Christmas Island National Park Robber Crab (Birgus latro) Road Kill Monitoring

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

The dataset contains records of Robber Crab (Birgus latro) mortality across Christmas Island, including location co-ordinates and details of sex and thoracic length. To manage the impact of road mortality on the species, this monitoring project is designed to assess spatial variation in road mortality. Basic data are collected at the site (sex, size, date, coordinates).

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Title Christmas Island National Park Robber Crab (Birgus latro) Road Kill Monitoring
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/bcdb069f-410b-401d-825e-622a6df078de
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network�s Data Discovery
samantha.flakus@environment.gov.au
Reference Period 04/01/2010 - 31/05/2014
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        105.52319,
        -10.5722
      ],
      [
        105.71202,
        -10.5722
      ],
      [
        105.71202,
        -10.40408
      ],
      [
        105.52319,
        -10.40408
      ],
      [
        105.52319,
        -10.5722
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "Christmas Island National Park Robber Crab (Birgus latro) Road Kill Monitoring". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/christmas-island-national-park-robber-crab-birgus-latro-road-kill-monitoring