Biological Records Database

An MS Access database collating current record holdings on the distribution of terrrestrial fauna and flora on St Helena. The coverage currently includes vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens and inverterbrates, but additional taxa can be incorporated. Data include a species dictionary and distributional information at three spatial scales: (1) point localities; (2) within a 1 km grid cell based on the St Helena National grid; (3) unspecified locations, including records mentioned only for the island as a whole or part of the island, or a poorly-defined place name. The records may indicate presence only or abundance may be coded according to a defined DAFOR scale.

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	June 24, 2025, 05:46 (PDT)
Created	June 24, 2025, 05:46 (PDT)
Region	Saint Helena
Language	eng
Topic Category	Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment
Temporal Extent Start	2003
Temporal Extent End	2015
Dataset Reference Date	2013
Lineage	Information was compiled from existing literature (references and pdf links where available are given in the Literature table), with flowering plant data mostly arising from the 2008-10 SAIS botanical survey of St Helena. Methodology for this is provided in the survey report.
West Longitude	-5.79032
South Latitude	-16.03154
East Longitude	-5.6335
North Latitude	-15.9047
Spatial Reference System	EPSG:4326
Responsible Organisation Name	Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Mail Address	Hidden (personal data protection)
Responsible Party Role	Hidden (personal data protection)
Access Limitations	Restricted, data environmentally and commercially sensitive, however anonymised data is open to researchers on the basis of a research agreement
Use Constraints	Restricted, but open subject to limitations and prior agreement with responsible organisation. Copyright must be cited
Resource Reference	Cite copyright: (c) St Helena Government
Data Format	access
Update Frequency	as needed
Accuracy	variable
Resource Type	database
Original Title	Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date	22/12/2015
Metadata Point of Contact	datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
Unique Resource ID	SH-EMD-208