Ontologia

Site of Special Scientific Interest · GBR

Ben Alder and Aonach Beag

IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces67 km²Established 1964
Key facts
Area
67 km²
IUCN cat.
IV
Year
1964

Overview

Designation
Site of Special Scientific Interest
IUCN category
IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces

Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers

Established
1964
Managing authority
Not Reported

Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).

Species present

876 distinct species · 3 638 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 29 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.

ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Ben Alder and Aonach Beag : 24 espèces reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 7.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
29
Interactions affichées
30
Connectance
0.074
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology2 basins · 2 lakes · 6 rivers

Hydrology metrics for this exact territory

Stream length here

16,1km

Lake surface here

0,67km²

Basins crossed

2

Max stream order

2

Max drainage

1 323km²

Discharge in basins

3,1m³/s

Mean precip.

1 737mm/an

Mean T°

6,1°C

Moisture idx

0,70

Max snow

27%

Mean runoff

1 426mm/an

Mean elev. (basins)

434m

Watersheds crossing here

Lakes (2, top by area)

Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10

Location

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Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)

Centroid
56.83225, -4.47159
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Species observed (Phase 2)

Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.