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1. 2011 Aa 4 1 Monitoring data 2012 1 1 1 Monitoring data 2013 Not chosen Unit of measurement o Shannon Wiener diversitetsindeks H log2 Save values Enter or edit numeric values in the table l e for new reference values and all years with new data provide expected values as well as lower and upper quartiles and choose data type from drop down list Enter 1 missing value in the Value cell if the indicator is not measured in the area for a particular year You may leave Lower and Upper empty in this case After saving values these two cells will remain empty regardless of whether data have been entered there or not Control that the same unit of measurement is used to scale all numeric fields in the table i e reference values and values as well as expected values and quartiles Enter if not entered earlier or edit if not correct unit of measurement in the text field below the table Click the Save values button in order to save new or edited data in the database If you forget to click the button new or edited data will be lost when you leave the Values page or choose another area from the area list 39 NINA Report 1139 If you have provided limits for indicator values on the Indicators page your input will be checked against these before value
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3. Link to Documentation pop up window Ecosystem affinities 13 NINA Report 1139 3 1 Indicator metadata New or edited data and choices from drop down menus are not automatically stored in the nature index database In order to store new or edited input click the Save update indicator button 3 1 1 Norwegian name Enter edit the indicator s Norwegian name The content of this field will appear on naturindeks no For indicators that represent species or other formal taxa such as genera use approved Norwegian names as found in the Species Names Database at the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre 2015 For other indicators give descriptive and popu larized indicator names which are understandable to the public Capitalize first letter in the name Remove any underscore signs etc that may appear in the name Use Norwegian letters ae o not adaptions to alphabets without these letters like ae eu aa 3 1 2 English name Enter edit the indicator s English name For indicators that represent species or other formal taxa such as genera use common English names as they appear in the Pan European Species directories Infrastructure EU Nomen de Jong 2010 Capitalize first letter in the name s according to the list e g Trailing Azalea Brown bear Remove any underscore signs etc that may appear in the name 3 1 3 Scientific name Enter edit the indicator s scientific n
4. Okosystem Alle y Indikator Elvemusling M Organismegruppe Mollusk T Elvemusling En bestand av elvemusling som opprettholder naturlig rekruttering vil v re det synlige beviset p god vannkvalitet og god kologisk status Biologi Utbredelse og bestandsstatus i sje 1 Trusler og p virkningsfaktorer T 08 Elvemusling som indikator 4 y 2 d Finland Kilder og lenker pene S Sverige 05 Norge i t 7 Osl amp Helsinki t 0 3 AN i E Indeks Elvemusling 3 Stockholm p 02 y gt M Ingress En bestand av elvemusling som opprettholder naturlig rekruttering vil v re det synlige beviset pa god vannkvalitet og god kologisk status Biologi Elvemusling er en stor ferskvannsmusling voksne individ kan bli 12 16 cm lange som hovedsa kelig lever i rennende vann Elvemuslingens livssyklus omfatter et larvestadium som sitter pa gjel lene til laks eller arret et ungt stadium nedgravd i grusen og et voksent stadium synlig pa elvebun nen Muslingene forflytter seg i liten grad etter at de har etablert seg p elvebunnen Spredning innad I vassdrag og mellom vassdrag skjer derfor mens muslinglarvene er festet til fisken Utbredelse og bestandsstatus Elvemusling finnes utbredt i hele Norge i et belte langs kysten men ogs et stykke innover i vass dragene og enkelte steder opp til 400 450 moh Selv om vi ikke kjenner utbredelsen i detalj har vi i dag opplysninger om elvemu
5. UP Eni i K si i z 4 T Noe ES s CK Y h ud y PR ac ana I lt M Seb wes s E eye 3 cine 2 T y Sverige A UB K i f gt Y t 2 N t feu y j i J z A 7 f H v Lo 7t B gt wate W 5 J y X ARE z Dy tul p v r 3 P 4 PY P E J i t Desc 2 Wo Moi DON UE Heis n OM Ju PER p j ES pu Y Pe nx G f he ee R E Ge Vas Ds ob v p md DE 1934 LUR Y eim sym AIA Optionally you may remove some municipalities from the candidate definition area before saving either by clicking on those municipalities in the map or by clicking on their names in the municipality list while pressing the Ctrl key If you want to add single municipalities you may proceed by first saving the candidate definition area and thereafter expand it as described below Click the Save as definition area button 33 NINA Report 1139 In the pop up window rename the definition area if desired x DEF Bjorkefink Accept Cancel Click Accept After saving the operation list appears on the left side of the map 4 6 Create a new area within the Definition area Choose Create new area in the operation list Available municipalities i e municipalities within the Definition area that is not included in another area in the area list are then displayed on the map and listed on the right Select municipalities to be included in the new area from the map or from the municipali
6. Z PS PPS PPS EL r 4 ym og GE a a me Eal i er ct 1224 Program for milj overv king 7 http www nina no archive n Program for milj overv king Tjeldbergodden Update Delete 1252 Alge p bj rk Signe Nyb JPC Alge p bj rk Signe Nyb JPG VI Signe Nyb Update Delete NY Add new Select a File to Upload upaa The table has eight columns ID Text Url and Result link Public picture Photo by as well as two columns with Update and Delete buttons for all documents and links Last row contains an Add new button only The ID is automatically allocated to the document by the database system 28 NINA Rapport 1139 Result link is also automatically generated from the content in Text and Url It contains the actual link and shows how the link to the web page or uploaded document will appear on naturindeks no The Url column is for storing web addresses to linked documents while the Public picture and Photo by columns are used to store information related to those pictures that will appear on naturin deks no 3 4 2 Upload a new document file Click the Browse button which gives you access to the folders on your computer Find and open the file in question Click the Upload button to upload the file The last row of the table will then be updated with a new unique ID for the document an empty Url and the resulting link Y
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8. of reasons For example because indicator values are calculated from a sample of observations because of measurements errors because model generated values are from models where pa rameters are estimated with error because expert judgments are uncertain etc Values are therefore represented by probability distributions in the nature index framework where the location of the distribution represents the value s magnitude and uncertainty is represented by the dispersion of the distribution Certain et al 2011 The framework uses expected value as lo cation parameter and interquartile range as dispersion measure The generation of such a distribution is a two step process In the first step experts provide esti mates of expected values and lower and upper quartiles on the Values page These are stored in the database In step two these are replaced by a probability distribution For continuous indicators this is the distribution chosen among normal truncated normal lognormal Weibull Gumbell and gamma distributions that best fits the parameters provided by the experts For discrete distri butions the set of candidate distributions spans Poisson negative binomial and zero inflated Poisson distributions Johnson et al 1994 Consult the appendix of this manual to preview the shape and dispersion of the distribution that results from a set of candidate parameter values using this procedure 5 7 Expected value The expected value
9. that the framework should ac count for uncertainties in indicator observations Certain et al 2011 Skarpaas et al 2012 Such uncertainty may arise for a number of reasons e g because indicator values are calculated from a sample of observations because of measurement errors because model generated observa tions are from models where parameters are estimated with error because expert judgments are uncertain etc Indicator observations are therefore represented by probability distributions in the nature index framework where the location of the distribution represents the value s magni tude and uncertainty is represented by the dispersion of the distribution The framework uses expected value as location parameter and interquartile range as dispersion measure The generation of such a distribution is a two step process In the first step experts provide esti mates of the distribution s expected value and lower and upper quartiles In step two these are replaced by a probability distribution This is the distribution among a specified set of two pa rameter model distributions which best fits the parameter estimates provided by the experts according to the least square principle For continuous indicators this set of model distributions consist of truncated normal log normal Weibull zero inflated exponential ZIE and gamma distributions This process is an example of elicitation The ZIE distribution is an example of a mixed distr
10. is the average value of a probability distribution More formally it is the aver age of an infinite sample of random draws from the distribution Informally in the present context one may think of the expected value as the best estimate for the true indicator value Expected value should be entered in the Value column of the data table 5 8 Quartiles The quartiles of a probability distribution are the set of three numbers that partition the domain of possible indicator values into four equally probable intervals The lower and higher quartiles define the range that would contain half of the values obtained if repeated sampling was carried out To put is simply there is a 50 chance that the true indicator value lies within this range Note however that there both is a 25 chance that the true value is smaller than the lower quartile and a 25 chance that it is larger than the upper quartile The distance between the upper and lower quartiles is called the Inter quartile range Inter quartile range is one of several statistics that measures the dispersion of a probability distribution It should not be confused with confidence intervals that are usually much broader the range of confidence intervals usually soans 95 of the possible values 42 NINA Rapport 1139 Probability density 25 25 25 25 0 Lower quart Median Upper quart Indicator value The upper quartile should be entered in the Uppe
11. land open lowland Data collected for each indicator provide information on one or several of these major ecosystems in different proportions For example data collected for the Willow ptarmigan are affected by the conditions in both forest and mountain ecosystems The Ecosystem affinity field is used to document these proportions using percentages between 0 and 100 For example an indicator such as benthic macro fauna which depends exclusively on Freshwater gets a basic weight of 100 in Freshwater and 0 in the other major ecosystems On the other hand the Willow ptarmigan which exploits low alpine habitats more than forest gets a weight of 70 in mountain and 30 in forest Note what is relevant to consider here is how the major ecosystems states are reflected in the data collected for the indicator For example in cases where the data collected are affected by the state of only one major ecosystem say data for a plant species collected in forests even though the indicator occurs in several other systems say mountain and cultivated land Forest should be given the basic weight of 100 These numbers are relative estimates and it is up to each expert to define them for their indicators Their sum must always equate 100 Indicators are weighted according to these proportions in the calculation of the Nature Index for a major ecosystem Certain amp Skarpaas 2010 3 3 1 Save update ecosystems New or edited ecosystem affinities are
