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2005 reporting trends web service

 
Returns 2005 reporting trend data for a given habitat or species name for a given country.

Inputs

Name

Description

Country One of the following values - 'UK', 'England', 'NorthernIreland', 'Scotland', 'Wales' or 'All'. Used to limit the range of trend records returned to a specific country.
Habitat The name of a habitat. Trend records where the national plan is working on the specified habitat will be returned.
Species The name of a species - must be specified using its scientific (latin) name. Trend records where the national plan is working on the specified species will be returned.


Outputs

An array of the following data structure is returned:

Name

Description

Country Country name.
Unknown True if trend data was flagged as 'unknown' for this country, otherwise false.
NotApplicable True if trend data was flagged as 'not applicable' for this country, otherwise false.
Trend Trend category.
Accuracy Accuracy of the trend estimate.
DateAssessed Date that trend assessment was made.
Comments Additional comments entered when the report was made.
SAPName Species action plan scientific name.
SAPCommonName Species action plan common name.
SpeciesName Species scientific name.
SpeciesCommonName Species common name.
HAPName Habitat action plan name.
HabitatName Habitat name.


Notes
  1. Either a habitat or species name is required.
  2. If both habitat and species are specified, the species will be ignored and the habitat used to perform the search.
  3. Trend data is relevant to habitat and species national plans, including grouped plans. If a habitat or species name matches the name of a grouped plan then data is returned for all habitats and species within the grouped plan.

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