Data description

Wildlife monitoring in Grimsö: reproduction data for starlings

Last changed: 18 June 2024

Data from monitoring the reproduction of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). 150 bird nests are inventoried annually, distributed in six sub-areas (with 25 nests each) within the Grimsö Wildlife Research Station area. In early May, the number of eggs laid is counted and two or three weeks later the number of hatchlings.

The data goes back to 1981. Until 2007, when two new sub-areas were added to the programme, 100 burrows were checked each year.

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SLU Grimsö Wildlife Research Station is part of the SITES national infrastructure and data can be downloaded from the SITES data portal: Starling reproduction from Grimsö, Centroid of Research Area.

At SITES background information on the area is also available, such as land cover, vegetation and topography: Grimsö Background Information based on MAPS and GIS Data.

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Contact

Gunnar Jansson

Metadata

Identifier PID
Publisher SITES
Funding agency SITES
Keywords population dynamics, wildlife, wildlife monitoring, bird, birds, eggs, SITES.
Data citation

Grimsö Wildlife Research Station (2023). Starling reproduction from Grimsö, Centroid of Research Area, 1981–2022 [Data set]. Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science (SITES). https://hdl.handle.net/11676.1/P8rtv97XQIOXtgQEiEjwokOt

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File format csv
Language English
Start date 1981-05-01
Frequency of update Annually
Data access service Yes
Technical contact data@fieldsites.se
Subject area
  • Biology
Habitat type
  • Agricultural landscapes
  • Forest
Species group
  • Birds
Swedish environmental objectives
  • A rich diversity of plant and animal life
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