field staff who possess experience in identifying birds in the field. Identification guides were also used as references to properly identify the birds seen.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Point Count Data for Payne's Creek National Park, Belize 2008-2013
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://cloud.gbif.org/bid/archive.do?r=pnp_2008_2013
Publication date of data: 2019-07-15
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-07-02
Hierarchy level: Dataset