Abstract
In this data paper, a dataset of passerine bird communities is described in Sierra Nevada, a Mediterranean high mountain located in southern Spain. The dataset includes occurrence data from bird surveys conducted in four representative ecosystem types of Sierra Nevada from 2008 to 2015. For each visit, bird species numbers as well as distance to the transect line were recorded. A total of 27847 occurrence records were compiled with accompanying measurements on distance to the transect and animal counts. All records are of species in the order Passeriformes. Records of 16 different families and 44 genera were collected. Some of the taxa in the dataset are included in the European Red List. This dataset belongs to the Sierra Nevada Global-Change Observatory (OBSNEV), a long-term research project designed to compile socio-ecological information on the major ecosystem types in order to identify the impacts of global change in this area.
Highlights
Birds are among the most suitable groups of organisms for assessing species vulnerability to climate change (Pacifi et al 2015)
The dataset comes from Sierra Nevada Global Change Observatory (OBSNEV), a monitoring programme designed to evaluate the potential impacts of global change in this mountain area
Studies of bird communities in the Sierra Nevada mountain region go back to the 1850s, with the first published records of field observations recorded by ornithologists (Pleguezuelos 1991, Garzón 2012)
Summary
Birds are among the most suitable groups of organisms for assessing species vulnerability to climate change (Pacifi et al 2015). A dataset of passerine bird communities is described from Sierra Nevada, a Mediterranean high mountain region in southern Spain.
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