United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: phenology 2019

This dataset provides data on the timing of butterfly flight periods for each UK butterfly species across all monitored sites in the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS). Annual data from over 2,500 sites are presented relating to the timing (first appearance, last appearance, date of peak abundance and mean flight date) and the duration (total number of days, standard deviation around the mean flight date) of the flight period for all UK butterfly species from 1976 to the present year. In addition, this data is divided each year for eleven multi-voltine species to provide separate phenology data for distinct flight periods associated with first and subsequent generations. Phenology change is a widely used measure of the biological impacts of climate change because of the close relationship between temperature and the timing of biological events. This dataset provides an invaluable tool for assessing the impacts of climate change both spatially and temporally. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme is organized and funded by Butterfly Conservation (BC), the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). The UKBMS is indebted to all volunteers who contribute data to the scheme. This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/4bc7bb9f-4a7a-46ff-aa63-2747e248fd1e

本数据集收录了英国蝴蝶监测计划（UKBMS）中，针对各监测站点英国蝴蝶物种飞行周期的时序数据。该数据集涵盖了自1976年至当年超过2500个站点的年度数据，包括蝴蝶飞行周期的时序信息（首次出现、最后一次出现、高峰丰度日期及平均飞行日期）及其持续时间（总天数，平均飞行日期的标准差）。此外，针对每年十一种多世代物种的数据进行了划分，以提供与第一代及后续代相关特定飞行周期的独立物候数据。由于温度与生物事件发生时序的密切关系，物候变化是衡量气候变化生物影响的一种广泛应用的指标。本数据集为评估气候变化在时空尺度上的影响提供了无价的工具。英国蝴蝶监测计划由蝴蝶保护协会（BC）、生态水文中心（CEH）、英国鸟类信托基金会（BTO）和联合自然保护委员会（JNCC）组织并资助。UKBMS对为该计划提供数据的所有志愿者表示衷心的感谢。本项研究得到了自然环境研究委员会（NERC）项目编号NE/R016429/1的支持，作为UK-SCAPE项目的一部分，旨在提供国家能力。关于本数据集的详细信息，可查阅https://doi.org/10.5285/4bc7bb9f-4a7a-46ff-aa63-2747e248fd1e。