Table 1. Temporal baselines of biodiversity monitoring schemes in Europe: the summary statistics of the starting years for the schemes are described for each of (a) the taxonomic groups studied, (b) the EBV classes targeted and (c) the type of data collected.

	Min.	1st Qu.	Median	Mean	3rd Qu.	Max.	N
Taxonomic group
Amphibians	1817	1974	1994	1983	2000	2008	155
Birds	1634	1962	1986	1974	1998	2007	458
Fish	1634	1962	1979	1971	1994	2008	154
Insect	1804	1966	1989	1977	2000	2009	265
Mammals	1538	1964	1990	1974	2000	2008	339
Mollusc	1907	1971	2001	1981	2002	2008	18
Plants	1634	1974	1993	1975	2000	2008	245
Reptiles	1817	1982	1993	1982	2000	2008	51
Overall	1538	1964	1990	1976	1999	2009	1685
EBV class
Genetic Composition	1980	1982	1985	1990	1994	2004	3
Community Composition	1901	1991	2000	1995	2005	2009	164
Species Populations	1800	1990	1999	1994	2004	2009	433
Species Traits	1950	1956	1979	1980	2007	2008	5
Overall	1800	1990	1999	1995	2004	2009	605
Type of data
Capture Mark Recapture	1901	1988	1992	1989	2000	2005	43
Count	1933	1990	1999	1995	2005	2008	300
Occurrence	1800	1993	2000	1994	2003	2009	72
Phenology	1960	1990	1999	1993	2000	2005	21
Population Structure	1952	1994	2000	1994	2004	2008	16
Overall	1800	1990	1999	1994	2004	2009	452