학술논문

The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project.
Document Type
article
Author
Hudson, Lawrence NNewbold, TimContu, SaraHill, Samantha LLLysenko, IgorDe Palma, AdrianaPhillips, Helen RPAlhusseini, Tamera IBedford, Felicity EBennett, Dominic JBooth, HollieBurton, Victoria JChng, Charlotte WTChoimes, ArgyriosCorreia, David LPDay, JulieEcheverría-Londoño, SusyEmerson, Susan RGao, DiGaron, MorganHarrison, Michelle LKIngram, Daniel JJung, MartinKemp, VictoriaKirkpatrick, LucindaMartin, Callum DPan, YuanPask-Hale, Gwilym DPynegar, Edwin LRobinson, Alexandra NSanchez-Ortiz, KatiaSenior, Rebecca ASimmons, Benno IWhite, Hannah JZhang, HanbinAben, JobAbrahamczyk, StefanAdum, Gilbert BAguilar-Barquero, VirginiaAizen, Marcelo AAlbertos, BelénAlcala, ELDel Mar Alguacil, MariaAlignier, AudreyAncrenaz, MarcAndersen, Alan NArbeláez-Cortés, EnriqueArmbrecht, IngeArroyo-Rodríguez, VíctorAumann, TomAxmacher, Jan CAzhar, BadrulAzpiroz, Adrián BBaeten, LanderBakayoko, AdamaBáldi, AndrásBanks, John EBaral, Sharad KBarlow, JosBarratt, Barbara IPBarrico, LurdesBartolommei, PaolaBarton, Diane MBasset, YvesBatáry, PéterBates, Adam JBaur, BrunoBayne, Erin MBeja, PedroBenedick, SuzanBerg, ÅkeBernard, HenryBerry, Nicholas JBhatt, DineshBicknell, Jake EBihn, Jochen HBlake, Robin JBobo, Kadiri SBóçon, RobertoBoekhout, TeunBöhning-Gaese, KatrinBonham, Kevin JBorges, Paulo AVBorges, Sérgio HBoutin, CélineBouyer, JérémyBragagnolo, CibeleBrandt, Jodi SBrearley, Francis QBrito, IsabelBros, VicençBrunet, JörgBuczkowski, GrzegorzBuddle, Christopher MBugter, RobBuscardo, ErikaBuse, JörnCabra-García, JimmyCáceres, Nilton CCagle, Nicolette L
Source
Ecology and evolution. 7(1)
Subject
data sharing
global biodiversity modeling
global change
habitat destruction
land use
Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
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Abstract
The PREDICTS project-Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems (www.predicts.org.uk)-has collated from published studies a large, reasonably representative database of comparable samples of biodiversity from multiple sites that differ in the nature or intensity of human impacts relating to land use. We have used this evidence base to develop global and regional statistical models of how local biodiversity responds to these measures. We describe and make freely available this 2016 release of the database, containing more than 3.2 million records sampled at over 26,000 locations and representing over 47,000 species. We outline how the database can help in answering a range of questions in ecology and conservation biology. To our knowledge, this is the largest and most geographically and taxonomically representative database of spatial comparisons of biodiversity that has been collated to date; it will be useful to researchers and international efforts wishing to model and understand the global status of biodiversity.