Swiss National Bat Databank: Regional Coordination Eastern Switzerland (KOF)

Occurrence
Latest version published by Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch on Mar 5, 2025 Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch

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Description

This dataset includes occurrence records of Bats from the Eastern part of Switzerland (Cantons AG, AI, AR, BL, BS, GL, GR, LU, NW, OW, SG, SH, SO, SZ, TG, UR, ZG, ZH), the Ticino, the Principality of Liechtenstein as well as border areas. Data sources are museum collections, the literature, field observations provided by a network of volunteer collaborators and regional representatives of the Coordination Centre (Schweizerische Koordinationsstelle Ost für Fledermausschutz), environmental impact studies, national and regional inventories, monitorings, field work for Red Lists (http://www.bafu.admin.ch/uv-1412-d) and academic work. The period covered by the data extends from 1835 to the present day. All data provided have been subject to a validation procedure.

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 79,254 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

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Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch. 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: a646efc3-8d52-421c-8253-e34f6e1bc8f5.  Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Switzerland.

Keywords

Occurrence; Occurrence

Contacts

Hubert Krättli
  • Originator
Schweizerische Koordinationsstelle Ost für Fledermausschutz (KOF)
Zürichbergstrasse 221
CH-8044 Zürich
CH
Kim Krähenbühl
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Schweizerische Koordinationsstelle Ost für Fledermausschutz (KOF)
Zürichbergstrasse 221
CH-8044 Zürich
CH

Geographic Coverage

Cantons AG,AI,AR,BL,BS,GL,GR,LU,NW,OW,SG,SH,SO,SZ,TI,TG,UR,ZG,ZH; the Principality of Liechtenstein; adjacent areas

Bounding Coordinates South West [45.82, 7.45], North East [47.808, 10.547]

Taxonomic Coverage

Chiroptera

Family Miniopteridae, Molossidae, Rhinolophidae, Vespertilionidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1862-06-23 / 2024-09-16

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers a646efc3-8d52-421c-8253-e34f6e1bc8f5
https://ipt.gbif.ch/resource?r=ccokof-che