Description
Game observations is part of the Danish Hunters' Association's population monitoring project, aimed at monitoring the populations of Danish game species.
The data is collected by hunters and included observations of mammals as well as a few bird species. This dataset contains random observations, that aren't collected through the use systematic counts on transects. All location data has been blurred to ensure the privacy of hunters and their hunting grounds, but the exact locations are available for researchers on request.
The data can be used freely if cited appropriately. We would appreciate receiving copies of any publications using our data.
The dataset is updated annually.
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 21,309 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.
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:
Danmarks Jægerforbund (2025). Game observations from the Danish Hunters' Association (Danmarks Jægerforbund). Version 1.9. Danmarks Jægerforbund / Danish Hunters' Association. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.danbif.dk/resource?r=dj-vildtobs&v=1.9
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Danmarks Jægerforbund / Danish Hunters' Association. 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: 768b23fb-7d73-41a1-b3e4-364fefd3c91b. Danmarks Jægerforbund / Danish Hunters' Association publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by DanBIF - Danish Biodiversity Information Facility.
Keywords
Samplingevent; Observation
Contacts
- Distributor
- Node Manager & Data Curator
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5515-7900
Geographic Coverage
Denmark including sea territorie
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [54.406, 7.625], North East [57.996, 15.645] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
N/A
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves, Mammalia |
| Order | Charadriiformes, Carnivora, Anseriformes, Artiodactyla, Galliformes, Rodentia, Lagomorpha |
| Family | Scolopacidae, Procyonidae, Sciuridae, Leporidae, Bovidae, Felidae, Canidae, Castoridae, Phasianidae, Cervidae, Mustelidae, Suidae, Cricetidae, Anatidae |
Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | 2022-current |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 768b23fb-7d73-41a1-b3e4-364fefd3c91b |
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| https://ipt.danbif.dk/resource?r=dj-vildtobs |