Datasets

In this database we have collected the available radiometric data from literature and from other more restricted databases. We try to incorporate newly published chronometric dates collected from all kind of available publications. See list of journals inspected in downloadable file "inspected-journals.xlsx". For colleagues mainly interested in a list of all chronometric dates an excel list (with no details) is available: (Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database v8 Jun 2021 extract.xlsx). An even more restricted file with dates only is also available (Radiometric dates v28). A file, ...

This survey relates to COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action CA17122 - Alien CSI - Increasing understanding of alien species through citizen science (see https://alien-csi.eu/). The main aim of this survey was to collect information on Citizen Science projects/initiatives involving alien species in European Member States and some neighbouring countries. The survey was performed using a google forms.

This dataset contains a set of 13 climatological variables (Variable, VariableName) at a spatial resolution of 1x1km for Europe (nx = 13147, ny = 6071) for historical (ClimatePeriod) and future climate conditions. These variables are a subset of the so-called bioclimatic variables that are often part of global gridded datasets (e.g. WorldClim, CHELSA) that have been specifically developed for species distribution modelling and ecological applications.The climatological data correspond to 35-year (Startyear_Endyear = 1971_2005) and 30-year (Startyear_Endyear = 2041_2070) mean values ...

MIPI-HHoT is a dataset of minimum income adequacy indicators, produced using the Hypothetical Household Tool (HHoT) plugin of the European microsimulation model, EUROMOD. Its purpose is to provide internationally comparable indicators of minimum incomes for four model households (Single, Couple, Couple with two children and Lone parent with two children) in three income situations (Minimum wage-earning household, Non-working social assistance-receiving household and Old-age household without access to contributory pensions). In doing so it continues the work of the CSB-Minimum Income ...

Many vector-borne diseases are transmitted through complex pathogen-vector-host networks, which makes it challenging to identify the role of specific host groups in disease emergence. Lyme borreliosis in humans is now the most common vector-borne zoonosis in the northern hemisphere. The disease is caused by multiple genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato bacteria transmitted by ixodid (hard) ticks, and the major host groups transmit Borrelia genospecies with different pathogenicity, causing variable clinical symptoms in humans. The health impact of a given host group is a function of ...

Effective nature conservation requires coherent actions based on the best available evidence concerning protected species. Recent studies have suggested that European nightjars Caprimulgus europaeus forage outside their recognized breeding habitats, yet, for Flanders (northern Belgium) information on nightjar foraging behaviour and key foraging habitats is lacking. To assess whether the foraging ecology of nightjars in Flanders is similar to that observed in other parts of Europe, we studied the crepuscular behaviour of this species in Bosland (northeastern Flanders) during a five-year radio ...

Recent findings indicate that atmospheric warming increases the persistence of weather patterns in the mid-latitudes, resulting in sequences of longer dry and wet periods compared to historic averages. The alternation of progressively longer dry and wet extremes could increasingly select for species with a broad environmental tolerance. As a consequence, biodiversity may decline. Here, we explore the relationship between the persistence of summer precipitation regimes and plant diversity by subjecting experimental grassland mesocosms to a gradient of dry-wet alternation frequencies whilst ...

1. It is essential to gain knowledge about the causes and extent of migratory connectivity between stationary periods of migrants to further the understanding of processes affecting populations, and to allow efficient implementation of conservation efforts throughout the annual cycle. Avian migrants likely use optimal routes with respect to mode of locomotion, orientation and migration strategy, influenced by external factors such as wind and topography. In self-powered flapping flying birds any increases in fuel loads are associated with added flight costs. Energy-minimizing migrants are ...

This dataset contains extensive data on the physicochemical properties (pH, nitrogen, carbon, etc.) of digestate and the liquid fraction of digestate, which was compiled from a private digestate registry (European Biogas Association) further amended with data collected from literature, experimental characterisation of fresh digestate samples, and industrial biogas stakeholders.