12. later reference and possible corrections In the Values page click the Browse button that gives you access to the folders on your computer Find and open the xml file in question Click the Upload file button in the Values page to upload the file and store new and edited data in the database 5 4 Visualize stored data Select a year from the drop down list Select point in time for visualization Select point in time for visualization Scaled indicator values for all areas that year will then be displayed on the map according to the color code shown in the lower right corner Select area for data input us Brakkvannsreke stfold Vestfold Akershus Buskerud Telemark Aust Agder Vest Agder Select point in time for visualization 2010 M Download Upload Download excel file with areas and values for this indicator Select a xml file to Upload Upload file 7 Leaflet Further if you point at one of the areas on the map the name of the area will appear in the upper right corner of the map together with the reference value as well as the scaled expected value The content is constantly updated as you move the pointer to new areas 41 NINA Report 1139 5 5 Reference values Reference values and how to determine them is explained in a separate document see also Nyb et al 2015 5 6 Values Indicator values are measured observed with uncertainty Such uncertainty may arise for a number
13. public 30 01 2014 Leaflet map engine updatet to version 0 7 2 Fixed a bug that appeared with Chrome 32 update that made all mouse events shifted on scrolled pages 29 01 2014 Pressures explanation in Norwegian Indicators 23 01 2014 Excel export import prototype not finished 23 01 2014 Fix on Values page for IE9 and below 14 01 2014 Values Visualization don t block Save button on small screens 11 12 2013 This is the new naturindeks nina no w w w M wo oot Click the Log in tab at the right end of the top menu to enter the Log in page After log in you are automatically redirected to the Home page where this user manual and other supporting docu ments now are available Nature index for Norway Nature index for Norway Database Naturindeks 2012 Open for data entry Access for admins To register data you have to log in Use the link Log in in the upper right corner After you have logged in you are required to choose one of the indicators assigned to you and fill in missing metadata for it When an indicator is choosen you have to define the area where this indicator exists the definition area Inside the definition area you have to define at least one area for registration of data Values for each of the indicators areas are entered on the page Values During or after registering the values you may look at how the nomalized values are distributed on the indicators areas using the choice Select poi
14. table with the document in question Click the Delete button in the same row This will remove the row from the table and remove the file from the database 3 4 9 Remove a link from the database Find the row in the table with the link in question Click the Delete button in the same row This will remove the row from the table and remove the link from the database 30 NINA Rapport 1139 4 Areas page On the Areas page you delineate the spatial units here called areas from where indicator data is collected When a new indicator is included in the nature index database this page must be visited before entering information It can also be visited later on to update areas for existing indicators for ex ample if knowledge becomes available in new areas Two kinds of geographical units are defined in the Areas page the definition area and the areas with data The definition area is the total geographical range where the indicator is relevant Within the definition area one or several areas can be delineated Each such area is a single statistical unit in which you can enter values for the indicator The areas correspond to the spatial scale at which information is entered in the database Definition areas and areas are indicator specific and must be delineated for each indicator separately even for indicators observed in identical sets of spatial units The finest achievable spatial scale for entering information is the municipa
15. the Nature Index methodology and results Pedersen amp Kval y 2015 In addition it will provide insight into the quality and amount of data the index is based on The new web page is intended for the public It will directly display some of the information that users enter into the nature index database see illustration below Information displayed includes the indicator s name its description descriptions of the data set and how reference values are determined pressure factors ecosystem affinities and area names In addition pictures links and documents uploaded in the Documentation pop up window will be made available to the public on naturindeks no It is therefore important that the various descriptions of indicators reference values and data are for mulated in a popular and easily accessible style The data themselves values and reference val ues will not be displayed The web site when completed will appear on the address www naturin deks no A prototype is available on the net You may consult the prototype in order to review how your input in these fields will be displayed on naturindeks no Note however that a large part of the information displayed by the prototype as of writing is from a test database that contains some junk data as well as invented data NINA Rapport 1139 2 Getting started the Home Log in and User pages 2 1 Home page The Home page displays current status of the database and current accessib
16. 0 Pedersen B amp Kval y P 2015 Database og innsynsl sning In Pedersen B amp Nyb S eds Naturindeks for Norge 2015 kologisk rammeverk beregnings metoder datalagring og nettbasert formidling NINA Report 1130 Norwegian institute for nature research Trondheim Pp 50 58 Pedersen B amp Nyb S 2015 Naturindeks for Norge 2015 kologisk rammeverk beregningsmetoder datalagring og nettbasert formidling NINA Report 1130 80 pp Norwegian institute for nature research Trondheim Skarpaas O Certain G amp Nyb S 2012 The Norwegian Nature Index conceptual framework and methodology Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift Norwegian Journal of Geography 66 250 256 Standard Norge 2012 Innsamling av milj data P virkningsfaktorer p norsk naturmangfold og kulturmilj NS 9452 2012 12 pp Standard Norge 44 NINA Report 1139 7 Appendix Examples of probability distributions fitted to indicator observations by elicitation This appendix gives examples of how the elicitation procedure Garthwaite et al 2005 adopted in the methodological framework for calculating the nature index works In the nature index framework indicator observations are given as estimates of three distributional parameters pro vided by the experts the lower q1 and upper quartiles q3 together with the mean fi expected value 7 1 The elicitation method When constructing the nature index framework it was stressed
17. 0 1 25 0 0 0 25 0 5 0 75 10 1 25 0 0 0 25 05 075 1 0 1 25 0 0 0 25 05 0 75 1 0 1 25 0 0 0 25 05 0 75 1 0 1 25 Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Weibull Weibull Weibull Weibull Weibull e e e e e 1 i ref z z z E E 2 B e P P B B o o o o o Ls m m Q m Q Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Truncated normal Truncated normal Truncated normal Weibull Weibull x b i i ref Eo E Eoc Eo 2 N un o o o A o S o 5 S S q3 q1 ZH A Oo 2 e gu 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 2 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 n 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 ga 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles 4 d di ds di ds 4 f Fig A 3 Examples where experts estimate upper quartile to be more distant to the mean than the lower quartile In these examples parameters of fitted distributions do not conform well with experts input when interquartile range increases The reason for the bad fit is that input parameters be come inconsistent with the set of unimodal model distributions 49 NINA Report 1139 7 2 5 Estimated mean values close to zero Quartiles symmetrical with respect to the mean Truncated normal Truncated normal x Truncated normal t Gamma t z z z z zo u ref g 2 E 9 C o 2 10 i S cd n I I io N I I I 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 Quantiles Quantiles Qua
18. 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 05 Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles u u wW Gamma Gamma Zero inflated exponential Zero inflated exponential Zero inflated exponential e N wo g 7 0 E A A 11 9 ed D E d 9 a 2 Q 1 Q 1 e A A I q3 u od sy I I e e 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 1 02 0 3 0 4 0 5 Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles P 1 1 A 3 1 1 re fi re fi re ref ref 20 10 20 5 4 Fig A6 Examples where experts estimate the lower quartile to zero In the first row both quartiles are estimated to be zero 51 NINA Report 1139 7 2 8 Special case No uncertainty both quartiles equal to the mean value Zero inflated exponential Weibu eo e o wo n Weibull 1 5e 09 Weibull 1 0e 09 Density Density 1 0e 09 gt l gt l Q w Density Density 5 0e 08 5 0e 08 Density 0e 00 1e 08 2e 08 3e 08 4e 08 5e 08 0 0e 00 5 0e 08 1 0e 09 1 5e 09 2 0e 09 0 0e 00 0 0e 00 0 0 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles 1 1 3 fi 0 fi ref ref ref B ref Fig A7 Examples where experts estimates are certain Both quartiles are set equal to the mean The fitted distributions are in all cases may for all practical purposes be considered to be confined to a single va
19. 7 N 2 c N c N c N fr c o o o o o d Jue dd 3 Yi 5 a Qo e e e e 0 0 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 0 0 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 0 0 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 0 0 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Fy Dp in e e g normal ei g normal Log normal Log normal i 2 o o A e e e ex ii m n D 2 7 D 1 a o 7 o 7 i 5 5 5 5 5 ref 8 Ex 8 s B e 8 2 il a KE Q3 Q1 m u E 2 o e 2 2 2 2 e e e e 0 0 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 0 0 025 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 0 0 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 0 0 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles z di G di 3 G3 d 5 G Fig A 2 Examples where experts estimate lower quartile to be more distant to the mean than the upper quartile Parameters of fitted distributions do not conform well with experts input when the asymmetry in the quartiles position around the mean increases The expected value of the fitted distribution becomes more displaced to the left of the estimated mean 48 NINA Report 1139 7 2 4 Estimated quartiles asymmetrical with respect to the mean Larger distance to upper quartile Weibull Weibull Weibull Weibull Weibull o DERE ref E E E 2 E 2 o o o o o e c e e e c e e e 1 Lo L3 Fa NG A A q3 1 LI zZH N N N N N e eo eo eo e 0 0 0 25 05 0 75 1
20. N A duadeu uta desean adottati vut 27 9 944 SAVE UNdAG ECO VS ENST 27 3 4 Documentation pop up windOw rrrrrnnnnrvnvnnnnvnvrnnnrenvnnnnrenrnnnrrnnnnnenennnnnnsennnnssrnnnnnsnennnnn 28 341 Come 28 3 4 2 Upload a new document file rrrrnrrrnnnnrrnnrrnnnnnrvnnrnnnnnrrnnvnnnnnnrrnrnnnnnnsennnnnnnnsnen 29 3 4 3 Edit the text for an uploaded document file sesuuss 29 3 4 4 Establish a link to a web page rrrrrrrnnnnnrvvrrnnnnnrvnnrnnnnnrrnnnnnnnnnrrnnrnnnsnrrnnnnnnnnssnen 29 3 4 5 Edit the link to a web page rrrrnrrrrrrrrnnnrrrrrrrnnnnrrrnrrnnnnnrrrnnrnnnnnrennnnnnsnsennnnnnnnssnnn 29 3 4 6 Upload a picture to be displayed on naturindex no 30 34 7 EN AUDIO AGG OIC UIC 55 99 55 99 50 20 0 80 90 0 090121 10 SIS ease 30 3 4 8 Remove an uploaded document file or picture from the database 30 3 4 9 Remove a link from the database cccccsssccecccsssseceecceeseceeeseeeseeeeesseeseeeeseaes 30 NINA Report 1139 4 Areas page see 31 AT Conen MU T ENE 31 4 2 Selecting municipalities oceans from the map cccccceeeecseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeseaas 32 4 3 Selecting municipalities oceans from the municipality list 32 147 DONON AN CG tet soca oestrus ee d MM S Mr E Saad E pL e eC HD a Rot cat gt ute 32 4 5 Delineate the definition area for the first tiMe
