cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.3535/gaa-50n-efj
title: Mythimna (Mythimna) pallens Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/6z5-ghv-m6e
title: Falcaria lacertinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/hc6-hwc-c2t
title: Acrobasis Zeller, 1839

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/mqw-dln-r1f
title: Drepana curvatula (Borkhausen, 1790)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/shw-64b-ffj
title: Cucullia umbratica (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/1cm-r7t-985
title: Apamea (Apamea) crenata (Hufnagel, 1766)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/enx-t2e-rt4
title: Thyatira batis (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/04y-p1x-mtg
title: Agonopterix heracliana Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/q4q-kh2-n7d
title: Acrobasis Zeller, 1839

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.hu9cu5
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 169 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "Geometry POLYGON((145.36763 -40.4803,166.34366 -40.4803,166.34366 -12.72239,145.36763 -12.72239,145.36763 -40.4803))",
 "HasCoordinate is true",
 "HasGeospatialIssue is false",
 "TaxonKey is Negaprion acutidens",
 "Year 1998-2025"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 169 records from 11 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0035443-251120083545085/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.3535/f3n-ntt-43p
title: Lygephila (Lygephila) viciae Hübner, 1822

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/y1k-6jm-6zl
title: Lygephila (Lygephila) viciae Hübner, 1822

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/pa1-9tg-1lp
title: Brachionycha nubeculosa Esper, 1785

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/c2p-rf7-dzd
title: Agonopterix heracliana Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/sx2-fep-ehj
title: Acronicta (Triaena) cuspis (Hübner)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/kta-r1q-rxf
title: Diarsia rubi (Vieweg, 1790)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/v0m-3mc-7fh
title: Agonopterix heracliana Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/5qg-6n8-xzc
title: Amphipyra (Amphipyra) perflua (Fabricius, 1787)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/lbk-ddc-ecb
title: Paracolax tristalis (Fabricius, 1794)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/33s-b2l-2r3
title: Colobochyla salicalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/4mb-8s1-r2c
title: Paracolax tristalis (Fabricius, 1794)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/gjm-qda-h5t
title: Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/r5t-m5d-3hc
title: Cucullia umbratica (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/xk8-yb2-rh9
title: Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/2xc-my0-3xq
title: Denisia stipella (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/t95-cw1-2fv
title: Amphipoea fucosa Freyer, 1830

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/9y3-06p-0at
title: Acrobasis consociella Hübner, 1813

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/bhh-glw-hwb
title: Enargia paleacea (Esper, 1788)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/cgz-1kh-f2c
title: Amphipoea fucosa Freyer, 1830

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/gcs-akh-jg9
title: Agonopterix heracliana Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/6tm-np3-4b2
title: Laspeyria flexula [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/sm8-r2m-lht
title: Patania Moore, 1888

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/k76-yma-3wy
title: Agonopterix heracliana Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/mtn-kfa-e8x
title: Noctua orbona Hufnagel, 1766

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/f4c-exq-sxc
title: Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/r8x-m5q-8bt
title: Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/2dy-p1c-gzk
title: Nonagria typhae Thunberg, 1794

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/lcf-pgs-pa2
title: Calliteara pudibunda (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/p3f-bh1-4p0
title: Catocala fraxini Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/363-4ll-5fh
title: Pheosia gnoma (Fabricius, 1776)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/xlg-ks3-t0f
title: Drepana curvatula (Borkhausen, 1790)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/j1t-k0a-1n9
title: Amphipoea fucosa Freyer, 1830

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/kyh-2a2-p3g
title: Mesoligia furuncula f. furuncula

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/dq8-jj3-6xm
title: Acrobasis consociella Hübner, 1813

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/v9g-0gr-xvz
title: Oligia latruncula ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/cw1-56d-npv
title: Indalia pygmaeola (Doubleday, 1847)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/qmh-rhr-1ev
title: Agonopterix heracliana Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/5fb-w9z-l2t
title: Brachionycha nubeculosa Esper, 1785

