Plots of winter cereals and alfalfa surveyed by agents of the Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage (ONCFS) as part of the annual survey of hamster burrows. The dataset was published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) and last updated on March 22, 2019.
Use Cases
- Mapping potential hamster habitats based on surveyed agricultural plots.
- Analyzing the relationship between hamster burrow presence and specific crop types like winter cereals and alfalfa.
- Supporting conservation planning by identifying agricultural areas surveyed for hamster activity.
Strengths
- Data is associated with a specific annual survey conducted by a national wildlife agency (ONCFS).
- The dataset has a defined geographic scope focused on the Alsace region of France.
- The last update date (2019-03-22) is explicitly provided.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)
- Collection Method
- Surveyed by agents of the Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage (ONCFS).
- Time Range
- 2016
- Freshness
- Last updated 2019-03-22 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Alsace, France