21. WWwwWw nina no Go co Manual for entering data to the nature index database Version 2 1 Bard Pedersen and P l Kval y O C D ac t lt U Nature index of Norway Select area for data input e2 5C TONES NC OE eo aooo ERE zIt E NE aaa AA ARP s5 MG E Brakkvannsreke stfold Vestfold Akershus Buskerud Telemark Aust Agder Vest Agder Select point in time for visualization Download Upload Download excel file with areas and values for this indicator Select a xml file to Upload Browse STAVANGER irj a 3 WE 4 DRERI rS ans Norwegian Institute for Nature Research NINA Publications NINA Report NINA Rapport This is a electronic series beginning in 2005 which replaces the earlier series NINA commissioned reports and NINA project reports This will be NINA s usual form of reporting completed research monitoring or review work to clients In addition the series will include much of the institute s other reporting for example from seminars and conferences results of internal research and review work and literature studies etc NINA report may also be issued in a second language where appropri ate NINA Special Report NINA Temahefte As the name suggests special reports deal with special subjects Special reports are produced as required and the series ranges widely from systematic identification keys to informat
22. al 2006 from the drop down menu Choose among the alternatives CR Critically endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened DD Data Deficient NE Not Evaluated JA Not Relevant All alternatives except IA Not Relevant are formal red list categories Choose NE Not Evaluated for species that are not yet evaluated against the IUCN criteria Choose NA Not Applicable for species that according to the IUCN criteria should not be evaluated for inclusion in the national red list for Norway Choose IA Not Relevant for indicators that represent groups of species 3 1 9 Red list status 2010 Only for Species or group of species indicators Choose correct status as given in the Norwegian Red list from 2010 K l s et al 2010 from the drop down menu See Red list status 2006 above 3 1 10 Scaling model Only for Indirect indicators Choose correct scaling model for the indirect indicator from the drop down menu 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 8 0 6 0 6 0 4 Scaled value 0 4 Scaled value 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ref 2 Ref 0 Ref 2 Ref Value before scaling Value before scaling 21 NINA Report 1139 The nature index framework includes two scaling functions Low and Max Pedersen amp Nyb 2015 Choose the Low model when there is a positive relationship between the indirect indicator and the state of biodiversity Choose the Max model when the relationship is negat
23. ame For indicators that represent species or other formal taxa enter current scientific name For other indicators no input should be entered 3 1 4 Limits for values Optional Enter upper and lower limits for values the indicator may take before scaling against the reference value in case you want an automatic check against typing errors that result in unrealistic values when you enter data on the Values page If you enter such limits you will not be able to store values entered on the Values page that are outside the interval given by lower and upper Instead a warning message will be displayed NINA Rapport 1139 3 1 5 Short description of the indicator The content of this field will appear on naturin deks no Give a popular description in Norwegian of the indicator that introduces the indicator for the pub lic The indicator should be presented in a man agement perspective rather than in a biological one The description should focus on issues like the current state of the indicator and its recent development important drivers and threats and or management strategies policies affect ing the indicator etc see text box to the left and examples below For species indicators you should include a brief account of the species distribution and of rele vant aspects of its ecology biology For indirect indicators one should in addition include a de scription of how the indicator is constructed what sorts
24. as with data cf 4 6 Only municipalities not allocated to such areas can be removed from the definition area Select municipalities to be removed from the map or from the municipality list Click the Save area button gett e 1703 NAMSOS Se A E tal 1739 ROYRVIK 1740 NAMSSKOGAN 2 municipalities will be removed from Choose rcr sat l Click Accept in the pop up window Indicator data that are already stored for this area will no longer be linked to removed municipalities 4 9 Rename an area Choose the area to be renamed from the area list Choose Rename area in the operation list Edit the name in the pop up window d amp s i rea Sv Indre Namdal i REP ae Choose Namdal Rename area Accept Cancel Create new area en x N x if B JE t AVA i wo d j Click Accept 36 NINA Rapport 1139 4 10 Delete an area Choose the area to be deleted from the area list Choose Delete area in the operation list LU ee Gee tes ts PA Delete area The area and all related values will be OSE iu deleted Continue Expand area Reduce area Rename area SETER Create new area Click Accept in the pop up window Warning Deleting an area causes all observation data from this area to be deleted from the database Warning Deleting the definition area causes all areas and observation data for the indic
25. at input parameters from experts are inconsistent with the set of model distributions used in the elicitation process For example a large upper quartile q3 com pared with both the other two parameters results in a bad fit between specified parameter values and those in the resulting distribution Fig A3 Such parameter values are not consistent with any unimodal probability distribution One should therefore avoid such a combination of input parameters In the special case where experts set both quartiles identical to the mean the result of the elici tation process is a distribution that for all practical purposes may be considered to be confined to a single value which is equal to the estimated mean Fig A7 Therefore if one think that indicator observations are accurate one should specify quartiles equal to the mean 46 7 2 2 Estimated quartiles symmetrical with respect to the mean gt l I e Density gt l x an Density l I e Density 0 05 0 0 0 0 Quantiles Quantiles Truncated normal 0 5 1 0 15 Quantiles a I 1 em e Truncated normal Truncated normal 20 20 20 Density Density Density Quantiles Quantiles Truncated normal Truncated normal Truncated normal Quantiles Q3 i NIB 20 20 Density Density Density 00 02 04 06 08 05 06 02 03 04 00 01 Trunca
26. ator to be deleted from the database 4 11 Merge two areas You may want to merge two areas if you want data for area 1 to be valid also for area 2 Delete area 2 see above Expand area 1 with municipalities previously in area 2 see above This causes old data for area 2 to be deleted from the database while data for area 1 now also are linked to municipalities formerly in area2 4 12 Split one area into two You may want to split one area into two if you have new data that only applies to parts of a formerly delineated area Reduce the former area by removing municipalities that have new data Create a new area by selecting those municipalities you removed 37 NINA Report 1139 5 Values page To access the page choose one of your indicators on the Indicator page Then click the Values tab When entering the page you may also consult the appendix of this manual to learn how the data entered on this page is further processed before they are included in the calculation of the nature index 5 1 Content Values page contains tools for entering indicator values to the database either directly on the page or by importing the data from Excel work sheets There is also a proofreading tool that visualizes stored data on a map The left side of the page contains a list of delineated areas for the chosen indicator the drop down list for selecting observation year to be visualized and the tool for importing
27. ay enter and store information about the indicator for your own convenience i e description of meth ods to generate reference values observations etc which might be consulted later 3 1 17 Save update indicator New or edited indicator metadata and choices from drop down menus are not automatically stored in the nature index database In order to store new or edited input click the Save update indicator button If you forget to click the button your input will be lost when you leave the Indicators page Save update indicator 25 NINA Report 1139 3 2 Pressure factors A table of pressure factors appears in the upper right corner of the Indicators page Pressures explanation Norwegian Pressure factors Harvesting and exploitation Invasive species Acidification Eutrophication Other pollution Climate change Land use reduced habitat quality Abandonment of traditional management Habitat destruction incl infrastructure Disturbances by human activities Other human pressures Unknown or natural processes lt E E EL E E E Ee E EL E EC 1 8 amp Hydrological changes Save update pressures The list is a simplified version of the Norwegian standard for pressure factors NS 9452 2012 Standard Norge 2012 Above the table is a link Pressures explanation Norwegian to a doc ument in Norwegian that explains the different categories included here In the table there is a drop down
28. blems EUT Edizioni Universita di Trieste Trieste Pp 49 51 Garthwaite P H Kadane J B amp O Hagan A 2005 Statistical Methods for Eliciting Probability Distributions Journal of the American Statistical Association 100 680 701 Johnson N L Kotz S amp Balakrishnan N 1994 Continuous Univariate Distributions Volume 1 John Wiley amp Sons Press Hoboken NJ USA Kalas J A Viken A amp Bakken T eds 2006 Norsk R dliste 2006 Artsdatabanken Trondheim Kalas J A Viken A Henriksen S amp Skjelseth S eds 2010 The 2010 Norwegian Red List for Species Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre Trondheim Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre 2015 Species Nomenclature Database Norwegian taxonomic database Artsdatabanken Trondheim visited on http www2 artsdatabanken no artsnavn Contentpages Hjem aspx on 2015 03 09 Nybo S Pedersen B Skarpaas O Aslaksen l Bjerke J W Certain G Edvardsen H Framstad E Garn sjordet P A Granhus A Gundersen H Henriksen S Hovstad K A Jelmert A McBride M M Norderhaug A Ottersen G Oug E Pedersen H C Schartau A K Storaunet K O amp van der Meeren G I 2015 kologisk rammeverk In Pedersen B amp Nyb S eds Naturindeks for Norge 2015 kologisk rammeverk beregnings metoder datalagring og nettbasert formidling NINA Report 1130 Norwegian institute for nature research Trondheim Pp 11 2
29. data The rest of the page contains a map for visualization When you select an area in the area list an additional data table for displaying entering and editing the numeric data for this area will appear below the list The table consists of five columns Time Value Lower Upper Datatype one row for reference values and one row for each observation year Below the table is a text field that contains the measurement unit used to scale the numeric values in the table Area list Data table Tool for data import from Excel Visualization tool 38 NINA Rapport 1139 5 2 Enter or edit indicator measurements directly on the Values page Choose area for which you will enter values from the area list The area is shown on the map and the data table appears below the area list Data already stored in the data base for this area are displayed in the table Table elements where no data have been entered and stored earlier appear empty Select area for data input mrAIFraaf MIT aot HALDEN SARPSBORG MOSS FREDRIKSTAD Time Value Lower Upper Datatype Reference 3 37831 2 963875 3 792745 Model output v 1950 4 4 Expert judgement v 1990 1 1 1 Monitoring data 2000 3 994954 3 634620 4 3552884 Monitoring data 2010 AI AI 1 Monitoring data
30. ded or reduced if necessary 32 NINA Rapport 1139 4 5 Delineate the definition area for the first time Before a Definition area is delineated for you indicator the map and municipality list is empty while on the left there is one drop down list of predefined areas you may choose for you indicator No areas is defined for this indicator Please select at least one or more of the predfined areas below to start Choose the predefined area from the list that best corresponds to the indicator s definition area If you want to merge some of the predefined areas press the Ctrl key while choosing additional areas in the list The resulting definition area is then displayed on the map and the municipality list will contain all municipalities in the definition area No areas is defined for this indicator Please 3 05 1702 STEINKJER select at least one or more of the predfined M Fag areas below to start Havomr dene a Hedmark 1714 STJ RDAL 1717 FROSTA Hordaland 1718 LEKSVIK Innlandskommuner 1719 LEVANGER More og Romsdal E 1721 VERDAL 1723 MOSVIK Nordland Nordsj en Norge uten havomr Xe f Norskehavet 1738 LIERNE JEG N h 5 1739 R YRVIK Save as definition area She ae J 1740 NAMSSKOGAN fas ba ee 2 d pus A 1742 GRONG 1743 H YLANDET 1744 OVERHALLA 1748 FOSNES 1749 FLATANGER 1813 BR NN Y 1815 VEGA Ker 1816 VEVELSTAD ay sS 5 hs 1818 HEROY N as nd EG