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/jvg-z2p-sc8
title: Cucullia umbratica (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/bl9-6he-gmm
title: Oligia latruncula ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/g03-4q0-5ad
title: Calliteara abietis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/25b-p8f-9kx
title: Calliteara abietis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/swb-zgl-4p7
title: Hadena (Hadena) compta [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/w9r-9h6-pl1
title: Calamia tridens Hufnagel, 1766

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/zf5-v6s-d0a
title: Homoeosoma sinuella Fabricius, 1794

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/3b6-eal-v95
title: Nonagria typhae Thunberg, 1794

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/ylw-xk4-7ak
title: Calamia tridens Hufnagel, 1766

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/lk6-bgd-xw6
title: Paracolax tristalis (Fabricius, 1794)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/qwv-qpp-9jz
title: Oligia latruncula f. Unicolor (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/cr9-99v-gmk
title: Indalia pygmaeola (Doubleday, 1847)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/580-tx5-j4r
title: Platytes cerusella [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/5cz-tzb-che
title: Amphipoea fucosa Freyer, 1830

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.vfb7dr
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 410 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "TaxonKey is Perameles bougainville",
 "HasCoordinate is TRUE"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 410 records from 12 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0035444-251120083545085/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.3535/5zz-s4v-41p
title: Acronicta (Triaena) cuspis (Hübner)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/xlv-tnw-la5
title: Platytes cerusella [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/ccr-bbd-2qh
title: Staurophora celsia Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/jyv-pv5-fza
title: Amphipyra (Amphipyra) perflua (Fabricius, 1787)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/w3j-3w2-z16
title: Diarsia rubi (Vieweg, 1790)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/j4m-dk3-pc0
title: Macdunnoughia (Macdunnoughia) confusa (Stephens, 1850)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/va2-329-ven
title: Paracolax tristalis (Fabricius, 1794)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/czy-85z-y84
title: Oligia Hübner, 1821

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/rqq-es0-d0a
title: Oligia latruncula ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/csj-ndf-jme
title: Agrochola (Anchoscelis) Guenée, 1839

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/n37-f65-jan
title: Oligia latruncula ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/py9-d3z-psq
title: Axylia putris Linnaeus, 1761

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/qay-170-eam
title: Lacanobia (Dianobia) thalassina Hufnagel, 1766

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/m82-jqq-280
title: Oligia latruncula ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/93e-xk8-058
title: Hydraecia micacea Esper, 1789

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/asl-pac-r2c
title: Hydraecia nordstroemi Horke, 1952

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/p5r-fr1-833
title: Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/aga-316-nzg
title: Acronicta (Triaena) cuspis (Hübner)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/pk3-wl5-192
title: Acronicta (Triaena) cuspis (Hübner)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/6wd-rwx-wxs
title: Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/dpl-clx-vrv
title: Oligia Hübner, 1821

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/nqv-vmj-5a4
title: Catocala fraxini Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/ffz-5td-56f
title: Oligia latruncula ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17849496
title: Dengue Cases in Recife, Brazil (2015–2024): Clean and Geocoded Dataset

description: This dataset contains 64,344 dengue case notifications from Recife, Brazil, covering the period 2015–2024.All records were cleaned, standardized, validated and geocoded using address normalization, CEP harmonization, polygon intersection, and distance-based fallback methods.

The dataset includes:





Standardized international variable names




Verified latitude and longitude for all cases




Neighborhood-level geocoding provenance




Anonymized and LGPD-compliant records




Clean CSV and Parquet versions




Documentation and licensing information



This dataset supports research in:





Spatial epidemiology




Geostatistics (Moran’s I, LISA, Getis-Ord)




Spatial regression (SAR, SEM, CAR/BYM2, SPDE-INLA)




Machine learning and risk mapping




Public health surveillance and urban studies



Source data originally from SINAN (Brazil’s national notification system), processed by the author for scientific and public use.
DOI: 10.3535/72g-bjj-jcc
title: Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/vf8-vs1-d67
title: Oligia Hübner, 1821

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17849495
title: Dengue Cases in Recife, Brazil (2015–2024): Clean and Geocoded Dataset

description: This dataset contains 64,344 dengue case notifications from Recife, Brazil, covering the period 2015–2024.All records were cleaned, standardized, validated and geocoded using address normalization, CEP harmonization, polygon intersection, and distance-based fallback methods.

