5bbff561-bb26-47da-b974-1dbe79234777 eng dataset Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC data@jncc.gov.uk pointOfContact 2018-05-17 UK Biodiversity Indicator C6, Insects of the wider countryside (butterflies) 2016-01-19 2016-01-19 5bbff561-bb26-47da-b974-1dbe79234777 This spreadsheet is the underlying data for the biodiversity indicator C6, Insects of the wider countryside (butterflies). Butterflies respond rapidly to changes in environmental conditions and habitat management, occur in a wide range of habitats, and are representative of many other insects, in that they utilise areas with abundant plant food resources. Butterflies are complementary to birds and bats as an indicator, especially the habitat specialists, because they use resources in the landscape at a much finer spatial scale than either of these groups. The indicator consists of two measures of annual butterfly population abundance: the first for specialist butterflies (species strongly associated with semi-natural habitats such as unimproved grassland) and the second for butterflies found in both semi-natural habitats and the wider countryside. Both measures show marked fluctuations from year to year, principally in response to weather conditions. This is one of a suite of 24 UK biodiversity indicators published by JNCC on behalf of Defra; the latest publication date was 19 January 2016 - for indicator C6 the latest data are for 2014. The supporting technical document details the methodology used to create the indicator. Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC data@jncc.gov.uk distributor Terrestrial UK Biodiversity Evidence Biodiversity butterflies generalist indicator specialist Released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Attribution statement "Contains public sector information from Butterfly Conservation, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Defra, and Joint Nature Conservation Committee, licenced under the Open Government Licence v3.0" otherRestrictions No limitations eng environment -8.65 2.0 49.77 61.0 1976 2014 http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4236 Data set supported by a Word document (B6 - Insects of the wider countryside (Butterflies).docx) containing all of the website text, three jpeg images (UKBI2015_C6ai_FinalV2.jpg, UKBI2015_C6bi_FinalV2.jpg, UKBI2015_C6i_Map.jpg), and a technical document (UKBI2015_TechBG_B6_Final.doc) detailing the methodology used to create the indicator. Microsoft Excel for Windows Unknown http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4236 page-4236 Source: Butterfly Conservation, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Defra, Joint Nature Conservation Committee.