31. e current second version of the manual The present manual is for the Norwegian implementation of the nature index information systems The National Biodiversity Institute of Costa Rica INBio in collaboration with NINA have tested the nature index methodology on Costa Rican forest ecosystems and adapted the Norwegian IT platform to Costa Rican conditions As part of the project INBio translated the present manual into Spanish and adopted it to the Costa Rican implementation The interface have been developed on assignment for the Norwegian Environment Agency con tracts 12040070 13040047 14040048 all under the agreement Naturindeks Rammeavtale for utvikling av naturindeks 2011 2015 between the agency and NINA dated 2011 10 28 We thank Olav Skarpaas Heidi Myklebost Signe Nyb together with all the experts who use the interface for entering their data for constructive discussions comments and suggestions that have led to improvements of both the interface and the manual Trondheim April 2015 Bard Pedersen Pal Kvalay NINA Report 1139 1 Introduction This manual is developed for experts and others hereafter referred to as users who are going to enter data for biodiversity indicators into the nature index database Pedersen amp Kvaley 2015 The manual describes the structure of the web interface for entering data describes information that should be entered in the various input fields and explains how to enter t
32. ea The name of the munici pality under the pointer will appear in the upper right corner of the map The name is constantly updated as you move the pointer Scroll the mouse wheel or click the buttons in the upper left corner to zoom in and out of the map Press the left mouse button and drag the map in order to navigate in different map sections 4 3 Selecting municipalities oceans from the municipality list Alternatively areas can be delineated by selecting municipalities and or oceanic regions from the municipality list You do this by sequentially clicking the names of the municipalities to be included in the area while pressing the Ctrl key Press the Shift key if you want to select municipalities that are listed sequentially 11922 BARDU 1939 STORFJORD 1940 GAIVUOTNA KAFJORD 1942 NORDREISA 4 4 Definition area In order to start defining spatial units for your indicator you first need to delineate the so called Definition area for your indicator which is the total geographical range the indicator potentially may cover This area may be considerably larger than the area your data covers The definition area is important for evaluation lack of knowledge DEF banansl rsopp After delimiting the definition area the actual areas from which you have measurements are defined within the definition area You will not be able to delineate areas outside the Definition area However the Definition area may be expan
33. er CUA UN E TET 49 7 2 5 Estimated mean values close to zero Quartiles symmetrical with respect to the Mii 50 7 2 6 Estimated mean values close to zero Quartiles asymmetrical with respect to the NI 50 7 2 7 Special case Lower or both quartiles zero rrnrrnnnnrnnnnnnnnnrvnnnnvnnnnnnnnnrrnnvnvnnnnnn 51 7 2 8 Special case No uncertainty both quartiles equal to the mean value 52 NINA Rapport 1139 Foreword Norwegian Institute for Nature Research NINA have developed a web based information system for recording storage and presentation of data used for calculating the nature index and the results from the calculations The system consists of an SQL relational database for storing indicator ob servations and other data as well as results from index calculations done in R It further includes a web interface for entering data to the database where the individual expert can update information for those indicators the expert is responsible for and one set of R scripts that calculate the nature index and analyze raw data and results In addition one is currently constructing a website for presentation of results and background data to the public The present report contains the manual for the web interface for entering data P l Kval y has designed and programmed the interface We regularly update both the manual and the interface as the information systems related to nature index are further developed The report contains th
34. etter pris p lirype som mat Men ogs for arter som konge rn og jaktfalk er li og fjellrype av stor betydning spesielt for en vellykket reproduksjon Fram til midt p 1980 tallet varierte rypebestandens st rrelse med topp i bestanden hvert 3 4 r Dette var hovedsakelig for rsaket av tilsvarende svingninger i sm gnagerbestandene En oppgang i smagnagerbestandene f rte til redusert d delighet for rsaket av smarovvilt som f eks r drev r yskatt og m r for ryper og rypebestanden kte N r bestanden av sm gnagere avtok kte pres set p ryper fra sm rovvilt og rypebestanden avtok Etter at disse regul re svingningene i sm gnagerbestandene har uteblitt st rre eller mindre grad har ogs oppgangs rene for rype I stor grad uteblitt Dette samt mange andre negative faktorer har I sum f rt til at rypebestanden har avtatt sterkt de siste 20 ra Som et resultat av dette er det i dag innf rt en rekke forskjellige rest riksjoner p ut velse av rypejakt Palsmyr indirekte indikator Ingress Palsmyr regnes som en truet naturtype og en indikator p klimaendinger kende temperatur og mer nedb r gj r at permafrosten tiner og at utbredelsen av de norske palsmyrene minker Hva er palsmyr Palser best r av torvhauger med en kjerne av is dannet som f lge av permafrost Disse haugene varierer omfang fra under en meter til flere meters h yde En palsmyr er en s regen myrvariant med veksling mellom slike palser og
35. flate myrpartier Palsmyrer er sv rt dynamiske med kontinuerlig nydannelse vekst og nedbryting av palser Denne mosaikken i palsmyrsystemene skaper mange velegnede hekkeplasser og stor variasjon I til gangen p mat for arter med ulike krav og bidrar til palsmyrenes rike fugleliv I Norge finner vi palsmyrer i indre deler av Troms og Finnmark samt I noe mindre utbredelse i Dovreregionen Trusler og p virkningsfaktorer Palsmyr regnes som en truet naturtype pga omfattende nedsmelting i l pet av de siste 100 r kende temperatur og mer nedb r gj r at permafrosten tiner og at utbredelsen av de norske pals myrene minker Palsmyr regnes som en truet naturtype og en indikator p klimaendinger Tining av palsmyrene vil ogs kunne ha negative effekter p bestandsutviklingen til flere av artene som er knyttet til naturtypen rsakene til nedsmelting er trolig kte nedb rsmengder om sommeren kte sn dybder om vinte ren som isolerer og ikke slipper til kald luft stedvis kte sommer og vintertemperaturer men ogs erosjon av eldre palser som er en normal utvikling En annen kende trussel mot palsmyrene i nord er den sterkt kende trafikken fra motorisert ferdsel p barmark Det antas at flere kontinen tale myrarter er p virket av de samme p virkningsfaktorene som palsmyrer er og derfor viser til svarende trend som palsmyr Eksempler p arter med potensielt samme trend som palsmyrer er lapptorvmose lappstarr og finnmarkssta
36. g 2010 Som beregningsgrunnlag for 1990 har vi benyttet gjen nomsnittet for jaktsesongene 1989 90 1991 92 Tilsvarende har vi brukt gjennomsnittet for jaktse songene og 1999 00 2001 02 og 2009 10 2011 2012 for beregne bestandene i hhv 2000 og 2010 Alle data er oppgitt p fylkesniv Fjellrev For beregning av indikatoren har vi for 1950 bare kunnet angi antall fjellrevpar gjennom en konse kvent ekspertvurdering Denne vurderingen ble basert p potensialet for fjellrev i de ulike kommu nene og v r kunnskap om dagens forekomst sett i relasjon til historiske kilder Trolig er anslaget p 97 fjellrevpar i 1950 litt for h yt For 1990 2000 2010 er indikatoren basert p faktiske tall fra overv kingsprogrammet p fjellrev Data er hentet fra Rovbasen www rovbase no Ettersom antall ynglinger stort sett alltid er null de rene det er lite sm gnagere har vi valgt legge inn antall fjellrevynglinger i det n rmeste topp ret som er registrert for kommunen innenfor ti ret 1981 1990 1991 2000 2001 2010 Nullestimater angitt etter dette tidspunktet betraktes derfor som reelle data og ikke bare som ekspertvurdering 24 NINA Rapport 1139 Nasjonalt overvakingsprogram for fjellrev er finansiert av Direktoratet for naturforvaltning og rap porteres Rovbasen rlige rapporter foreligger fra og med 2003 3 1 16 Expert notes Optional The content of this text field can only be read by users with access to the indicator Here you m
37. hese data You will recognize chapter titles as elements found in the web interface or as operations you are about to perform on the interface You may therefore navigate to the appropriate chapter in this manual by clicking the relevant title in the content list above The manual further contains a number of helpful internal and external links 1 1 Software platform Server side The servers for the Nature Index run on Microsoft software The database server is a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 running on a Windows Server 2008 platform The web server is a Microsoft In ternet Information Server running on a Windows Server 2012 platform The programming language used on the server side is C Client access to server functionality are implemented with Web API services Client users side The nature index webpages use a combination of CSS JavaScript and HTML5 Maps are displayed with the Leaflet map engine and the client side MVM model is implemented with Knockout The pages are tested on Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer newer versions Other mod ern HTML5 browsers such as Opera and Firefox will probably work just fine JavaScript must be turned ON in the browsers security settings Those with web browsers older than Internet Explorer 9 or similar are encouraged to upgrade their browsers before trying to access the Nature Index 1 2 Access The web interface for entering data is accessed on the following address http
38. ibution that combines a point probability at zero with a continuous exponential distri bution for the other possible indicator values This appendix deals with continuous indicators only The examples which follow on the next pages should be consulted to preview the shape and dispersion of the distribution that results from a set of candidate parameter values provided by the experts 7 2 Explanation of Figures The example distributions are for standardized observations where the original observation is divided with the reference value ref Distribution of unscaled observations are obtained by multiplying the quantiles with the reference value and dividing the densities with the reference value Fig A1 gives examples of distributions that result from the elicitation process when the estimated input mean is the average of in the middle of the two quartiles Fig A2 gives examples of distributions that result when the estimated input mean is larger than the average of the two quartiles Fig A3 gives examples of distributions that result when the estimated input mean is less than the average of the two quartiles Fig A4 gives examples of distributions that result when the estimated input mean is close to zero and at the same time is equal to the average of the two quartiles 45 NINA Report 1139 Fig A5 gives examples of distributions that result when the estimated input mean is close to zero and not equal to the average of
