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The Pantheon database: habitat related traits, conservation status and taxa associations for invertebrates in England

The Pantheon database contains habitat-related traits, feeding guilds, conservation status (including rarity and threat status), legal protection data and associations with other taxa for just over 11,700 invertebrates. The database has been developed for invertebrates within England so the data should be used with caution when applying it to invertebrates of other countries. The data have been extracted from numerous sources within the published literature and compiled and categorised by entomological experts over a number of years. The database also includes (and supersedes) species assemblage types (SATs) from the Invertebrate Species-habitat Information System (ISIS). Species names have been linked with the Taxon Version Key (TVK; unique identifier) from the UK Species Inventory, held by the Natural History Museum, where possible. Overall the database holds 154,072 records. The database was developed by Natural England and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology as part of a development of online analytical tools to benefit invertebrate conservation and site assessments. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/2a353d2d-c1b9-4bf7-8702-9e78910844bc

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Date (Publication)
2017-05-05
Date (Creation)
2017-03-31
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/2a353d2d-c1b9-4bf7-8702-9e78910844bc
Identifier
doi: / 10.5285/2a353d2d-c1b9-4bf7-8702-9e78910844bc
Other citation details
Webb, J., Heaver, D., Lott, D., Dean, H.J., van Breda, J., Curson, J., Harvey, M.C., Gurney, M., Roy, D.B., van Breda, A., Drake, M., Alexander, K.N.A., Foster, G. (2017). The Pantheon database: habitat related traits, conservation status and taxa associations for invertebrates in England. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/2a353d2d-c1b9-4bf7-8702-9e78910844bc
Point of contact
  Natural England - Webb, J.
Point of contact
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Dean, H.
Author
  Natural England - Webb, J.
Author
  Natural England - Heaver, D.
Author
  Natural England - Lott, D.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Dean, H.J.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9602-7202
Author
  Biodiverse IT - van Breda, J.
Author
  Natural England - Curson, J.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Harvey, M.C.
Author
  RSPB - Gurney, M.
Author
  Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Roy, D.B.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5147-0331
Author
  AVB-IT - van Breda, A.
Author
  Unaffiliated - Drake, M.
Author
  Unaffiliated - Alexander, K.N.A.
Author
  Unaffiliated - Foster, G.
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Publisher
  NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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asNeeded As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Habitats and Biotopes
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This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
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© Natural England, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Webb, J., Heaver, D., Lott, D., Dean, H.J., van Breda, J., Curson, J., Harvey, M.C., Gurney, M., Roy, D.B., van Breda, A., Drake, M., Alexander, K.N.A., Foster, G. (2017). The Pantheon database: habitat related traits, conservation status and taxa associations for invertebrates in England. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/2a353d2d-c1b9-4bf7-8702-9e78910844bc
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Topic category
  • Biota
Begin date
2007-03-31
End date
2017-03-31
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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Distribution format
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  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Data were extracted from the published literature, including journal papers, books and websites. Whilst some of these sources may not have been peer reviewed they have been available for public scrutiny. The extracted data was compiled and categorised by expert entomologists, and second opinions sought where there was uncertainty in the categorisation. The trait names and hierarchy design were peer reviewed by a range of invertebrate experts. During the review, they were also able to comment on and amend species traits allocations if they considered them incorrect. Any changes were approved by the Pantheon project and steering group before implementation.
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Character set
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dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-13T16:18:12
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK
https://eidc.ac.uk/
 
 

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