The dataset includes:





Standardized international variable names




Verified latitude and longitude for all cases




Neighborhood-level geocoding provenance




Anonymized and LGPD-compliant records




Clean CSV and Parquet versions




Documentation and licensing information



This dataset supports research in:





Spatial epidemiology




Geostatistics (Moran’s I, LISA, Getis-Ord)




Spatial regression (SAR, SEM, CAR/BYM2, SPDE-INLA)




Machine learning and risk mapping




Public health surveillance and urban studies



Source data originally from SINAN (Brazil’s national notification system), processed by the author for scientific and public use.
DOI: 10.3535/kj0-nzx-zxf
title: Xanthia (Cirrhia) Hübner, 1816

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/tdk-w6k-5wh
title: Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/20e-dfh-g2y
title: Agriades Hübner, 1819

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/cpd-j4g-8gn
title: Acronicta (Triaena) cuspis (Hübner)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/kj6-xec-thj
title: Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/w1m-0y8-zcg
title: Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/ct4-9nn-3s5
title: Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/mss-l9l-ml7
title: Diarsia rubi (Vieweg, 1790)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/5f9-1mj-xd7
title: Diarsia rubi (Vieweg, 1790)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/5ss-aa6-ea9
title: Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer, 1808)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/4wn-e2y-p7r
title: Hydraecia nordstroemi Horke, 1952

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/r9t-ezl-3st
title: Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/8bk-wqb-rd6
title: Chersotis cuprea [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/gva-8qy-vp6
title: Hydraecia micacea Esper, 1789

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/r00-v7d-jmf
title: Acronicta (Triaena) cuspis (Hübner)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/yal-rxw-sb3
title: Acronicta (Triaena) cuspis (Hübner)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/3ah-gyw-a4w
title: Xanthorhoe montanata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/sgf-eaz-gyw
title: Boloria Moore, 1900

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/qtd-caa-xa7
title: Oligia latruncula ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/wat-y6m-25w
title: Xanthorhoe montanata ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/03z-gxh-cng
title: Axylia putris Linnaeus, 1761

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/r0c-3k3-y3q
title: Orthosia (Semiophora) gothica Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/e2c-3yc-tkh
title: Conistra (Dasycampa) erythrocephala ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/6z1-d0m-kem
title: Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus, 1758

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/zss-b8e-7sf
title: Diarsia brunnea [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/cna-v8h-de6
title: Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer, 1808)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.3535/x0f-09m-r81
title: Oligia latruncula ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

description: Digital Specimen for the physical specimen hosted at Finnish Museum of Natural History.
DOI: 10.15468/2b4r6s
title: Mammal Diversity Occurrence Data in Lake Ol’Bolossat Ecosystems, Nyandarua County

description: Mammals are central to ecosystem functioning and often respond quickly to environmental change, making them important indicators of human land use and climate impacts (Ernst & Brown, 2001: Cameron & Scheel, 2001). Disturbance, whether natural or human-driven, alters normal ecological processes (Van Andel et al., 1987). Human activities such as off-road driving, refuse dumping, vegetation trampling, frequent fires, and trail proliferation significantly influence mammal habitats. These pressures are particularly pronounced in ecologically sensitive landscapes like lake Ol’Bolossat, Kenya’s only natural lake in the Central Highlands, where increasing agricultural expansion, livestock grazing, and human encroachment are intensifying their effects on wildlife.Ecosystem goods and services such as fresh water, fertile soils, pollination, nutrient cycling (Peterson et al, 1998), and faunal community regulations (Kingdon et al., 2013) arise from healthy ecological functions. Lake Ol’Bolossat supports rich biodiversity, including grazing mammals, wetland-dependent species, and small mammals that contribute to seed dispersal and soil processes. Understanding mammal behaviour and population dynamics in such areas is therefore critical for conservation.Since some mammals at Lake Ol’Bolossat are elusive and nocturnal, indirect method were used such as track surveys, scat analysis and animal foot print identification (Taberlet et al., 1999). These non-invasive tools help monitoring rare or shy species and guide management strategies aimed at balancing biodiversity conservation with increasing human land-use pressures around the lake.