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Queensland species distribution and observation frequency generalised to a 10 km grid based on the Queensland Government's WildNet database.
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Wildlife records of valid, in situ taxa with a location precision not greater than 5000 metres from the Queensland Government's WildNet database are aggregated on taxon_id to a 10km x 10km spatial grid of Queensland and the number of records per taxon_id summed. Additional taxonomic attributes are joined to the aggregated data on taxon_id.
The output includes the following fields – grid_id, taxon_id, records, kingdom, class, family, scientific_name, common_name, taxon_author, NCA_status (Nature Conservation Act 1992 status), EPBC_status (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 status), significant (Conservation significant) and endemicity.
Codes for NCA_status, EPBC_status and Endemicity are available as a dataset via the Queensland Open Data portal.
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The dataset is based on all WildNet database wildlife records of valid, in situ taxa with a location precision not greater than 5000 metres.
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The dataset is consistent with the WildNet database.
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The positional accuracy of the data is consistent with the WildNet database at the time of extraction.
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Data was extracted from the WildNet database to create the dataset.
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The attributes have been extracted from the WildNet database.
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This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (n.d.) Species sighting grid statistics – spatial metadata, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/get-mapping-help/metadata/species/
— Department of Environment, Science and Innovation