39. ility It further contains a brief instruction on how to proceed in order to get access to indicators and enter new data to the database There is also a log containing information about the most recent updates of the web page Nature index for Norway Database Naturindeks_2012 Open for data entry Access for admins To register data you have to log in Use the link Log in in the upper right corner After you have logged in you are required to choose one of the indicators assigned to you and fill in missing metadata for it When an indicator is choosen you have to define the area where this indicator exists the definition area Inside the definition area you have to define at least one area for registration of data Values for each of the indicators areas are entered on the page Values During or after registering the values you may look at how the nomalized values are distributed on the indicators areas using the choice Select point in time for visualization Nomalized values are shown on a scale from red 0 to blue 1 The reference values are scaled from red lowest reference value to blue highest referende value Changelog Date Change UserID 19 02 2014 New document Konkretisering av referansetilstand on Home page after logging in 17 02 2014 Nature Index is open for data entry 12 02 2014 Database changed from test to production 11 02 2014 Indicators New field Expert Notes for experts not shown
40. ion on im portant problem areas in society NINA special reports are usually given a popular scientific form with more weight on illustrations than a NINA report NINA Factsheet NINA Fakta Factsheets have as their goal to make NINA s research results quickly and easily accessible to the general public The are sent to the press civil society organisations nature management at all lev els politicians and other special interests Fact sheets give a short presentation of some of our most important research themes Other publishing In addition to reporting in NINA s own series the institute s employees publish a large proportion of their scientific results in international journals popular science books and magazines Manual for entering data to the nature index data base Version 2 1 Bard Pedersen and P l Kval y Norwegian Institute for Nature Research NINA Report 1139 Pedersen B and Kval y P 2015 Manual for entering data to the nature index database Version 2 1 NINA Report 1139 52 pp Trondheim November 2015 ISSN 1504 3312 ISBN 978 82 426 2761 2 COPYRIGHT Norwegian Institute for Nature Research The publication may be freely cited where the source is acknowl edged AVAILABILITY Open PUBLICATION TYPE Digital document pdf EDITION QUALITY CONTROLLED BY Heidi Myklebost SIGNATURE OF RESPONSIBLE PERSON Research director Signe Nyb sign CLIENT S SUBSCRIBER S Norwegian Environmen
41. ive Explanation The Nature Index is calculated as a weighted average of scaled indicator observations Certain et al 2011 Skarpaas et al 2012 However observations are recorded in the NI database according to their appropriate indicator specific scales Thus when calculating the nature index observations must be transformed to a common scale before averaging Both scaling functions transform indi cator observations values to a scale ranging from O to 1 for all indicators Certain amp Skarpaas 2010 Certain et al 2011 Both types of scaling function contain one parameter the reference value Certain amp Skarpaas 2010 Certain et al 2011 Reference values are entered to the database on the Values page Species indicators are scaled by the Low model only Pedersen amp Nyb 2015 3 1 11 Functional group Choose the functional group that best characterizes the indicator from the alternatives in the drop down menu Primary producer generalist Primary producer specialist Detritivore Decomposer Not relevant For indirect indicators that summarize the state of both specialists and generalists within the same trophic level choose the generalist alternative for the trophic level in question Indirect indicators that summarize the state of organisms belonging to several trophic levels should be classified as key elements see below For such indicators choose Not relevant from the drop down menu Expla
42. list for each factor containing alternatives for describing the mag nitude of the negative effect of the pressure factor on the indicator Very small Very Strong Not relevant unknown In the table choose up to the three most influential factors potentially affecting the indicator in the given ecosystem s in a negative way in Norway The magnitude of the effect of a pressure factor may vary across the country or the ocean but here indicate pressure factors that have a certain geographical range of influence e g not affecting only a small part of a municipality or a fjord For each of these factors characterize the effect by choosing the appropriate category from the drop down list For the remaining pressure factors choose the Not relevant unknown alternative 3 2 1 Save update pressures Save update pressures Your choices from the drop down lists for pressure factors are not automatically stored in the nature index database In order to store new input click Save update pressures 26 NINA Rapport 1139 3 3 Ecosystem affinity J Ecosystem name Freshwater Mountain Ocean bottom Ocean pelagic Coast bottom Coast pelagic Wetland Forest 1 2 3 4 3 o Fi 8 9 Traditionally cultivated land Save update ecosystems The NI framework in Norway considers 9 major ecosystems freshwater mountain ocean bottom ocean pelagic coast bottom coast pelagic forest wetlands and traditionally cultivated
43. lity for ter restrial and coastal regions and specifically designed regions for the oceans Skagerak Nordsj en Norskehavet Barentshavet They constitute the basic elements of the definition area and areas To access the page choose one of your indicators on the Indicator page Then click the Areas tab 4 1 Content The content of the Areas page will differ whether some spatial units are already defined for your indicator or not and depending on the operation you perform Normally it contains two drop down lists on the left an area list and a list of possible operations the operation list The operation list contains functions for creating renaming and deleting areas as well as functions for expanding and reducing areas defined earlier The central part shows a map which depending on context displays delineated areas and or mu nicipalities oceanic regions available to be included in a new spatial unit On the right is a list of available municipalities oceanic regions the municipality list When you enter the page the map will show the indicator s Definition area while the municipality list is empty Area list Municipality list Nature index for Norway Operation list 31 NINA Report 1139 4 2 Selecting municipalities oceans from the map Areas may be delineated by selecting municipalities and or oceanic regions from the map You do this by sequentially clicking on municipalities to be included in the ar
44. ll Referansetilstanden bygger p forestillingen om at et kosystem styrt av naturlige prosesser I et klima med minimal menneskelig p virkning skaper et m nster i sm gnagerbestandenes dynamikk karakterisert ved regelmessige bestandstopper som er ca 5 10 ganger h yere enn bestandsniv et i r med lav bestand Dette gjelder spesielt i nordlige kosystemer fjell boreal skog med regel messig sn dekke av flere m neders varighet I praksis er referansetilstanden en ekspertvurdering basert p antagelsen om at smagnagerdynamikken perioden ca 1950 1980 var tiln rmet naturlig siden observasjoner av sm gnageres bestandsvariasjon fra denne perioden viser omtrent samme m nster som for naturlig bestandsdynamikk Slik sett er referansetilstanden generelt lik tilstanden i 1950 23 NINA Report 1139 3 1 14 Reference value refers to a Choose either Seminatural habitat or Natural habitat The NI framework in Norway considers 9 major ecosystems freshwater mountain ocean bottom ocean pelagic coast bottom coast pelagic wetland forest traditionally cultivated land open lowland So far only indicators for traditionally cultivated land uses a semi natural state as refer ence see section Spesielle forhold knyttet naturmark versus kulturmark in linked document see also Nyb et al 2015 3 1 15 Indicator value explanation The content of this field will appear on naturindeks no Give a popular description in N
45. lue which is equal to the estimated mean 52 Www nina no 1139 ih P eh UN N JN A Es A A The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research NINA is Norway s leading institution for applied ecological research NINA is responsible for long term strategic research and commissioned applied research to facilitate the implementation of international conventions decision support systems and management tools as well as to enhance public awareness and promote conflict resolution NINA Report ISSN 1504 3312 ISBN 978 82 426 2761 2 Norwegian Institute for Nature Research NINA head office Postal address P O Box 5685 Sluppen NO 7485 Trondheim NORWAY Visiting address Hogskoleringen 9 7034 Trondheim Phone 47 73 80 14 00 E mail firmapost nina no Organization Number 9500 37 687 http www nina no Cooperation and expertise for a sustainable future
46. nation When the nature index is calculated as a weighted average weights are assigned to observations according to the functional group indicators belong to so that all functional groups documented in a municipality are given equal weight in the calculation Certain amp Skarpaas 2010 Certain et al 2011 In effect indicator observations belonging to a functional group with many indicators are down weighted compared to those from a group with few indicators in the municipality 3 1 12 Key element This field cannot be edited by the user Explanation The criteria for regarding an indicator as a key element are i the indicator has statistical signifi cance for populations of many other species ii it occurs over a large area and iii at the same 22 NINA Rapport 1139 time there is good data for it Certain amp Skarpaas 2010 Pedersen amp Nyb 2015 Key elements are given extra weights in the calculation of the nature index Key elements are in total assigned 50 weight within municipalities where they are present The classification of indicators into key or non key elements is part of the ecological framework for the nature index and is not determined by the individual expert Key elements are also referred to as extra representative indicators 3 1 13 Reference value definition The content of this field will appear on naturindeks no Give a popular description in Norwegian of how reference values for this indicato
47. naturindeks nina no The database will be open for data entry from users once a year The period is announced directly to the users Current access status is displayed on the Home page To log in and get access to the database you need to be registered as a user with a username and password If you are a new user wishing to contribute please contact Else Marie L bersli B rd Pedersen or Signe Nyb Our policy is to only allow clearly recognized experts to document the Nature index database Users are responsible for a defined set of indicators for which they get access to read and enter data Thus read and write access to indicator data is user specific Users wishing to expand or restrict the set of accessible indicators for their profile should contact one of the system adminis trators Siw Elisabeth Berge Heidi Myklebost B rd Pedersen NINA Rapport 1139 1 3 Interface structure The interface consists of six pages that may be accessed by the user e the Home or front page which the user will first encounter e the Log in page for getting access to the database e the Indicators page for choosing an indicator to work with and entering indicator information e the Areas page for defining editing indicator specific geographical units e the Values page for entering editing reference values and unscaled observations of the indica tor in these geographical units e the User page for entering editing user information 1 4 How t
48. nisering for forvaltning av elvemuslingen Overv kingsprogrammet for elvemusling Milj direktoratet doku menterer bestandstilstand og endringer i vassdragene Kilder og lenker Artsdatabanken Handlingsplan for elvemusling Milj direktoratet Overv kingsprogrammet for elvemusling Milj direktoratet Lirype Ingress Lirype er en karakterart i v re fjellomr der Negative p virkningsfaktorer har i sum f rt til at rype bestanden har avtatt sterkt de siste 20 ara Som et resultat av dette er det i dag innfart en rekke forskjellige restriksjoner pa utevelse av rypejakt Utbredelse og ekologi Sammen med sin n re slektning fjellrypa tilh rer den skogshensfamilen Her finner vi ogs kjente arter som storfugl orrfugl og jerpe Lirypa finnes i tilknytning til fjellbjerkeskogen og vierbeltet over hele landet Den finnes ogs p st rre og mindre yer langs kysten fra Midt Norge og nordover I likhet med de andre artene i skogshensfamilien har rypene et stort reproduksjonspotensial de legger mange egg og kan fa fram mange kyllinger Bestanden kan derfor i l pet av et par vellykkede sesonger med stor kyllingproduksjon ke betraktelig i st rrelse Men fordi det ogs er stor naturlig d delighet i en rypebestand kan bestandene avta strekt mellom r hvis produksjonen sl r feil NINA Report 1139 Bestandsstatus Lirypa er v rt fremste folkevilt og hver h st drar 50 90 000 nordmenn til fjells pa rypejakt Ikke bare vi mennesker s
