Threatened species occurrences, Denmark 1991-2015

Erik Canth Buchwald

doi:10.15468/5cpovj

Threatened species occurrences, Denmark 1991-2015

Citation

Buchwald E C (2018). Threatened species occurrences, Denmark 1991-2015. Version 1.4. Danish Nature Agency. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/5cpovj accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-13.

Description

"Threatened species occurrences, Denmark 1991-2015" is the occurrence dataset developed and used during a three-year industrial PhD-project 2015-2018 "Analysis and prioritization of future efforts for biodiversity – with particular regard to Danish Nature Agency lands" (Buchwald 2018). It was used as part of the basis for the 2018 designation of more than 13 000 ha of new forest reserves in Denmark as part of the Danish governments actions to halt the decline in biodiversity in line with Aichi and EU targets for 2020. The PhD-project was conducted in cooperation with the Natural History Museum of Denmark, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate (CMEC) at University of Copenhagen. Study species (N = 1378) were delimited as being terrestrial or amphibious species known from Denmark, and being globally or nationally red-listed in the high threat categories (RE, CR, EN, VU), plus birds listed on Annex I of the EU Birds Directive and species listed on annexes II, IV or V of the EU Habitats Directive. Taxonomy and naming was updated to match the standard species checklist of Denmark maintained by the Danish Biodiversity Information Facility (DANBIF). The quality-checks yielded detailed occurrence data (N= 267,556) for 1,378 species in 24,317 localities counted as different 100 x 100 meter grid cells. One data provider (Fugleognatur.dk) would not let details of the occurences be public, so those observations have details withheld but full details were used in the study.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

Study species (N = 1378) were from all taxonomic groups, but delimited as being terrestrial or amphibious species known from Denmark, and being globally or nationally red-listed in the high threat categories (RE, CR, EN, VU), plus birds listed on Annex I of the EU Birds Directive and species listed on annexes II, IV or V of the EU Habitats Directive.

Amphibia
rank: class
Annelida
rank: phylum
Araneae
rank: order
Ascomycota
rank: phylum
Aves
rank: class
Basidiomycota
rank: phylum
Branchiopoda
rank: class
Bryophyta
rank: phylum
Coleoptera
rank: order
Diptera
rank: order
Gastropoda
rank: class
Heteroptera
rank: order
Hymenoptera
rank: order
Lepidoptera
rank: order
Mammalia
rank: class
Odonata
rank: order
Orthoptera
rank: order
Pseudoscorpiones
rank: order
Reptilia
rank: class
Tracheophyta
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Denmark, DK

Bibliographic Citations

Buchwald, E. (2018). Analysis and prioritization of future efforts for biodiversity – with particular regard to Danish Nature Agency lands. PhD-thesis, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. 388 pp. (submitted 28 February 2018). -
Buchwald, E. and Heilmann-Clausen, J. (2018): Muligheder på Naturstyrelsens arealer for bedre opfyldelse af 2020-mål for truede arter. Center for Makroøkologi, Evolution og Klima, Københavns Universitet. 67 sider plus 47 sider bilag. http://macroecology.ku.dk/dk/andre-publikationer/ -
Manuscript A: Buchwald, E. and Heilmann-Clausen, J. (2018 in prep.) How well do conservation sites based on annex II species of the EU Habitats Directive cover other threatened species relevant for the 2020 biodiversity targets? In prep. for Biological Conservation. -
Manuscript B: Buchwald, E. and Heilmann-Clausen, J. (2018 in prep.) Marxan with Zones applied to prioritize management for threatened forest species in Denmark to improve reaching 2020 biodiversity targets. In prep. for PLOS ONE. -

Contacts

Erik Canth Buchwald
originator
position: Forest ecologist
The Danish Nature Agency
Gjøddinggård, Førstballevej 2
Randbøl
DK-7183
DK
email: ecb@nst.dk
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5590-6390

Erik Canth Buchwald
metadata author
position: Forest ecologist
The Danish Nature Agency
Gjøddinggård, Førstballevej 2
Randbøl
DK-7183
DK
email: ecb@nst.dk
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5590-6390

Isabel Calabuig
distributor
position: Node Manager, Data Curator
Danish Biodiversity Information Facility
DK
email: icalabuig@snm.ku.dk

Erik Canth Buchwald
administrative point of contact
position: Forest ecologist
The Danish Nature Agency
Gjøddinggård, Førstballevej 2
Randbøl
DK-7183
DK
email: ecb@nst.dk
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5590-6390