Bats of Georgia

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 1,987 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:

Natradze I, Bukhnikashvili A, Sheklashvili G, Mumladze L (2023). Bats of Georgia. Version 1.2. Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=geo_bats&v=1.2

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 8e1c23ba-5618-4bba-8fbf-a195cce8dda0.  Institute of Zoology, Ilia State University publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.

Keywords

Occurrence

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

The dataset originated from the whole Georgian territory. Georgia covering an area of 69,500 square km, is located on the southern slopes of the Great Caucasus Mountain Range, Lesser Caucasus mountains on the isthmus between the Black and Caspian Seas. It contains lowlands between the abovementioned mountain ranges which include the Colchis lowland in the west (along the Black Sea Coast) and the Kura river lowland in the east. The land of Georgia covers an elevation range from sea level to approximately 5,184 meters at Mount Shkhara. Two-thirds of the country is mountainous with an average height of 1200 meters above sea level.

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Temporal Coverage

Sampling Methods

Mist-netting, harp-traps, visual checking of underground and overground habitats, and recording with hand-held bat detectors

Method step description:

1. The Records are based on literature published in Georgian, Russian, and English languages as well as data collected on the field by the authors during the last three decades.

Additional Metadata