49. not automatically stored in the nature index database In order to store new input click Save update ecosystems 2 NINA Report 1139 3 4 Documentation pop up window Click the Documentation link on the Indicators page to enter the Documentation pop up window Documentation In the documentation window you may establish and store links to documentation for your indicator that is public and accessible on the web or upload such documentation into the database Such documentation includes scientific publications and reports fact sheets and other popular descrip tions of species You may also upload and store a picture of the indicator On this page you may also remove uploaded documents and pictures and you may edit or remove established links The aim with storing uploaded and linked documentation in the database is to make the documents accessible for the public on naturindeks no The collection of documents should preferably give the interested reader insight into the most important management issues concerning the indicator monitoring programs that collects data on the state of the indicator the biology ecology of the indi cator To reduce the need for repeated updating stored links they should refer to stable web addresses which you expect will be maintained in foreseeable future The uploaded picture will also be shown on naturindeks no The photographer or other copyright holder must give his her permission for such
50. nt in time for visualization Nomalized values are shown on a scale from red 0 to blue 1 The reference values are scaled from red lowest reference value to blue highest referende value Documents op in referansetil Changelog Date Change UserID 19 02 2014 New document Konkretisering av referansetilstand on Home page after logging in 1 Delete 17 02 2014 Nature Index is open for data entry 12 02 2014 Database changed from test to production 11 02 2014 Indicators New field Expert Notes for experts not shown public o EREE 30 01 2014 Leaflet map engine updatet to version 0 7 2 Fixed a bug that appeared with Chrome 32 update 1 that made all mouse events shifted on scrolled pages 29 01 2014 Pressures explanation in Norwegian Indicators 1 Delete 23 01 2014 Excel export import prototype not finished 1 Delete 23 01 2014 Fix on Values page for IES and below 1 Delete 14 01 2014 Values Visualization don t block Save button on small screens 1 Dele 11 12 2013 This is the new naturindeks nina no 1 Delete Submit new 11 NINA Report 1139 2 2 Log in page Contain fields for entering necessary log in information User Name and Password to get access to the database and a link for receiving the current personal password by mail in case one does not remember the password User Name is the e mail address that has been entered under User information on the User page Click the Log In bu
51. ntiles Quantiles Quantiles d3 7 01 u 93 V 43 4 ZH da 41 H Q3 q 2H Fig A4 Examples where experts estimate a mean close to zero and quartiles to be equidistant from the mean Compare with fig A1 7 2 6 Estimated mean values close to zero Quartiles asymmetrical with respect to the mean Hi Weibull Truncated normal Log normal S Log normal Gamma Tm E E z E E ref P 2 o Am o B o o o o o 43 q 5H N 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Gi p i G ds i 3 G G 0 Fig A5 Examples where experts estimate a mean close to zero and quartiles to be equidistant from the mean Compare with figs A2 and A3 50 NINA Report 1139 7 2 7 Special case Lower or both quartiles zero 0 8 0 8 1 4 Gamma Gamma Gamma Gamma Gamma l N eo p E Do o o o So e e o 2 3 o x o o o X o c wo c o c o c o vo o D o e RA mm Ill 0 Q G o O O a c q 43 x N N N o o N o o 2 e eo 2 2 2 2 e e e e e 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles LI 8 w I u Gamma Gamma Zero inflated exponential Zero inflated exponential Zero inflated exponential amp pr 45 p 2 e 2 Q4 J o Q Nod Q a a a a q3 Hu wo e e 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
52. o proceed in brief After you have logged in you are required to choose one of the indicators assigned to you on the Indicators page and fill in missing metadata for it You may also update or correct metadata en tered earlier on this page Then optionally if not already done or if you want to revise old spatial delineations navigate to the Areas page to document the area where the indicator is relevant the definition area and delineate geographical units hereafter simply referred to as areas within the definition area for which you will enter values for this indicator You have to define at least one such area Values for each of the indicators areas are entered on the Values page These values can either be observations measurements model output through e g interpolation or extrapolation or expert opinion Optionally data may be entered via Microsoft Excel The Values page includes a tool for both creating appropriate Excel work sheets as well as for importing data from the same work sheets to the database The Values page also has a visualization tool to help proofreading the entered data 1 5 Website for presenting the nature index and indicator data to the public DIREK EE NATURINDEKS Editions ee a NEED Abe Prev factors dae Okosystem Y Indikator Organismegruppe Pattedyr NINA Report 1139 Norwegian Environment Agency is preparing a new web site here referred to as naturindeks no that will present
53. of organisms are involved and or what the indicator expresses The text should be partitioned into short para graphs with informative subheadings see exam ples below The text is intended to appear on naturindeks no If needed the text will be popularized and adapted to the format of the webpage and to the governmental regulations that legislate the uni versal design of information and communication technology ICT in Norway An ongoing project at NINA does this task The project team at NINA will consult the various experts regarding adap tion of the original text Contact Camilla Naess You may preview the adapted text on the webpage prototype Mal velg punktene som er relevante ha med for arten eller naturtypen Ingress kort oppsummering av informasjon for klar hvorfor arten indeksen naturtypen er en indi kator Om arten naturtypen Biologi kologi som er relevant for indi katorstatus Utbredelse Habitat arten i kosystemet tilknytning til andre arter naturtyper Indikator e Hvorfor er arten naturtypen valgt som indikator Hvordan p virker arten omgivelsene Trusler og p virkningsfaktorer e Trusler mot indikatoren Indikator bestandsstatus Forvaltningstiltak reguleringer Kilder og lenker NINA Report 1139 Examples Elvemusling Kontakt oss NATURINDEKS DIREKTORATET HJEM INDIKATORER KOSYSTEMER N KKELTALL TEMAINDEKSER OM NATURINDEKS um NORSK
54. orwegian of the data for this indicator That is what are the data sources is the indicator part of a monitoring program what is measured etc Also describe the geographical resolution of the data entered into the NI database Examples Smyle Datagrunnlaget er hentet fra seks overvakingsomrader fjellbj rkeskog i det statlige overvaking sprogrammet TOV Program for terrestrisk naturoverv king Omr dene er lokalisert i Lund i Ro galand Mesvatn i Telemark Gutulia i Hedmark Amotsdalen i S r Tr ndelag B rgefjell i Nord Tr ndelag og Dividalen i Troms Dataene gjenspeiler endringer i dekning av arten basert p gjen analyser av 50 stk 1n ruter innen hvert omr de hvert femte r fra overvakingsomradene ble etablert og frem til siste gjenanalyse Lirype For beregne rypebestandens st rrelse har vi benyttet jaktstatistikk fra Statistisk sentralbyr for lirype fra 1971 72 til d d I rene fram til 1990 har vi sagt at det var 10 avskyting av h stbestanden P grunn av kt Jaktpress og ny kunnskap har vi etter 1990 beregnet bestanden p grunnlag av 15 uttak for lirype Men disse antagelsene er forbundet med usikkerhet Vi har ansl tt at det korrekte uttaket fram til 1990 var mellom 5 og 15 av h stbestanden med 50 sannsynlighet Tilsvarende grenser etter 1990 var hhv 10 og 20 Fordi bestandene av skogsh ns kan variere sv rt mye fra r til r har vi ikke benyttet jaktstatistikk kun for det enkelte r 1990 2000 o
55. ou may test the link by clicking it In addition a new empty last row will be generated in the table for uploading additional documents or creating new links to web pages 3 4 3 Edit the text for an uploaded document file Find the row in the table with the document in question Enter new text in the document s Text field Click the Update button in the same row This will cause the document s Result link to be updated without changing the document ID 3 4 4 Establish a link to a web page Enter web page title name or text that describes the content of the page in the empty Text field in the last row of the document table Enter correct address to the web page in the empty Url field in the same row Click the Add new button in the same row The row will then be updated with a new unique ID for the link and the resulting link You may test the link by clicking it In addition a new empty last row will be generated in the table for uploading a new document or creating additional links to web pages 3 4 5 Edit the link to a web page Find the row in the table with the link in question Enter new text in the Text field and or enter new address in the Url field Click the Update button in the same row This will cause the document s Result link to be updated without changing the ID 29 NINA Report 1139 3 4 6 Upload a picture to be displayed on naturindex no The Uploaded picture will be displayed on naturindeks no The photogra
56. pedersen nina no and Pal Kval y Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Postboks 5685 Sluppen NO 7485 Trondheim Norway NINA Report 1139 Sammendrag Pedersen B og Kval y P 2015 Manual for innlegging av data til naturindeks databasen Versjon 2 0 NINA Rapport 1139 52 s Nettstedet for innlesing av data til naturindeksbasen er utviklet som et grensesnitt der den enkelte ekspert kan legge inn redigere og oppdatere observasjoner og annen informasjon om de indikato rene vedkommende er ansvarlig for Nettstedet inneholder ogsa funksjoner for opplasting av bilder dokumenter og lenker Disse skal i neste omgang presenteres og gjeres tilgjengelig for publikum p et eget nettsted Innlesingsgrensesnittet har adresse http naturindeks nina no For f tilgang til nettstedet og naturindeks databasen ma eksperten p forh nd v re registrert med brukernavn og passord Ved registrering gis eksperten lese og skrivetilgang kun til de indikatorene vedkom mende er ansvarlig for Innlogging til grensesnittet tillates i en periode hvert r der nye data kan legges inn og der alle innlagte data kan redigeres Grensesnittet er p engelsk Nettstedet best r av seks sider som brukeren har tilgang til I f rste omgang m brukeren benytte innloggingssiden for f tilgang til de fem andre Forsiden inneholder opplysninger om nye versjo ner og oppdateringer av grensesnittet og gir tilgang til denne brukermanualen Indikatorsiden benyt
57. pher or other copyright holder must give his her permission for such use before the picture is uploaded to the database If desired one could add the name of the photographer together with a copyright symbol as a water mark on the photo before uploading it to the database Pictures should preferably be square shaped with a size of about 1000 x 1000 pixels Click the Browse button which gives you access to the folders on your computer Find and open the picture file in question Click the Upload button to upload the file The last row of the table will then be updated with a new unique ID for the picture an empty Url and the resulting link In addition a new empty last row will be generated in the table for uploading additional documents or creating new links to web pages Mark the picture to be displayed on naturindeks no by tagging the Public picture box in the same row Only tag one uploaded picture for each indicator Enter the photographers name in the Photo by field Add a copyright symbol if both desired and appropriate 3 4 7 Edit an uploaded picture Find the row in the table with the picture in question Correct the content of the Text Public picture and or Photo by fields in that row Click the Update button in the same row This will cause the document s Result link and other information to be updated without changing the picture ID 3 4 8 Remove an uploaded document file or picture from the database Find the row in the
