MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL: A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in Portugal

Mammals are threatened worldwide, with ~26% of all species being included in the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associated with habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mammals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depleti...

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Published in:	Ecology (Durham) Vol. 103; no. 6; pp. e3654 - n/a
Main Authors:	Grilo, Clara, Alexandre, Marta, Alonso, Ivan Prego, Álvares, Francisco, Alves, Paulo, Amado, Anabela, Amorim, Francisco, Araújo, Ricardo, Ascensão, Fernando, Augusto, Margarida, Barbosa, Soraia, Barbosa, Sérgio, Barreiro, Silvia, Barros, Paulo, Barros, Filomena, Basto, Mafalda, Bernardino, Joana, Borges, Marta, Braz, Luis, Cabral, João Alexandre, Calzada, Javier, Carapuço, Mafalda, Carmo, Mário, Carrapato, Carlos, Carvalho, Filipe, Castro, Diana, Castro, Guilherme, Castro, Joana, Castro, Luis Roma, Cid, André, Costa, Pedro, Craveiro, João, Duro, Virginia, Falé, João Salvador, Fernandes, Carlos, Fernandes, Margarida, Ferreira, Diogo F., Ferreira, Joaquim Pedro, Fonseca, Carlos, Gabriel, Sofia I., Gomes, Carla Patricia Jorge, Gomes, Pedro, Grilo, Filipa, Guedes, Américo, Gutiérrez, Iván, Harper, Henry, Jesus, José, Jones, Kate E., Laborde, Marina I., Lemos, Rita, Lima, Cátia, Lopes, Hugo, López‐Baucells, Adrià, Lourenço, Rui, Lucas, Paula, Marques, Sara, Marrecas, Pedro Caetano, Mascarenhas, Miguel, Mata, Vanessa A., Medinas, Denis, Mestre, Frederico, Monarca, Rita I., Monteiro, Barbara, Monterroso, Pedro, Nakamura, Mónia, Nóbrega, Eva K., Nóvoa, Miguel, Nunes, Nuno Jardim, Oliveira, José Miguel, Palmeirim, Jorge M., Paula, Anabela, Pedroso, Nuno M., Pereira, Pedro F., Pereira, José, Petrucci‐Fonseca, Francisco, Pimenta, Miguel, Pires, Rosa, Pita, Ricardo, Pontes, Carlos, Rainho, Ana, Graça Ramalhinho, Maria, Ramalho, Patrícia, Regala, Frederico Tátá, Rio‐Maior, Helena, Rocha, Rita Gomes, Rodrigues, Luísa, Rosalino, Luís Miguel, Russo, Danilo, Sá, Pedro, Sabino‐Marques, Helena, Santos, Helena, Santos, Carlos Pedro, Serronha, Ana, Silva, Carla S. G. M., Silva, Clara, Silva, Ricardo, Sousa, Pedro, Tapisso, Joaquim T., Travassos, Paulo, Cidraes‐Vieira, Nuno
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01-06-2022 Ecological Society of America
Subjects:	1873–2021 Archipelagoes Bioacoustics Carnivora Cetartiodactyla Chiroptera Climate change Cones Conservation Datasets Depletion Echolocation Environmental degradation Eulipotyphla Europe Habitat loss Iberian Peninsula Lagomorpha Marine ecosystems Marine mammals Mounds Nuts Predators Prey Rodentia Species Species classification species distribution Telemetry Terrestrial environments Trapping Wildlife conservation Portugal Iberian Peninsula Carnivora Cetartiodactyla species distribution Eulipotyphla Europe Rodentia Lagomorpha 1873-2021 Chiroptera
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Summary:	Mammals are threatened worldwide, with ~26% of all species being included in the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associated with habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mammals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depletion for marine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems functionality and resilience, and therefore information on their distribution is crucial to delineate and support conservation actions. MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL is a publicly available data set compiling unpublished georeferenced occurrence records of 92 terrestrial, volant, and marine mammals in mainland Portugal and archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira that includes 105,026 data entries between 1873 and 2021 (72% of the data occurring in 2000 and 2021). The methods used to collect the data were: live observations/captures (43%), sign surveys (35%), camera trapping (16%), bioacoustics surveys (4%) and radiotracking, and inquiries that represent less than 1% of the records. The data set includes 13 types of records: (1) burrows \| soil mounds \| tunnel, (2) capture, (3) colony, (4) dead animal \| hair \| skulls \| jaws, (5) genetic confirmation, (6) inquiries, (7) observation of live animal (8), observation in shelters, (9) photo trapping \| video, (10) predators diet \| pellets \| pine cones/nuts, (11) scat \| track \| ditch, (12) telemetry and (13) vocalization \| echolocation. The spatial uncertainty of most records ranges between 0 and 100 m (76%). Rodentia (n =31,573) has the highest number of records followed by Chiroptera (n = 18,857), Carnivora (n = 18,594), Lagomorpha (n = 17,496), Cetartiodactyla (n = 11,568) and Eulipotyphla (n = 7008). The data set includes records of species classified by the IUCN as threatened (e.g., Oryctolagus cuniculus [n = 12,159], Monachus monachus [n = 1,512], and Lynx pardinus [n = 197]). We believe that this data set may stimulate the publication of other European countries data sets that would certainly contribute to ecology and conservation‐related research, and therefore assisting on the development of more accurate and tailored conservation management strategies for each species. There are no copyright restrictions; please cite this data paper when the data are used in publications.
Bibliography:	Funding information POSEUR, Grant/Award Number: POSEUR‐03‐2215‐FC‐000097 Handling Editor William K. Michener ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0012-9658 1939-9170
DOI:	10.1002/ecy.3654