| State Biodiversity Database Survey |
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| Contact: Dorothy Butler (Database Coordinator) |
| Organization: Missouri Dept of Conservation |
| State: MO |
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| NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?) |
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| NAME | Dorothy Butler |
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| TITLE | Database Coordinator |
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| AGENCY/ORGANIZATION | Missouri Dept of Conservation |
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| ADDRESS | PO Box 180 |
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| CITY, STATE, ZIP | Jefferson City, MO 65102 |
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| TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILE | Phone: (573)751-4115 |
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| | Fax: (573)526-5582 |
| EMAIL/FTP/WWW | butled@mail.conservation.state.mo.us |
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| ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) | Missouri Department of Conservation |
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| DATABASE NAME | Biological & Conservation Database
Database |
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| DATABASE ACRONYMS | BCD |
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| DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set): |
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| Locations of endangered species, and significant natural
communities, and other natural features of special interest.
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| PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| Provide locations of R/E species to resource managers, developers,
etc.
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| SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.): |
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| DATE RANGE OF RECORDS: | 1800's - 1996, present |
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| IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No): | Yes |
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| EXPLAIN GAPS IN THE DATA: | |
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| HOW OFTEN IS THE INFORMATION UPDATED? |
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| Continually Updated |
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| WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE?: | 1995 |
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| COMMENTS ON UPDATE STATUS: | |
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SPATIAL DOMAIN OF DATA SET
(Lat/Long coordinates, State/Region, etc.): | |
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| State of Missouri, lat/longitude provided for each record,
and can be converted to UTM easily.
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| BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS: |
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| THEME |
SPECIES |
TYPE |
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| Species Distribution |
Mammals |
Surveys |
| Management |
Fish |
Museum Collections |
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Birds |
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Reptiles |
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Amphibians |
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Plants |
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Terrestrial Invertebrates |
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Aquatic Invertebrates |
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PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location): |
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Missouri Natural Heritage Database
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| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE |
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| Other; see comments |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: |
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| Need to know general data/conclusions readily available.
Site specific data are provided on a need to know basis.
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| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| Distribution |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS: |
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| DATA ACCURACY: |
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| DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?): |
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| 95 percent accurate. Identification of records is 100 percent
accurate. Some errors develop in data management, particularly
for minute precision or general precision occurrences.
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| QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED: |
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| Original information verified.
Quality control after every step of data entry.
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| ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE: |
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| Consistent, most species complete.
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| DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING: |
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| DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?): |
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| YES, point/location information |
| YES, by administrative boundary; see comments |
| YES, by place; see comments |
| YES, other; see comments |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING: |
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| Natural division; Natural section |
| ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured): |
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- State and Federally listed species
- Site and population information
- Significant natural communities
- Natural features (i.e. heron rookeries)
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| DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set): |
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| Dorothy Butler, Database Coordiniator
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| Missouri Department of Conservation
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| PO Box 180
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| Jefferson City, MO 65102
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| Phone:( 573)751-4115 Fax:( 573)526-5582 |
| Email/FTP/WWW Address: butled@mail.conservation.state.mo.us |
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| CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.): |
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| Local use only; see comments. |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM: |
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| Local use: printouts
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| DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.): |
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| 47 Megabytes |
| ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
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| Data Dictionaries |
| Precision |
| Mem. of Agreemt w/other Agencies |
| COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: |
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