58. r are determined cf Nyb et al 2015 Examples Fjellrev Referanseverdiene for fjellrev er beregnet ut i fra kunnskap om territoriest rrelsen til denne arten Fjellreven er sosial Hun og han forsvarer et felles territorium og regnes derfor som en enhet I beregningen av referanseverdien Territorlest rrelsen varierer markant med produktivitet og tilgang til byttedyr Der det er stabil tilgang p byttedyr som i et fuglefjell kan territoriet v re under 10 km2 I h yfjellet er tilbudet av byttedyr atskillig mer marginalt og ustabilt mellom r Det er doku mentert territorier p 50 100 km2 I beregningen av referanseverdien bruker vi kommunenes areal statistikk men tar hensyn til at territoriest rrelsen ker med h yde over havet pga minkende til gang p byttedyr R dyr Referanseverdiene for r dyr beskriver en tenkt tilstand der r dyret har f tt anledning til kolonisere hele landet jakt er frav rende klimaet er som det var inntil nylig 1960 1990 skogbruk er av liten betydning for beiteproduksjon og antallet rovdyr er begrenset av andre faktorer enn jakt hoved sakelig begrenset av tilgangen p byttedyr H yt predasjonstrykk fra ulv bj rn og gaupe I kombi nasjon med strenge vintre vil da medf re at r dyret er frav rende eller opptrer ved sv rt lave tettheter i sn rike deler av landet mens kystn re lavlandsomr der og s rlig rovdyrfrie yer kan ha relativt h ye tettheter av r dyr Sm gnagere fje
59. r column of the data table the lower quartile in the Lower column The middle quartile most often called the median is not used in the current framework 5 9 Unit of measurement The same unit of measurement must be used for all numeric values referring to the same area i e reference values and values as well as their expected values and quartiles However unit of measurement may vary among areas defined for the same indicator 5 10 Data type This field is used to characterize the information source from which values are entered There are three types recognized in the nature index framework Certain et al 2011 Expert judgment Monitoring data Model output 43 NINA Report 1139 6 References Certain G amp Skarpaas O 2010 Nature Index General framework statistical method and data collection for Norway NINA Report 542 47 pp Trondheim Certain G Skarpaas O Bjerke J W Framstad E Lindholm M Nielsen J E Norderhaug A Oug E Pedersen H C Schartau A K Storaunet K O Van der Meeren G I Aslaksen l Engen S Garnasjordet P A Kval y P Lilleg rd M Yoccoz N G amp Nyb S 2011 The Nature Index A General Framework for Synthesizing Knowledge on the State of Biodiversity PLoS ONE 6 e18930 de Jong Y 2010 A Pan European Speciesdirectories Infrastructure PESI In Nimis P L amp Vignes Lebbe R eds Tools for Identifying Biodiversity Progress and Pro
60. repeated the new one in order to store ER the new password in the database If you forget aoi to click the button the new password will not be Institution NINA Ed stored while the old one remains valid Old password New password Repeat new passord Update password NINA Rapport 1139 3 Indicators page IF Nature index for Norway These are your indicators Choose the indicator you are going to work with You may choose to set upper lower limits for the indicators possible value If you choose to do so the limits will be used for validating the values you enter on the Values page Choose one of the indicators assigned to you from the drop down list This will give you access to the various fields for entering indicator information as well as the Areas and Values pages for the chosen indicator The page contains fields for entering Indicator metadata sensitivity to Pressure factors and Eco system affinity There is also a link to a popup window for uploading or linking to documentation in electronic form i e reports pictures web pages etc Indicator metadata Pressure factors x r Nature index of Norwa EJ Abbe Prevuene lectori Barrer ing and qaglatanor inet ipri dise gen rd Cer phin Cages change ET didyma al bradbloral murageensrt Habita Behe ind tray Duabur sanc Gey Pua actethin ta Faye De eats i id PH CERLE TN TEX TEILTE 4 Watapa farget
61. rr Dette er arter som ofte er observert ved palser Palsmyr som indikator Indikatoren gir et uttrykk for utviklingstrender for velutviklede myrer i omr der med sterk vinterkulde og arter som er sterkt knyttet til denne type myr under endrede klimaforhold NINA Rapport 1139 Smyle indirekte indikator Ingress Smyle er et vanlig gras i hele Norge Arten har kt i mengde trolig pga kte avsetninger av lang transportert nitrogen kningen skjer imidlertid p bekostning av andre arter av planter og f rer dermed til redusert plantemangfold Smyle som indikator Smyle er et smalbladet gras som er vanlig i hele Norge i mange ulike skogtyper og i andre typer natur Arten begunstiges av god nitrogentilgang kte avsetninger av langtransportert nitrogen har blitt framsatt som en mulig forklaring p at smyle har kt i mengde i s rnorske og i s rsvenske skoger kning i smyledekning f rer imidlertid gjerne til redusert plantemangfold da andre arter blir skygget ut eller fysisk hindret i etablering og overle velse Det er denne negative effekten p biologisk mangfold som representeres her 3 1 6 Indicator type Choose correct indicator type from the drop down menu Species or group of species Indirect indicator For indicators that represent the condition of single species other formal taxa such as genera or informal groups of species of the same type e g rodents choose Species or group of species For all other indica
62. rs To log in and get access to the database users need to be registered with a username and password Users are responsible for a defined set of indicators for which they get access to read and enter data Thus read and write access to indicator data is user specific The user may access six pages on the interface the Home Indicator Areas Values and User pages Initially users must use the Login page to get access to the other five The Home page contains information about updates of the interface and provides access to this manual The User page contains fields for entering revising user information The Indicator page is used to select an indicator and enter or edit various information about the indicator to the database The page contains fields for entering indicator metadata sensitivity to pressure factors and ecosystem affinity There is also a link to a popup window for uploading or linking to documentation in electronic form i e reports pictures web pages etc On the Areas page one delineates and edits the spatial units from where indicator data is col lected Users enter indicator observations and reference values for the selected indicator on the Values page Data may be entered to the database either directly on the Values page or by importing them from Excel files A tool for visualization and proofreading of stored data on maps is also avail able on the page Bard Pedersen bard
63. s are stored If some values are outside these limits new or edited data will not be stored Instead a warning message is displayed Warning F Value have to be less than or equal to the upper limit defined on the Indicators page 5 3 Import data from Excel Click the Download excel file with areas and values for this indicator link Download Upload Download excel file with areas and values for this indicator Browse Select a xml file to Upload Upload file Choose Open or one of the alternatives from the Save menu in the pop up window Do you want to open or save Areas values 21 xml 1 33 MB from naturindeks nina no Open Save x Cancel This creates an xml file that you open in Excel The file has 11 columns with data Area ID and name Indicator ID and name Time ID and name text Expected value Lower and Upper Quar tiles Data type and unit of measurement The file has for each area one row for its reference value and one row for each year One example is shown below where there are two areas defined for the indicator The Datatype column uses codes for the different data types 1 stands for Expert judg ment 2 for Monitoring data and 3 for Model output B C D E F G H I J Area ID Area Name Indicator ID Indicator Name Time ID Time Text Value Lower Upper Datatype r L Unit of measuremer 2 1456 NORSKEHAVET 16 Bl kveite 0 Reference 55 25 55 gd Relativ gytebiomass 3 1456 NORSKEHAVET 16 Blakvei
64. sling fra 525 550 lokaliteter Elvemusling er klassifisert som S rbar p den Nasjonale R dlista og arten er fredet mot all fangst P den Globale R dlista er den klas sifisert som Sterkt truet Det er gjort beregninger som viser at Norge har nesten en tredel av de kjente gjenv rende lokalitetene med elvemusling og mer enn halvparten av antall muslinger i Eu ropa Dette gj r elvemusling til en ansvarsart for Norge Elvemuslingen har imidlertid forsvunnet fra om lag 20 av de kjente lokalitetene ogs i Norge og den har d dd ut fra store omr der p S rlandet Det er samtidig p vist rekrutteringssvikt i om lag en tredel av lokalitetene med levende elvemusling Dette er populasjoner som over tid vil bli redusert i antall og st i fare for d ut I tillegg er det nedsatt rekruttering I sv rt mange bestander som gj r at bestandsutviklingen over tid blir negativ Elvemusling er alts fortsatt til stede men det skjer en forgubbing i bestandene De fleste lokalitetene med gode reproduserende bestander av elvemusling finnes I dag I M re og Romsdal S r Tr ndelag Nord Tr ndelag og Nordland fylker NINA Rapport 1139 Trusler og p virkningsfaktorer Det er forringelse og deleggelse av leveomr dene som er den st rste trusselen for muslingene I tillegg vil alt som p virker vertsfisken ogs p virke elvemuslingen H y tilf rsel av n ringsstoff eutrofiering forsuring utryddelse eller reduksjon i bestander av ver
65. t Agency CLIENTS SUBSCRIBER CONTACT PERSON S Else L bersli COVER PICTURE Visualization tool on the value page State of Atlantic ditch shrimp Palaemonetes varians in 2010 KEY WORDS Norwegian nature index user s manual IT platform nature index database web interface for data entry nature index web site bio diversity N KKELORD Naturindeks for Norge brukermanual IT plattform naturindeksda tabasen nettbasert innlegging av data nettbasert innsynsl sning for naturindeks biodiversitet CONTACT DETAILS NINA head office NINA Oslo NINA Troms NINA Lillehammer Postboks 5685 Sluppen Gaustadall en 21 Framsenteret Fakkelg rden NO 7485 Trondheim NO 0349 Oslo NO 9296 Troms NO 2624 Lillehammer Norway Norway Norway Norway Phone 47 73 80 14 00 www nina no Phone 47 73 80 14 00 Phone 47 77 75 04 00 Phone 47 73 80 14 00 NINA Rapport 1139 Abstract Pedersen B and Kval y P 2015 Manual for entering data to the nature index database Version 2 0 NINA Report 1139 52 pp This manual guides the user in how to enter edit and update data and other information about the indicators they are responsible for in the nature index database A dedicated website has been developed for the purpose The website also includes features for uploading images documents and links to documents to the database The database is open for data entry from users once a year The period is announced directly to the use
66. te 171950 55 19 31 1 Relativ gytebiomass 4 1456 NORSKEHAVET 16 Bl kveite 271990 7 5 i 5 Relativ gytebiomass 5 1456 NORSKEHAVET 16 Bl kveite 3 2000 6 10 5 Relativ gytebiomass 5 1456 NORSKEHAVET 16 Bl kveite 4 2010 3 19 1 i Relativ gytebiomass 7 1456 NORSKEHAVET 16 Bl kveite 55011 19 3 i n Relativ gytebiomass 8 1456 NORSKEHAVET 16 Blakveite 62012 1 14 52 1 Relativ gytebiomass 9 1456 NORSKEHAVET 16 Bl kveite 7 2013 Relativ gytebiomass 10 1457 BARENTSHAVET 16 Bl kveite 0 Reference 450 450 450 n 1000 tonn per kvadr 11 1457 BARENTSHAVET 16 Bl kveite 171950 e e e n 1000 tonn per kvadr 12 1457 BARENTSHAVET 16 Bl kveite 271990 84 5 2 1 9 4 5 1000 tonn per kvadr 13 1457 BARENTSHAVET 16 Bl kveite 3 2000 95 8 92 5 102 4 1000 tonn per kvadr 14 1457 BARENTSHAVET 16 Bl kveite 4 2010 44 5 222 9 587 8 5 1000 tonn per kvadr 15 1457 BARENTSHAVET 16 Bl kveite 52011 508 8 169 3 587 8 5 1000 tonn per kvadr 16 1457 BARENTSHAVET 16 Bl kveite 62012 30 9 198 4 296 B 1000 tonn per kvadr 17 1457 BARENTSHAVET 16 Bl kveite 7 2013 1000 tonn per kvadr Enter new data in the empty cells and or edit old data Do not perform any operation that will change the format or structure of the spread sheet or the format of the cells This will disrupt the routine for importing the data back into the nature index database and most likely cause it to fail or malfunction 40 NINA Rapport 1139 Close the xml file Make sure you save a copy of the file for
