Regional weightings for OSPAR regions where the entire bird species populations are not monitored.

regional_weightings

Format

A tibble with 363 rows and 10 variables

country

Country's ISO 3166 2 digit code

aphia_id

AphiaID of species in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

species_name

Species scientific name, , according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

ospar_region

OSPAR region number

  • 1 = Arctic Waters (OSPAR region I)

  • 2 = Greater North Sea (OSPAR region II)

  • 3 = Celtic Seas (OSPAR region III)

  • 4 = Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast (OSPAR region IV)

  • 5 = Wider Atlantic (OSPAR region V)

ospar_subregion

specific bird subdivision within OSPAR regions I or II

colony_ices_label

Label used for OSPAR region and birds subdivision

weighting_value
source_year_weighting
count_unit

Method used to count birds, breeding birds are either counts of individuals or pairs, non breeding (wintering) bird counts are counts of individuals

  • 1 = number of individuals

  • 2 = pairs

count_flag

Flag indicating if the count was breeding data or non breeding data (overwintering or migratory birds)

Details

Source year weighting range values have been converted to a single middle year (or nearest latest year to middle), with missing values removed.

Weighting values have been standardized to either pair or individual breeding counts as given in the required_species_count field in the species table and zero weighting values have been removed.