Description
This dataset contains occurrence records of protected species of insects observed in Italy. The data were collected through a citizen science initiative involving volunteers who contributed their observations with the aim of documenting and monitoring the distribution of the target species throughout the country, for the requirements of Articles 11 and 17 of the Habitats Directive. This initiative was developed, launched and initially funded through the LIFE11 NAT/IT/000252 project, titled “Monitoring of insects with public participation” (MIPP) which ran from 2012 to 2017. After the conclusion of the MIPP project, the citizen science initiative continued under national agreements, was rebranded as "InNat" and was concluded in 2024. The target species were 30 species of protected insects. The observations were made by volunteers and each record includes the date and location of the observation, the species identified and a photograph of the insect (with a few exceptions where records lack photos). The dataset contains 5975 records. The data gathered provided a significative improvement in the knowedge of the species distribution, information on the ecology of the target species at national level and insights for conservation actions (Campanaro et al. 2017, Zapponi et al. 2017, Redolfi De Zan et al. 2023).
Enregistrements de données
Les données de cette ressource occurrence ont été publiées sous forme d'une Archive Darwin Core (Darwin Core Archive ou DwC-A), le format standard pour partager des données de biodiversité en tant qu'ensemble d'un ou plusieurs tableurs de données. Le tableur de données du cœur de standard (core) contient 5 968 enregistrements.
Cet IPT archive les données et sert donc de dépôt de données. Les données et métadonnées de la ressource sont disponibles pour téléchargement dans la section téléchargements. Le tableau des versions liste les autres versions de chaque ressource rendues disponibles de façon publique et permet de tracer les modifications apportées à la ressource au fil du temps.
Versions
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Comment citer
Les chercheurs doivent citer cette ressource comme suit:
Campanaro A, Bardiani M, Hardersen S, Gisondi S, Lenzi A (2025). Occurrences of protected species of insects in Italy. Version 1.5. Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=protected_insects_of_italy&v=1.5
Droits
Les chercheurs doivent respecter la déclaration de droits suivante:
L’éditeur et détenteur des droits de cette ressource est Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification. Ce travail est sous licence Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0.
Enregistrement GBIF
Cette ressource a été enregistrée sur le portail GBIF, et possède l'UUID GBIF suivante : ad5c93fc-905a-47c1-8208-bdbd7f960076. Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification publie cette ressource, et est enregistré dans le GBIF comme éditeur de données avec l'approbation du Participant Node Managers Committee.
Mots-clé
Occurrence; Citizen science; Life project; Habitats Directive; Protected species; Species distribution
Contacts
- Fournisseur Des Métadonnées ●
- Créateur ●
- Personne De Contact
- Senior researcher
- Via Lanciola 12/a
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4043-6362
- Créateur
- Technician
- Via Carlo Ederle 16/a
- Créateur
- Technician
- Via Carlo Ederle 16/a
- Créateur
- Researcher
- Via C.G. Bertero 22
- Fournisseur Des Métadonnées ●
- Créateur
- Via Lanciola 12/a
Couverture géographique
Italy
| Enveloppe géographique | Sud Ouest [36,368, 6,526], Nord Est [47,175, 18,918] |
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Couverture taxonomique
All insects were identified to species
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Order | Coleoptera, Odonata, Orthoptera, Lepidoptera |
| Family | Gryllidae, Lestidae, Papilionidae, Erebidae, Nymphalidae, Cordulegastridae, Sphingidae, Corduliidae, Lycaenidae, Cerambycidae, Tettigoniidae, Gomphidae, Libellulidae, Cetoniidae, Lucanidae, Coenagrionidae |
Couverture temporelle
| Date de début / Date de fin | 1973-07-13 / 2024-02-18 |
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Données sur le projet
The Life Project “Monitoring of insects with public participation” (LIFE11 NAT/IT/000252) had as the main objective to develop and test methods for the monitoring of five beetle species listed in the Annexes of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC): Osmoderma eremita (hermit beetle, Scarabaeidae), Lucanus cervus (European stag beetle, Lucanidae), Cerambyx cerdo (great capricorn beetle, Cerambycidae), Rosalia alpina (rosalia longicorn, Cerambycidae) and Morimus asper/funereus (morimus longicorn, Cerambycidae). These developed methods are the result of extensive fieldwork and ensure scientific validity, ease of execution and limited labour costs. The data gathered represent an important contribution to the monitoring of these target species in Italy and the methods developed are intended for use by the local management authorities and staff of protected areas. The detailed description of methods and the results for each species are published in separate articles of this special issue of Nature Conservation (Carpaneto et al. 2017). A second objective of the project was to gather faunistic data with a Citizen Science approach, using the web and a mobile application software (app) specifically built for mobile devices. The validation of the records collected by the citizens was carried out by experts. Dissemination activities represented the principal way to contact and engage citizens for the data collection and also offered the possibility of providing information on topics such as Natura 2000, the Habitats Directive, the role of monitoring in nature conservation, the importance of forest ecosystems and the ecological role of the saproxylic insects. An innovative method tested during the project was the training of a dog for searching and monitoring the elusive hermit beetle; the trained dog also added a “curiosity” factor to attract public attention towards this rare insect and the issues mentioned above.
