SAFAP Metadata |
| 1) DATASET CONTACT |
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| Name of Organization/Department |
Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town |
| Contact person (Person to contact about the dataset) |
Dr Rene Navarro |
| Position |
IT Manager |
| Postal Address |
Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch |
| Postal code |
7701 |
| City/Town |
Cape Town |
| Province |
Western Cape |
| Country |
South Africa |
| Telephone |
+27 (0)21 650 4751 |
| Cell |
|
| Fax |
+27 (0)21 650 3301 |
| Email |
rene.navarro@uct.ac.za |
| Website address (url) |
http://adu.org.za/frog_atlas.php |
| 2) DATASET METADATA |
|
| Title of dataset |
Atlas of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland |
| Brief description (max. 200 words) |
Distribution data collected during seven years of fieldwork (1996?2003), plus earlier data compiled from museum records, private collections, the literature and conservation agencies. |
| Purpose (max. 200 words) |
Data was used for the 2003 red listing of all frog species of the region, the results were published in the bookAtlas and Red Data Book of
the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. |
| Begin date (When data collection started) |
1996 |
| End date (For dormant datasets: When was data collection ended |
2003 |
| 3) DATA QUALITY |
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| Give a brief account of any biases, gaps or errors which may exist in the dataset. |
The most comprehensive distribution dataset until 2003 |
| 4) ACCESS/USE CONSTRAINTS |
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| How to get a copy of the dataset |
Summary data is freely available from the website: http://adu.org.za/frog_atlas.php. If you require the complete data set, please write to us at adu-info@uct.ac.za |
| 5) OTHER INFORMATION |
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| Other information about the dataset which may be important. |
Not all information is freely available, data provided by the Transvaal Museun and The National Museum Bloemfountain require written permission to acces their data. Data users must write to the respective museum directors to obtain such permission. |
| 6) METADATA AUTHOR |
|
| Author name (name of the person who entered the metadata record) |
Rene Navarro |
| Author organization |
Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town |
| Author position |
IT Manager |
| Author address |
Animal Demography Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch |
| Author postal code |
7701 |
| Author city/town |
Cape Town |
| Author province |
Western Cape |
| Author country |
South Africa |
| Author telephone |
021 650 2566 |
| Author fax |
021 650 3434 |
| Author email |
rene.navarro@uct.ac.za |
| Metadata creation date |
24/08/2009 |
| Last update of metadata |
24/08/2009 |
