UK abstract from Nottingham City Museums & Galleries (NCMG) Insect Collection Baseline database
Nottinghamshire Biological and Geological Records Centre
Description
Nottingham City Museums & Galleries Historic specimen data
Geographic Description
Majority of specimens are from Nottinghamshire and the Midlands but other UK localities are represented
Purpose
The dataset provides a geographical mapping of NCMG Natural History Collections
Data quality
Average, data input mainly by non-specialists in the 1990s' working mostly from paper catalogues themselves compiled by non-specialists in the 1970's and 80's. There was no proof checking during the input phase though a substantial amount of data cleaning has been carried out in the last decade. Taxonomy has been upgraded digitally in comparison with nameserver. Sitename and grid reference data derived from find spot input data after extensive manual data cleaning
Methods
Derived from field collection information on specimen labels
Citation
Nottingham City Museums & Galleries ([Insert download year]). UK abstract from Nottingham City Museums & Galleries (NCMG) Insect Collection Baseline database. Occurrence dataset on the NBN Atlas
Rights
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