| Titre | Monitoring of Insects with Public Participation |
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| Identifiant | LIFE11 NAT/IT/00252 |
| Financement | Life Programme (EU) |
Les personnes impliquées dans le projet:
- Conservateur
- Vérificateur
- Vérificateur
Méthodes d'échantillonnage
Observations of individuals were conducted in the field both on occasional basis and as part of planned campaigns
| Etendue de l'étude | The occurrence data came from a citizen science initiative that cover all the Italian national territory without a specific sampling frequency |
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| Contrôle qualité | Each occurrence record is a provided with a picture or a detailed description. This information have been used for the data validation by entomological experts |
Description des étapes de la méthode:
- Data have been collected by volunteers under a national citizen science project. Participants have been asked to search for the target species during their free-time or dedicated trips. The volunteers upload the data using a dedicated platform (website and mobile application Android/IOs) in which a number of mandatory information were required. Data enter a validation process, made by entomological experts (for correct species identification, spatial and temporal data). The validated records were published on the project website.
Citations bibliographiques
- Carpaneto GM, Campanaro A, Hardersen S, Audisio P, Bologna MA, Roversi PF, Sabbatini Peverieri G, Mason F (2017) The LIFE Project “Monitoring of insects with public participation” (MIPP): aims, methods and conclusions. In: Carpaneto GM, Audisio P, Bologna MA, Roversi PF, Mason F (Eds) Guidelines for the Monitoring of the Saproxylic Beetles protected in Europe. Nature Conservation 20: 1-35. https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.20.12761
- Campanaro A, Hardersen S, Redolfi De Zan L, Antonini G, Bardiani M, Maura M, Maurizi E, Mosconi F, Zauli A, Bologna MA, Roversi PF, Sabbatini Peverieri G, Mason F (2017) Analyses of occurrence data of protected insect species collected by citizens in Italy. In: Carpaneto GM, Audisio P, Bologna MA, Roversi PF, Mason F (Eds) Guidelines for the Monitoring of the Saproxylic Beetles protected in Europe. Nature Conservation 20: 265-297. https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.20.12704
- Zapponi L, Cini A, Bardiani M, Hardersen S, Maura M, Maurizi E, Redolfi De Zan L, Audisio P, Bologna MA, Carpaneto GM, Roversi PF, Sabbatini Peverieri G, Mason F, Campanaro A (2017) Citizen science data as an efficient tool for mapping protected saproxylic beetles, Biological Conservation 208: 139-145 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.04.035
- Redolfi De Zan L, Rossi de Gasperis S, Andriani V, Bardiani M, Campanaro A, Gisondi S, Hardersen S, Maurizi E, Mosconi F, Nardi G (2023) The Big Five: Species Distribution Models from Citizen Science Data as Tool for Preserving the Largest Protected Saproxylic Beetles in Italy. Diversity 15: 96 https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010096
Métadonnées additionnelles
| Identifiants alternatifs | ad5c93fc-905a-47c1-8208-bdbd7f960076 |
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| https://cloud.gbif.org/eca/resource?r=protected_insects_of_italy |