Description
This checklist contains a total of 393 species of insects documented from the Nepal part of the Kangchenjunga Landscape. This information is based on the Kangchenjunga Landscape country level feasibility assessment report of Nepal.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 393 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
ICIMOD (2018) Insects of the Kangchenjunga Landscape- Nepal.
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has not been registered with GBIF
Keywords
Insects; Arthropod; Biodiversity; Kangchenjunga Landscape; Eastern Nepal; HKH-bif
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
The checklist contains the list of insects that are found in Nepal part of the Kangchenjunga Landscape.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [26.361, 87.508], North East [28.13, 90.408] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The database contains 393 species of insects belonging to 9 arthropod groups.
| Species | Agathidium fallax (Khabate Keera) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date | 2016-01-01 |
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Project Data
The Kangchenjunga Landscape encompasses the southern stretch of landscape surrounding Mt Kangchenjunga (8,586m), which spreads over diverse ecological zones in eastern Nepal, North Bengal and Sikkim in India, and western Bhutan.
| Title | Kangchenjunga Landscape Conservation and Development Initiative |
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| Funding | The MacArthur Foundation, Austrian Development Fund and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) |
| Study Area Description | The database covers Nepal part of the Kangchenjunga Landscape. The KL Nepal covers Taplejung, Panchthar, Ilam and Jhapa districts of Nepal. |
| Design Description | The database is primarily based on the desktop review. The data are collated from the country level feasibility assessment reports prepared by the implementing partners in Nepal. |
The personnel involved in the project:
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Sampling Methods
The database was created using secondary information collected from country level feasibility assessment reports of the Kangchenjunga Landscape prepared by implementing partners in Nepal.
| Study Extent | The database contains list of insects from Nepal part of the Kangchenjunga Landscape. The database was created in 2016 following country level feasibility assessment reports of the Kangchenjunga Landscape. |
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| Quality Control | The names of species were crosschecked for their accuracy. |
Method step description:
- The database was created in excel using secondary information collected from country level feasibility assessment reports of the Kangchenjunga Landscape. Names of species were crosschecked for their accuracy. The data were then transformed into the Darwin Core Format.
Bibliographic Citations
- RECAST (2014). Feasibility assessment report KL Nepal. Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University. Kathmandu: Nepal
Additional Metadata
| Purpose | This database is created to provide open access data sets for both checklist and occurrence data to contribute interests of academic fraternity and informed decision making process. |
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| Maintenance Description | This has been embedded as a part of the Regional Database Initiative with provision of periodic updates. |
| Alternative Identifiers | 7406779b-ee85-4863-a948-580076e2f104 |
| http://rds.icimod.org:8080/hkh-bif/resource?r=insects_kangchenjunga |