United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme: phenology 2022

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 2022. In addition, these data are 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 UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), 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.

本数据集提供了有关英国蝴蝶物种在所有监测站点（英国蝴蝶监测计划，UKBMS）中飞行周期的数据。涵盖了1976年至2022年超过2500个站点的年度数据，这些数据关联了飞行周期的时间（首次出现、最后一次出现、峰值丰度日期和平均飞行日期）以及持续时间（总飞行天数、围绕平均飞行日期的标准差）。此外，这些数据每年均按十一种多世代物种进行划分，以提供与第一代及后续代相关不同飞行周期的独立物候数据。由于生物事件发生时间与温度之间的密切关系，物候变化是衡量气候变化生物影响的一种广泛使用指标。本数据集为评估气候变化的空间和时间影响提供了无价的工具。英国蝴蝶监测计划由蝴蝶保护组织（BC）、英国生态与水文中心（UKCEH）、英国鸟类信托基金会（BTO）和联合自然保护委员会（JNCC）组织和支持。UKBMS对为该计划提供数据的所有志愿者表示深深的感谢。本工作得到自然环境研究委员会（NERC）资助，项目编号NE/R016429/1，作为英国-SCAPE计划的一部分，旨在提供国家能力。