Dataset Details - Deer of Ireland Database
A database of the distribution of deer in Ireland
28/06/2011
03/03/2018
To examine distribution and range expansion of deer in Ireland from 1978 to 2008.
Data compiled for a peer reviews article from different sources.
The island of Ireland
1978 to 2008
All of the data has been checked and validated. Some data have been collected at a resolution finer than 10km, but the data are presented at the 10km resolution for the purposes of the analysis.
Published in Carden, R.F., Carlin, C.M., Marnell, F., McElholm, D., Hetherington, J. & Gammell, M.P. (2010) Distribution and range expansion of deer in Ireland. Mammal Review.
N/A
National Museum of Ireland
Restricted (Data can be viewed on the mapping system but is not available for download)
National Museum of Ireland, Deer of Ireland Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, accessed 22 December 2024, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/29>
Dataset species distribution

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50Km

Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map
Dataset record distribution

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50Km

Distribution of the number of records within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map
Dataset Contacts
National Museum of Ireland
Dr. Ruth Carden
National Museum of Ireland - Natural History, Merrion Street, Dublin 2.
N/A
rcarden@musuem.ie
Records per year
Species per year
Date Statistics
Resolution No. records
Year 794
1978
2009
Record Statistics

794

1

4

0

Resolution No. records
100m 0
1km 0
2km 0
10km 794
50km 0
Dataset Attributes
Attribute Description
Common name The common name of the taxon
Vice-county The name of the Watsonian (botanical) vice-county within which the record was made
Recorded Species
TaxonId PrefnameTaxonId Name Authority Group Rank Records
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