Occurrence dataset Registered November 05, 2018
checklist-of-mammals-of-liwonde-national-park
Description
The resource basically covers much about the larger mammals of Liwonde National Park. By the time this resource was developed, no proper research had been conducted about the mammals of the national park.
Even this time when this research was conducted, a lot of larger mammals had already disappeared but the variety was still high.
Geographic scope
- Description
Liwonde is in Machinga District in the eastern region of Malawi
- Latitude
- From -15.216 to -15.038
- Longitude
- From 35.151 to 35.52
Temporal scope
- range
- January 01, 1972 - December 31, 1972
Taxonomic scope
- Description
This resource give a brief description of the then major mammal groups within Liwonde National park. The smaller mammals needed an intensive investigation.
- Coverage
- ConnochaetesTaurotragusEquusSyncerusLoxodonta
Methodology
- Sampling
The inventory of both plants and animals of Liwonde National Park actively involved research work of the students of Chancellor College. The inventory was conducted before the park was publicly declared a national park.
- Study extent
Liwonde National Park is in Machinga district. The data was collected when the national park had just been established as a protected area.
- Method steps
Literature does not outline methods undertaken to produce this resource. Probably, the step by step description of the research can be found in the students academic papers at Chancellor College.
Metrics
Contacts
- Organization
- Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi
- Position
- Researcher
- Address
- Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi
- Roles
- Originator
- Organization
- Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi
- Position
- Researcher
- Address
- Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi
- Roles
- Originator
Cornell D. Dudley
Originator- Organization
- Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi
- Position
- Researcher
- Address
- Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi, P.O Box 30293
- Roles
- Originator
D. Stead
Originator- Organization
- Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi
- Position
- Researcher
- Address
- Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi
- Roles
- Originator
- Organization
- Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi
- Position
- Environmental Education Officer
- Address
- Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi
- Roles
- Metadata author
Point of contact
Administrative point of contact - Phone
- Organization
- Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi
- Position
- Wildlife Research Officer
- Address
- Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi
- Roles
- Curator
GBIF registration
- Registration date
- November 05, 2018
- Metadata last modified
- May 31, 2022
- Publication date
- May 31, 2022
- Hosted by
- National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST)
- Installation
- NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-IPT
- Endpoints
- Darwin Core Archive
- EML
- Preferred identifier
- 10.15468/ru1ibd
- Alternative identifiers