67. ted normal Quantiles Truncated normal 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 Quantiles Truncated normal Quantiles qz f f Density Density Density Quantiles Zero inflated exponential Quantiles Zero inflated exponential Quantiles 43 i Density Density Density Zero inflated exponential Quantiles Zero inflated exponential Quantiles Zero inflated exponential Quantiles qz di 2p NINA Report 1139 Fig A1 Examples where experts estimate quartiles to be equidistant from the mean Nevertheless all resulting distributions have positive skew ness This is because observations take nonnegative values only As seen from the figure skewness increases with interquartile distance and decreases with increasing mean 47 NINA Report 1139 7 2 3 Estimated quartiles asymmetrical with respect to the mean Larger distance to lower quartile Log normal Log normal Log normal Log normal Log normal 1 N t wT zref 2 E 2 2 2 2 o 2 a 2 B B o o o 7 o 1 N e N N e Q3 175 u e e e e e 0 0 025 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 0 0 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 0 0 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 0 0 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 0 0 0 25 0 5 0 75 1 0 1 25 Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles Quantiles wT g normal x Log normal Log normal Log normal Log normal ET e e eo e E gt gt gt E E u re 7 7 7 o N
68. tes til velge indikator og lese inn ulike opplysninger om den Den inneholder felter for innlesing av indikatorens metadata sensitivitet ovenfor ulike p virkningsfaktorer og dens tilh righet til de ni hoved kosystemene Indikatorsiden inneholder ogs en lenke til et popup vindu for opplasting av bilder rapporter og annen dokumentasjon som ligger til grunn for indikatorverdi ene og de andre opplysningene som er lagt inn i databasen Omr desiden benyttes til definere og redigere de geografiske omr dene indikatorobservasjonene gjelder for Observasjoner og referanseverdier for valgt indikator leses inn p databasens verdiside enten direkte i en tabell p siden eller via import fra Excel P verdisiden inng r i tillegg et verkt y for visualisering og korrekturlesing av innleste data p kart Bard Pedersen bard pedersen nina no og P l Kval y Norsk institutt for naturforskning Postboks 5685 Sluppen NO 7485 Trondheim NINA Rapport 1139 Contents ADS ACU m UN 3 hdc 4 CONTENTS ER 5 FOF CW 79 e 7 T igiene 8 1 1 Software platform
69. the two quartiles Fig A6 gives examples of distributions that result when one or both of the estimated input quar tiles are zero Fig A7 gives examples of distributions that result when all three input parameters are set equal to each other Blue lines mark the expert estimate of mean f solid line and quartiles q1 q3 stippled lines Red lines mark the corresponding parameters for the fitted distribution when they differ some what from the experts estimates Filled black circles are point probabilities at zero for the ZIE distribution Dotted black vertical lines give the position of scaled reference values 1 Note that scaling of y axes varies from figure to figure 7 2 1 Notes Note that only 50 of the probability mass lies within the inter quartile range 41 q3 which means that there is a 50 chance that the true indicator value is outside that range Thus as seen in the following examples in distributions with large interquartile ranges values very different from the mean value are not unlikely cf Fig A1 So when specifying the quar tiles one should be careful not to set the interquartile distance so large that the resulting distribution produce unrealistic indicator values with some probability When quartiles estimated by experts are located asymmetrically around the mean the parame ters of the fitted distribution may be displaced relative to the experts input The reason for such displacement is th
70. tors choose Indirect indicator Indirect indicators are typically community indices surrogates like the MIS indicators standing and lying dead wood and indicators based on habitat types Note that in cases where the indicator represents the negative effect of one species upon other types of organisms e g through predation or competition the indicators are considered to be Indirect indicators Note also that the Max scaling model see below is only relevant for Indirect indicators NINA Report 1139 3 1 7 Type of organism informal grouping Only for Species or group of species indicators Choose correct group from the drop down menu see table Note that these groups do not conform to modern formal taxa The groups are intended to characterize indicators for the public and for managers Next choose correct subgroup from the drop down menu see table As above some of these groups do not conform to modern formal taxa Types Group Subgroup Plant or algae Algae Liverwort Moss Fern Seed plant Ascomycete Basidiomycete Lichen Invertebrate Cnidarian Crustacean Echinoderm Insect Mollusk Spider Sponge Other Vertebrate Amphibian Bird Bony fish Cartilaginous fish Mammal Reptile Not relevant Not relevant 20 NINA Rapport 1139 3 1 8 Red list status 2006 Only for Species or group of species indicators Choose correct status as given in the Norwegian Red list from 2006 Kalas et
71. tsfisk vassdragsregulering kanalisering bekkelukking erosjon fra land og skogbruksomr der snauhogst drenering av myrer og annen utmark giftutslipp og klimavariasjoner kan v re viktige faktorer i dette bildet Plukking av muslinger og perlefiske var tidligere en alvorlig trussel Elvemusling som indikator Fordelen med kunne anvende elvemusling som et ledd i naturovervakingen er artens h ye krav til vannkvalitet og habitat Spesielt interessant er det at elvemuslingen kan oppn en imponerende h y levealder 250 300 r Selv om rekrutteringen har v rt helt frav rende i mange r vil bestan der av elvemusling kunne ta seg opp igjen sa sant rsaken til bestandsnedgangen blir fjernet El vemusling kan fungere b de som en indikator p artsrike milj er og som en paraplyart overlap pende habitatkrav med andre kravstore arter Elvemuslingen utgj r dessuten en viktig del av den naturlige vannrensingen I et vassdrag hvert individ filtrerer 50 liter vann hvert d gn Dette gj r at muslingen ogs kan betraktes som en n kkelart en kologisk viktig art som p virker mange andre arter En bestand av elvemusling som opprettholder naturlig rekruttering vil v re det synlige bevi set p god vannkvalitet og god kologisk status Forvaltningstiltak Elvemusling er klassifisert som S rbar p den Nasjonale R dlista og arten er fredet mot all fangst Handlingsplanen for elvemusling som kom i 2006 presenterer m l tiltak og orga
72. tton in the middle of the page after entering log in information Then you will automatically re enter the Home page and get access to the Indicators and User pages Click the Forgotten password link and follow instructions in case you have forgotten your pass word and need to access the database The password is stored encrypted in the database and there is no way of finding out what it is even for administrators Users have to use the Forgotten password link to reset their password After you have logged in your user ID is displayed to the left under the top menu f Nature index for Norway MM M M M MM M 2 3 User page Click the User tab when logged in in order to enter this page The page displays basic user information Internal user ID and date for last login and contains fields for entering revising your user information name phone institution e mail and for changing the password Click the Update button after you have entered new or revised user information in order to store this information in the database Old information will be deleted from the database If you forget UserID to click the button the new information will not User information be stored while the old information remains and te will be displayed next time you enter this page Eman no name nina no Click the Update password button after you First name Ola OJa have entered both old and new passwords as GR i Lia well as
73. ty list TE un 1702 STEINKJER NS 40 1703 NAMSOS NU PS ihe r H 1711 MER KER kVA M pt ms e 1714 STJ RDAL y aque dee aux m 1717 FROSTA RE d NN aS 1718 LEKSVIK e NI N A ONS 1719 LEVANGER 1721 VERDAL 1723 MOSVIK 1724 VERRAN s 1725 NAMDALSEID 00s 1729 INDER Y I L 11736 SN SA Choose Mer ETE Delete area IA 0 1739 R YRVIK Expand area Mn JER EUAN RIE Reduce area BEEN 5 t T 1742 GRONG Rename area i ER i UN DUE QULA ME 11749 FLATANGER 4750 VIKNA 1751 N R Y 1755 LEKA 1804 BOD 1805 NARVIK 1811 BINDAL 1812 S MNA 11813 BR NN Y 1815 VEGA 1816 VEVELSTAD 3 1818 HEROY N 1820 ALSTAHAUG 1822 LEIRFJORD 1824 VEFSN 1825 GRANE 1826 HATTFJELLDAL Click the Save area button In the pop up window rename the area if desired 5ave new area x Indre Nam dal Accept Cancel Click Accept 34 NINA Rapport 1139 4 7 Expand an area expand the definition area Choose the area to be expanded from the area list Choose Expand area in the operation list Available municipalities i e municipalities within the definition area that is not included in another area in the area list are then displayed on the map and listed on the right If you expand the definition area all oceanic regions municipalities outside the definition area are displayed and listed Select municipalities to be included in the expanded area from the map or from the m
74. unicipality list DEF Bj rkefink Indre Namdal Choose Reduce area Rename area Create new area Delete area Save area Click the Save area button Click Accept in the pop up window gt LARA p Expand area 1702 STEINKJER 1711 MER KER 1714 STJ RDAL 1717 FROSTA 1718 LEKSVIK 1719 LEVANGER 1721 VERDAL 1723 MOSVIK 1724 VERRAN PN 1725 NAMDALSEID gt 1729 INDER Y 1743 HOYLANDET H 1744 OVERHALLA 1805 NARVIK 1811 BINDAL 1812 S MNA 1813 BR NN Y 1815 VEGA 1816 VEVELSTAD 1818 HER Y N 1820 ALSTAHAUG 1822 LEIRFJORD 1824 VEFSN 1825 GRANE 1826 HATTFJELLDAL 1827 D NNA 1828 NESNA 1832 HEMNES KA QUU PM jai 1833 RANA MERO j Eo he At UU 57 1834 LUR Y i A C AN 1835 TR NA 1836 RODOY 11837 MEL Y 11838 GILDESK L 11830 RFIADN E EN 8 municipalities will be added to area Er l nnsnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnsnnnnnnsnnnnnn Indicator data that are already stored for this area will automatically be linked to all municipalities in the expanded area 4 8 Reduce an area reduce the definition area Choose the area to be reduced from the area list Choose Reduce area in the operation list Municipalities included in the area are then displayed on the map and listed on the right 35 NINA Report 1139 You can reduce the definition area only when it contains municipalities that are not allocated to are
75. use before the picture is uploaded to the database There is no guarantee against that uploaded pictures might be copied and spread on the internet when they are displayed on naturindeks no If desired one could add the name of the photographer together with a copyright symbol as a watermark on the photo before uploading it to the database Pictures should preferably be square shaped with a size of about 1000 x 1000 pixels 3 4 4 Content The pop up window contains a table over linked and uploaded documents for the current indicator where the last row is for entering a new link or document It also contains a field for entering the path and name of a file to be uploaded together with a Browse button function for finding the file in question and automatic input of path and file name and an Upload button for uploading the file to the database Documentation ID Text Url Public picture Photo by 1218 Natur i endring Terrestrisk X http www nina no farchive n Update Delete Update Delete urovervaking i 2007 Update Delete 1221 Natur i endring Terrestrisk nz http www nina no archive n 1222 Natur i endring Terrestrisk ni http www nina no archive n 1223 Terrestrisk naturoverv king i http www nina no archive n Terrestrisk naturoverv king i 2011 Markvegetasjon epifytter sm gnagere og fugl Update Delete PPS PP Pi PS o zZ Z Z Z

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