EDP Foz Tua: Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura) (Aves) - Ecological Monitoring Program [2012-2017] 

Hugo Costa1, Joana Santos1, Ana Teresa Marques1, Helena Coelho1, Hugo Zina1, Emanuel Ribeiro1, Rui Pedroso1, Helder Cardoso1, Luís Queirós1, João Paula1, Tiago Múrias2

1 BioInsigth, Rua Antero de Quental, Nº52 Loja B, 2675-690 Odivelas, Odivelas, Portugal; 2 CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Vairão, Portugal

Corresponding author(s): Hugo Costa (info@bioinsight.pt)Joana Santos (info@bioinsight.pt)Ana Teresa Marques (info@bioinsight.pt)Helena Coelho (info@bioinsight.pt)Hugo ZinaEmanuel RibeiroRui PedrosoHelder CardosoLuís QueirósJoão Paula, Tiago Múrias (tdsantos@cibio.up.pt)

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Resource Citation

Costa H, Santos J, Marques A T, Coelho H, Zina H, Ribeiro E, Pedroso R, Cardoso H, Queirós L, Paula J, Múrias T (2019): EDP Foz Tua: Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura) (Aves) - Ecological Monitoring Program [2012-2017]. v1. EDP - Energias de Portugal. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=edp_tua_oenanthe_pme&amp;v=1.0

Abstract

The dataset contains records of black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura) (Aves, Muscicapidae) collected in plots along the lower Tua River valley and included in the Ecological Monitoring Program of the Foz Tua Hydroelectric Dam, promoted by EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. Data were collected in May 2012 and between January and September 2013-2017, during field visits to the known area of occurrence of the target species in the lower Tua valley, in a 5-km buffer around the river itself. The occurrence of the target taxa was documented through 635 observations of the species, in 155 events.

Keywords: Birds; black Wheatear; Oenanthe leucura; occurrence; observations; point counts.

General description

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. 

Project details

Project title: EDP Foz Tua: Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura) (Aves) - Ecological Monitoring Program [2012-2017] 
Personnel: Hugo Costa, Joana Santos, Ana Teresa Marques, Helena Coelho, Hugo Zina, Emanuel Ribeiro, Rui Pedroso, Helder Cardoso, Luís Queirós, João Paula, Tiago Múrias
Funding: The work was funded by EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A. 
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The study was conducted in part of the sub-basin of river Tua affected by the Foz-Tua Hydroelectric Dam. The sampling was centered in suitable habitats for the Black Wheatear in a 5 km radius buffer around the future reservoir banks and up to 22 km from the Tua mouth.
Design description: The objective of the study was to monitor changes in the distribution patterns, abundances and reproduction of the Black Wheatear in the area of the Foz Tua Hydroelectric Dam, during the dam construction (2011-2016), and in the subsequent flooding of the river valley (2016-2017). 

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=edp_tua_oenanthe_pme

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 phylum, 1 class, 1 order, 1 family, 1 genus and 1 species. 
Taxonomic ranks
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The data were collected within a 5-km buffer around the valley of the River Tua (Northeast Portugal), up to 22 km from the mouth, in the municipalities of Alijó, Carrazeda de Ansiães and Murça, but mostly limited to the last 7 km of the valey.
Coordinates: 41°12'32.9''N and 41°18'1.83''N Latitude; 7°27'2.85''W and 7°20'17.45''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: May 18, 2012 - September 9, 2017

Methods

Method step description: To be completed
Study extent description: The data were collected within a 5-km buffer around the Tua lower valley (Northeast Portugal), up to 22 km from the mouth, in the municipalities of Alijó, Carrazeda de Ansiães and Murça
Sampling description: Sampling was designed to cover the main area of reproduction of the Black Wheatear along the lower Tua River valley affected by the Foz-Tua dam, particularly in the last 7 km of the river, where most couples have their territories.     
The area was intensively searched, and all known or potential territories were visited once (winter and summer/autumn) or twice (spring). Singing playbacks (five minutes each) were performed to enhance the response of the birds. Species identification and assessment of age and sex (when possible) were made “in loco”, with the help of appropriate field guides. 
Quality control description: All identifications were performed by qualified technicians 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive EDP Foz Tua: Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura) (Aves) - Ecological Monitoring Program [2012-2017] 
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/archive.do?r=edp_tua_oenanthe_pme
Publication date of data: 2020-01-22
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-12-18
Hierarchy level: Dataset