Inventory of the terrestrial isopods in Belgium (2011-2020)

An occurrence dataset published by Spinicornis (Terrestrial Isopod Research Group of Belgium), the Research Institute of Nature and Forest (INBO), and Natuurpunt Studie and described in Boevaere et al. 2022 (https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1101.65810). The dataset representing the most complete overview of terror threats in Belgium and including the occurrence of 35 species, observed between 2011 and 2020. There are 36 native terror isopod species in Belgium (De Smedt et al. 2018) and only one (i.e. Miktoniscus patiencei vandel, 1946) hasn’t been determined in Belgium between 2011 and 2020. The occurrence from field surveys, pitfall trap projects and casual observations. The recorded data are registered through the citizen science portals observingen.be and observations.be managed by Natuurpunt Studie and Natagora respectively. All data were verified by experts. Here, the dataset is published as a recognised Darwin Core Archive and including for each record an occurrenceID, reference, date, location and scientific name and if available also individual count, sex, lifestage, behavioural, sampling protocol and information on the identification. Generalised and/or withheld information: location information is Generalised to 5 x 5 km² Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid cells. Observer name, exact XY coordinators, toponyms, and photographs are not included in the published dataset, but are known in the source database. To allow anyone to use this dataset, we have been released the data to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). We would appreciate however, if you read and follow these norms for data use (http://www.natuurpunt.be/normen-voor-datagebruik) and provide a link to the original dataset (https://doi.org/10.15468/mw9c66) if you read and follow these norms for data use. If you use this data for a scientific paper, please cite the dataset following the applicable citation norms and/or for co-authorship. We are interested in providing more information and available for helping with analysing the data for your project, so please contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or at [e-mail].