READ ME File For 'post-release_sand_lizard_surveys'

Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D1797

ReadMe Author: Rachel Gardner, Orcid ID: 0000-0002-4911-7731

This dataset supports the thesis entitled: Optimisation of reintroduction protocols for cryptic species: Reintroducing the sand lizard Lacerta agilis to a lowland heath site
AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: [2021]

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
[contains data on post-release surveys at Eelmoor Marsh for sand lizard and widespread reptile species used in Chapter 3]

This dataset contains:

two tabs - one for regular refugia arrays, one for observations on transect walks
date & time of survey
location of array/sighting as per survey grid
weather conditions (MET Office data as referenced in thesis)
microclimate conditions
microhabitat conditions
species observed
refugia material utilised
presence of ants at refugia
ID of sand lizards (where known)



Date of data collection: [2017-09-19 : 2019-08-29]

Information about geographic location of data collection: Eelmoor Marsh SSSI, Hampshire

Licence: CC BY-NC-ND

Related projects/Funders:
[FNES, University of Southampton; Marwell Wildlife]

Related publication:
[PhD Thesis: Optimisation of reintroduction protocols for cryptic species: Reintroducing the sand lizard Lacerta agilis to a lowland heath site]


Date that the file was created: 2021/04/06

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