National Biodiversity Data Bank. Observation records, 1900-2014

Herbert Tushabe1, Faustin Gashakamba2

1 The National Biodiversity Data Bank, DEM, PO Box 7298, Kampala., Kampala, Uganda; 2 Albertine Rift Conservation Society, Kampala, Rwanda

Corresponding author(s): Herbert Tushabe (htushabe@gmail.com)

Received {date}; Revised {date}; Accepted {date}; Published {date}

Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

The National Biodiveristy Data Bank, data published in the ARCOS Biodiversity portal, 2014

Abstract

The data in this resource consist of biodiversity occurrence records drawn from the National Biodiversity Data Bank's database. The data was clipped using the Albertine Rift boundaries and mapped to Darwin Core terms by the NBDB's manager, Dr Herbert Tushabe.

Keywords: Other

Project details

Project title: Data Manager
Personnel: Herbert Tushabe

Data published through GBIF: http://arbims.arcosnetwork.org/ipt/resource?r=nbdb_data_2014

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Uganda. National scale data.
Coordinates: 1°34'55.2''S and 4°35'60''N Latitude; 29°19'58.8''E and 35°6'43.2''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: January 1, 1900 - December 20, 2014

Methods

Method step description: Direct human observations
Study extent description: Uganda, countrywide.
Sampling description: Direct human observations

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive National Biodiversity Data Bank. Observation records, 1900-2014
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://arbims.arcosnetwork.org/ipt/archive.do?r=nbdb_data_2014
Publication date of data: 2026-03-14
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2014-12-20
Hierarchy level: Dataset