Description
Wildlife Census data for Lake Nakuru National Park and Nairobi National Park.
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 2,018 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:
kws@kws.go.ke (2018): Ground Census Data for Lake Nakuru and Nairobi National Parks. v1.1. Kenya Wildlife Service. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=kws_nakurunairobinatlparks_grndcensus
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Kenya Wildlife Service. 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: 4ec9e37d-1af5-4dc2-9c2f-97fcf5f22867. Kenya Wildlife Service publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
Occurrence; Observation; Occurrence; Observation
Contacts
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- Senior Scientist GIS and Database
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator
- Senior GIS Officer
- Point Of Contact
- Director - Biodiversity Research and Monitoring
- Point Of Contact
- Director Biodiversity Research and Monitoring
Geographic Coverage
Republic of Kenya
Bounding Coordinates | South West [-5, 34], North East [5, 42] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
Class | Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia |
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Project Data
Wildlife census
Title | GROUND CENSUS DATA FOR LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK AND NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK |
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Identifier | BID-AF2015-0035-NAC |
Funding | Kenya Government and its partners Dataset publication funded by GBIF, BID-AF2015-0035-NAC. |
Study Area Description | Nairobi National Park and Lake Nakuru National Park |
Design Description | Training followed by actual census |
The personnel involved in the project:
- User
- User
Sampling Methods
Road count
Study Extent | Nairobi National Park and Lake Nakuru National Park ecosystems |
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Quality Control | Data processed after the census and double counts removed |
Method step description:
- Census carried out after every two months.
Additional Metadata
Purpose | To determine wildlife abundance in the protected areas |
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Maintenance Description | Census carried out after every two months |
Alternative Identifiers | 4ec9e37d-1af5-4dc2-9c2f-97fcf5f22867 |
http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=kws_nakurunairobinatlparks_grndcensus |