Sampling event

EDP Baixo Sabor: Land Birds - Construction and Reservoir Filling Phases: complementary work sites [2010-2014]

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24 April 2020
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Description

The dataset contains records of land birds (Aves) collected in the lower valley of River Sabor (NE Portugal), in the scope of the long-term Ecological Monitoring Program (PME) of the Baixo Sabor Hydroelectric Dams (AHBS), promoted by EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. This dataset includes results of surveys made in and around the area affected by construction works complementary to the dam sites, from August 2010 to September 2014. The presence and identity of bird species were assessed by visual and/or acoustic observation, with the support of binoculars. The records include taxa identified at the species or genus levels.

Data Records

The data in this sampling event 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 153 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Event (core)
153
Occurrence 
10098

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Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Mota P, Gomes C, Zina H A, Araújo P M, Oliveira C A, Marques S M, Mendes J D. Múrias, T (2020): EDP Baixo Sabor: Land Birds - Construction and Reservoir Filling Phases: complementary work sites [2010-2014]. v1. EDP - Energias de Portugal. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=edp_sabor_landbirds_other&v=1.0

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is EDP - Energias de Portugal. 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: 17545684-9082-43ad-a666-8b1913fa47c5.  EDP - Energias de Portugal publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Portugal.

Keywords

Land birds; occurrence; point counts; impact assessment; winter; reproduction; migration

Contacts

Paulo Mota
  • Originator
General & Fieldwork Coordinator
BIOLINK - Consultoria Ambiental, Unipessoal, Lda
Praceta Caminho da Cruz, 9
4405-625 VN Gaia Vila nova de Gaia
PT
Célia Gomes
  • Originator
Technician
BIOLINK - Consultoria Ambiental, Unipessoal, Lda
PT
Hugo André Zina
  • Originator
Tecnician
BIOLINK - Consultoria Ambiental, Unipessoal, Lda
PT
Pedro Miguel Araújo
  • Originator
Technician
BIOLINK - Consultoria Ambiental, Unipessoal, Lda
PT
Cátia alexandra Oliveira
  • Originator
Technician
BIOLINK - Consultoria Ambiental, Unipessoal, Lda
PT
Sérgio Manuel Marques
  • Originator
Technician
BIOLINK - Consultoria Ambiental, Unipessoal, Lda
PT
Joaquim Duarte Mendes
  • Originator
Technician
BIOLINK - Consultoria Ambiental, Unipessoal, Lda
PT
Tiago Múrias
  • Metadata Provider
Researcher
CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto
Campus Agrário de Vairão
4485-661 Vairão Vairão
PT
João Madeira
  • Point Of Contact
Manager
EDP - Energias de Portugal
Av. 24 de Julho, 12, Torre Nascente, Piso 4
1249-300 Lisboa Lisbon
PT

Geographic Coverage

Data were collected in an area around the two dams, in Vilariça stream (5 km from the Sabor river mouth) and in a stretch of 3 km, west of Felgar (16 km from the Sabor mouth), in the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo.

Bounding Coordinates South West [41.173, -7.15], North East [41.283, -6.823]

Taxonomic Coverage

The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 class, 9 orders, 27 families, 53 genera and 67 species.

Phylum Chordata
Order Accipitriformes, Apodiformes, Bucerotiformes, Columbiformes, Coraciiformes, Cuculiformes, Galliformes, Passeriformes, Piciformes
Family Accipitridae, Aegithalidae, Alaudidae, Apodidae, Certhiidae, Columbidae, Corvidae, Cuculidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae, Hirundinidae, Laniidae, Meropidae, Motacillidae, Muscicapidae, Oriolidae, Paridae, Passeridae, Phasianidae, Phylloscopidae, Picidae, Prunellidae, Sturnidae, Sylviidae, Troglodytidae, Turdidae, Upupidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2010-08-14 / 2014-09-13

Project Data

The dataset contains records of land birds (Aves) collected in the lower valley of River Sabor (NE Portugal) and its main tributaries, in the scope of the long-term Ecological Monitoring Program (PME) of the Baixo Sabor Hydroelectric Dams (AHBS), promoted by EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. This dataset includes results of surveys made in locations where weirs were planned to be built in the future under the mitigation program of AHBS, from August 2010 to September 2014. A total of 9 points were surveyed in the selected sites. The occurrence of the target taxa was documented through 153 observation events, which produced a total of 5511 individual observations. The most abundant species (>400 records) were Sturnus unicolor (624), Fringilla coelebs (551), Turdus merula (476) and Passer domesticus (412).

Title EDP Baixo Sabor: Land Birds - Construction and Reservoir Filling Phases: complementary work sites [2010-2014]
Identifier EDP Biodiversity Data
Funding The work was funded by EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A.
Study Area Description The study was conducted in part of the sub-basin of river Sabor affected by the Baixo Sabor Hydroelectric Dam. The sampling was centered in suitable habitats for land birds at several locations affected by complementary works, linked to but outside the dam construction area (e.g., re-establishment of road communications or the construction of an Interpretation and Animal Recovery Center). All of these works were located close to the two dams.
Design Description The objective of the study was to monitor changes in the distribution patterns and abundances of bird species in the area of the Baixo Sabor Hydroelectric Dams, during the construction and flooding periods (2010-2014). This dataset refers to sampling sites associated with additional/complementary work to the dam structures.

The personnel involved in the project:

Mota Mota
  • Author
Célia Gomes
  • Author
Hugo André Zina
  • Author
Pedro Miguel Araújo
  • Author
Cátia Alexandra Oliveira
Sérgio Manuel Marques
  • Author
Joaquim Duarte Mendes
  • Author
Tiago Múrias
  • Metadata Provider

Sampling Methods

Sampling was designed to cover the most relevant habitats for land birds in a buffer of 5 km around the sites were additional/complementary work to the main dam structure was performed. A total of 9 point counts were surveyed (1-5 per site). At each count point, a 10-minute session was performed, in which all birds detected by sight or sound were recorded. The identification was made "in situ" by experienced observers, with the support of appropriate field guides.

Study Extent Data were collected in an area around the two dams, in Vilariça stream (5 km from the Sabor river mouth) and in a stretch of 3 km, west of Felgar (16 km from the Sabor mouth), in the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo.
Quality Control All individual identifications were performed by qualified technicians

Method step description:

  1. To be completed

Additional Metadata

Purpose This dataset is part of a broader initiative whereby the company EDP - Energias de Portugal S.A. will made available biodiversity data collected during impact assessment and biological monitoring studies.
Maintenance Description This resource will be regularly checked for accuracy.
Alternative Identifiers http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=edp_sabor_landbirds_other