Taiwan Agricultural LTER Dataset  臺灣農業長期生態監測生物資料集

Da-Li Lin1, Yung-Lun Lin2, Min-Hsuan Ni3

1 Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute, 1, Ming-Shen East Rd, 55244, Nantou, Taiwan; 2 Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou County, Taiwan; 3 Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou County, Taiwan

Corresponding author(s): Da-Li Lin (thrush1250@gmail.com)Yung-Lun Lin, Yung-Lun Lin (b210195@gmail.com)

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Resource Citation

Lin Y-L & Lin D-L. 2022. The species occurrence dataset of The Taiwan Agricultural Long Term Ecological Research. Version 1.0. Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute. Sampling event dataset.

Abstract

Taiwan Agricultural Long Term Ecological Research Network aims to collect the occurrences of birds, amphibians and reptiles on the farmlands of Taiwan since 2021. We collected the observations at eight sites in different parts of Taiwan, and the crop types including rice paddies and orchards. All sites include at least a patch of fields with organic farming and conventional farming respectively. The surveyors recorded the date, time, location, and species of each individual which was observed by sight and/or sound. 

為了改善農業環境狀況，並兼顧農業環境生產糧食及保育生物多樣性等多重價值，建立生物多樣性友善農業為推動新農業的重要研究題材。然而，臺灣雖然推動十餘年的公民科學，累積大量生物時空分布資料，農業環境缺仍舊相當缺乏資料。為此，我們與配合農業試驗所的農業長期生態監測計畫，自2021年起於全國八處監測站(新竹峨嵋、苗栗西湖、臺南麻豆、高雄燕巢、屏東枋山、臺東卑南、臺東池上、及花蓮富里)以地圖描繪法執行鳥類、兩棲類、爬行類的監測工作。

Keywords: Samplingevent, Taiwan, LTER, farmland, agriculture

Project details

Project title: Taiwan Agricultural Long Term Ecological Research: species occurrence dataset
Personnel: Da-Li Lin
Funding: Coucil of Agriculture (112農科-4.4.1-農-C4(12))
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Taiwan (Emei in Hsinchu, West Lake in Miaoli, Madou in Tainan, Yanchao in Kaohsiung, Fangshan in Pingtung, Beinan in Taitung, Chishang in Taitung, and Fuli in Hualien)

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=taiwan_agri_lter

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: birds, amphibians and reptiles
鳥類、兩棲類與爬行類
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia
Common names: Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The locations of farmlands includes rice fields in Fuli Township, Hualien County and Chishang Township, Taitung County; pomelo orchards in Xihu Township, Miaoli County, and Madou District, Tainan City; Sakyamuni orchards in Beinan Township, Taitung County; jujube orchards in Yanchao District, Kaohsiung City; Citrus orchards in Emei Township, Hsinchu County; and mango orchards in Fangshan Township, Pingtung County.
調查範圍坐落在臺灣的農地裡。而農田的地點包含了花蓮縣富里鄉及台東縣池上鄉的水稻田；苗栗縣西湖鄉及台南市麻豆區的柚子果園；台東縣卑南鄉的釋迦果園；高雄市燕巢區的棗子果園；新竹縣峨眉鄉的柑橘果園；以及屏東縣枋山鄉的芒果果園。
Coordinates: 21°51'39.6''N and 25°19'8.4''N Latitude; 119°59'34.8''E and 122°2'31.2''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: March 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

Temporal coverage: March 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

Methods

Method step description: 
- . 	Bird survey: Choose any 15-minute period between 15 minutes before sunrise and 1 hour before sunset (excluding the 11am-1pm period) to record the birds seen in the target agricultural area using the map drawing method. Survey dates should avoid bad weather such as rain and strong winds, and preferably be conducted on sunny days. The survey method adopts the "map drawing method," and the survey range is the target field area. Each bird survey lasts for 15 minutes, recording all the birds heard and seen, and marking their resting locations on the map.

鳥類調查：於日出前15分鐘至日落前一小時之間，任擇15分鐘(避開中午時段11am-1pm)，以地圖描繪法記錄目標農田區內出現的鳥類。調查日期避開雨天及強風等惡劣天氣，盡量選晴天調查。調查方法採「地圖描繪法」，調查範圍為目標田區範圍。每一處的鳥類調查執行15分鐘，記錄所有聽到及看到的鳥類個體，並將停棲地點記錄於地圖上。
- . 	Amphibians and reptiles: Visual encounter surveys are conducted in combination with audio strip transects. A convenient and representative walking route (transect line) is planned, and the long-term monitoring station's range and surrounding areas are systematically traversed. Depending on the agricultural land type, different suggestions are made. For example, for small rice fields in Chishang, walk around the outer edge of the field ridge; for the complex rice fields in Fuli, plan a path that covers a relatively complete range of species during the survey time; for orchards, an alternative route can be chosen if it is not possible to walk around the field.

兩棲類與爬行類：採目視遇測法(Visual encounter surveys)，並搭配鳴叫計數法(Audio strip transects)，規劃一條方便行走且具代表性的路線(穿越線)，且有系統地走過長期監測站範圍內及周邊區域。依農地類型有不同的建議，池上的小型稻田：繞行外圍田梗一整圈；富里複合式稻田：規劃調查時間內能走完，且能記錄到涵蓋相對完整的物種的路徑；果園：通常未必有辦法繞行一圈，可挑選適合的替代路線。
Study extent description: The locations of farmlands includes rice fields in Fuli Township, Hualien County and Chishang Township, Taitung County; pomelo orchards in Xihu Township, Miaoli County, and Madou District, Tainan City; Sakyamuni orchards in Beinan Township, Taitung County; jujube orchards in Yanchao District, Kaohsiung City; Citrus orchards in Emei Township, Hsinchu County; and mango orchards in Fangshan Township, Pingtung County.
農田的地點包含：花蓮縣富里鄉及台東縣池上鄉的水稻田、苗栗縣西湖鄉及台南市麻豆區的柚子果園、台東縣卑南鄉的釋迦果園、高雄市燕巢區的棗子果園、新竹縣峨眉鄉的柑橘果園、以及屏東縣枋山鄉的芒果果園。
Sampling description: The sites were selected by the Agricultural Research Institute, Council of Agriculture. None were selected by random sampling.
Quality control description: All data were double-checked by the surveyors and the project manager.

所有資料皆由團隊人員確認兩次以上，並與調查員核對。

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Taiwan Agricultural LTER Dataset  臺灣農業長期生態監測生物資料集
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.taibif.tw/archive.do?r=taiwan_agri_lter
Publication date of data: 2023-06-26
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2023-04-07
Hierarchy level: Dataset