TY - JOUR
AU - Outhwaite Charlotte L.
AU - Powney Gary D.
AU - August Tom A.
AU - Chandler Richard E.
AU - Rorke Stephanie
AU - Pescott Oliver L.
AU - Harvey Martin
AU - Roy Helen E.
AU - Fox Richard
AU - Roy David B.
AU - Alexander Keith
AU - Ball Stuart
AU - Bantock Tristan
AU - Barber Tony
AU - Beckmann Björn C.
AU - Cook Tony
AU - Flanagan Jim
AU - Fowles Adrian
AU - Hammond Peter
AU - Harvey Peter
AU - Hepper David
AU - Hubble Dave
AU - Kramer John
AU - Lee Paul
AU - Macadam Craig
AU - Morris Roger
AU - Norris Adrian
AU - Palmer Stephen
AU - Plant Colin W.
AU - Simkin Janet
AU - Stubbs Alan
AU - Sutton Peter
AU - Telfer Mark
AU - Wallace Ian
AU - Isaac Nick J. B.
AB - Here, we determine annual estimates of occupancy and species trends for 5,293 UK bryophytes, lichens, and invertebrates, providing national scale information on UK biodiversity change for 31 taxonomic groups for the time period 1970 to 2015. The dataset was produced through the application of a Bayesian occupancy modelling framework to species occurrence records supplied by 29 national recording schemes or societies (n = 24,118,549 records). In the UK, annual measures of species status from fine scale data (e.g. 1 × 1 km) had previously been limited to a few taxa for which structured monitoring data are available, mainly birds, butterflies, bats and a subset of moth species. By using an occupancy modelling framework designed for use with relatively low recording intensity data, we have been able to estimate species trends and generate annual estimates of occupancy for taxa where annual trend estimates and status were previously limited or unknown at this scale. These data broaden our knowledge of UK biodiversity and can be used to investigate variation in and drivers of biodiversity change.

BT - Scientific Data
DA - 2019/11/05
DO - 10.1038/s41597-019-0269-1
IS - 1
N2 - Here, we determine annual estimates of occupancy and species trends for 5,293 UK bryophytes, lichens, and invertebrates, providing national scale information on UK biodiversity change for 31 taxonomic groups for the time period 1970 to 2015. The dataset was produced through the application of a Bayesian occupancy modelling framework to species occurrence records supplied by 29 national recording schemes or societies (n = 24,118,549 records). In the UK, annual measures of species status from fine scale data (e.g. 1 × 1 km) had previously been limited to a few taxa for which structured monitoring data are available, mainly birds, butterflies, bats and a subset of moth species. By using an occupancy modelling framework designed for use with relatively low recording intensity data, we have been able to estimate species trends and generate annual estimates of occupancy for taxa where annual trend estimates and status were previously limited or unknown at this scale. These data broaden our knowledge of UK biodiversity and can be used to investigate variation in and drivers of biodiversity change.

PY - 2019
SN - 2052-4463
T2 - Scientific Data
TI - Annual estimates of occupancy for bryophytes, lichens and invertebrates in the UK, 1970–2015
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0269-1
VL - 6
ER -