Badger and sett data for species distribution modelling
Year: 2026
Type: dataset
Abstract: This dataset includes the location of badger setts in Ireland, as obtained from the bTB eradication wildlife management programme from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the Government of Ireland. The dataset contains setts visited in the field between 2019 and 2025, and the locations are jittered up to 1km from the original sett location as badgers and their setts are protected by both Irish and European laws. A summarised dataset of badgers involved in the bTB eradication wildlife management programme from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the Government of Ireland is provided. Raw locations of badger captures were used in the model, but badgers are under an active management programme that involves both culling and vaccination, with significant societal relevance, and therefore providing numbers that can be linked to the intensity of the management actions can be conflictive. Therefore, we provide the numbers of captured badgers summarised by county. The data used for analysis can be obtained upon request from [email protected], subject to sensitivity and GDPR restrictions. The dataset also contains raster files of the environmental variables used for species distribution modelling, which include elevation, slope, % of grassland cover, distance from forest edge, and human footprint index.
Source: DRYAD
Language: English
Subfield: Ecological Modeling
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225645127