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8. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

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Hudson, Lawrence N., Newbold, Tim, Contu, Sara, Hill, Samantha L. L., Lysenko, Igor, Palma, Adriana de, Poggio, Santiago L., and Cerezo, Alexis

Subjects
DATA SHARING, GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY MODELING, GLOBAL CHANGE, HABITAT DESTRUCTION, LAND USE
Abstract

Fil: Hudson, Lawrence N. Natural History Museum. Department of Life Sciences. London, UK. Fil: Newbold, Tim. United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Cambridge, UK. Fil: Contu, Sara. Natural History Museum. Department of Life Sciences. London, UK. Fil: Hill, Samantha L. L. Natural History Museum. Department of Life Sciences. London, UK. Fil: Lysenko, Igor. Imperial College London. Department of Life Sciences. Ascot, UK. Fil: Palma, Adriana de. Natural History Museum. Department of Life Sciences. London, UK. Fil: Poggio, Santiago L. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura (IFEVA). Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fil: Cerezo, Alexis. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Sistemas de Información. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 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. mapas, tbls., grafs.

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2017

9. Long-term association of Tyrannus savana and Sturnella superciliaris density with land cover and climatic variables in agroecosystems of Argentina

Author

Calamari, Noelia Cecilia, Cerezo, Alexis, Canavelli, Sonia Beatriz, Dardanelli, Sebastian, Gavier Pizarro, Gregorio Ignacio, and Zaccagnini, Maria Elena

Subjects
Agroecosistemas, Climate, Rain, Argentina, Sturnella superciliaris, Tyrannus savana, Birds, Lluvia, Land Use, Clima, Agroecosystems, Aves, Utilización de la Tierra, Pájaros
Abstract

Agricultural expansion and intensification resulted in important changes in the agricultural landscape of the Pampas region, Argentina. We used linear mixed models to analyze the relationship between environmental variables associated to land use/cover, productivity and climate and changes in densities of two bird species, the Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana) and the White-browed Blackbird (Sturnella superciliaris). The study area in central Argentina was divided in three agroproductive sub-regions: (1) predominantly agricultural, (2) mixed agricultural- rangeland and (3) mixed agricultural-forested rangeland. Bird populations were sampled annually during 2003-2011 using point-transects along secondary roads (48 transects). Mean estimated density for Fork-tailed Flycatcher was 0.132 ind/ha, increased in the agricultural sub-region and was associated with decreasing forest cover and increasing fallow and weedy fields cover. Mean density of the White-browed Blackbird was 0.045 ind/ha, decreased in the agricultural-rangeland sub-region and increased in landscapes with more perennial pastures, fallow and weedy fields and annual pastures, avoiding sites with more forest cover. Productivity and climatic variables only showed a strong association with White-browed Blackbird density. Our results suggest that land use/cover, productivity and climatic factors are important variables when planning strategies to conserve bird population at a regional level in agroecosystems of Argentina. La expansión e intensificación agrícolas resultaron en importantes cambios en el paisaje agrícola de la Región Pampeana Argentina. Se utilizaron modelos lineales generalizados mixtos para analizar la relación entre la densidad de dos especies de aves, la Tijereta (Tyrannus savana) y el Pecho Colorado (Sturnella superciliaris), y variables ambientales asociadas a la cobertura, los usos de la tierra, la productividad vegetal y las condiciones climáticas. El área de estudio en la región central de Argentina se dividió en tres subregiones: (1) predominantemente agrícola, (2) agrícola-ganadera y (3) agrícola-ganadera bajo bosque nativo. Las aves fueron muestreadas anualmente durante 2003-2011 en 48 transectas de puntos localizadas en caminos secundarios. La densidad promedio de la Tijereta fue de 0.132 ind/ha, se incrementó significativamente en la subregión agrícola, y estuvo asociada a la disminución en la cobertura de bosque y al incremento en la proporción de cobertura de rastrojo y campo en descanso. La densidad del Pecho Colorado fue de 0.045 ind/ha, decreció en la subregión agrícola-ganadera y se incrementó en paisajes con mayor proporción de pasturas perennes, cobertura de rastrojo, campos en descanso y pasturas anuales, evitando sitios con mayor cobertura de bosque. La productividad y las variables climáticas solamente mostraron una asociación fuerte con la densidad del Pecho Colorado. Nuestros resultados sugieren que la cobertura de usos de la tierra, la productividad y los factores climáticos son importantes al planificar estrategias de conservación de aves a escala regional en los agroecosistemas de Argentina. EEA Paraná Fil: Calamari, Noelia Cecilia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Paraná; Argentina Fil: Cerezo, Alexis. Fundación para la Conservación y el Ecodesarrollo; Guatemala Fil: Canavelli, Sonia Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Paraná; Argentina Fil: Dardanelli, Sebastian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Paraná; Argentina Fil: Gavier Pizarro, Gregorio Ignacio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Recursos Biológicos; Argentina Fil: Zaccagnini, Maria Elena. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Recursos Biológicos; Argentina

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2016

10. Determinants of daily path length in black and gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in northeastern Argentina

Author

Raño, Mariana, Kowalewski, Miguel Martin, Cerezo, Alexis M., and Garber, Paul A.

Subjects
Ciencias Biológicas, ALOUATTA CARAYA, ARGENTINA, Otras Ciencias Biológicas, BLACK AND GOLD HOWLER MONKEY, DAILY PATH LENGTHS, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, USE OF SPACE
Abstract

Models used to explain the social organization of primates suggest that variation in daily path length (DPL) is a response to variation in resource distribution and the intensity of intragroup feeding competition. However, daily path length may be affected by a number of other factors including the availability and distribution of nutritionally complementary food items, temperature which can influence activity budget, patterns of subgrouping, and the frequency and function of intergroup encounters. In this 6-month study (total 495 hr of quantitative data), we examined daily path lengths in two neighboring groups of black and gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) inhabiting a semi-deciduous gallery forest in San Cayetano (27° 30'S, 58° 41'W), in the northwest province of Corrientes, Argentina. Both study groups were of similar size and composition. We identified relationships across groups between time spent feeding on fruits, leaves, and flowers, the number of trees visited, group spread, frequency of intergroup encounters, mean daily temperature, and DPL. Our results suggest that variation in food availability had a significant impact on howler ranging behavior by increasing DPL under conditions of high immature and mature fruit availability, and by decreasing DPL with increased availability and increased time invested in feeding on mature leaves. These results do not support the contention that a reduction in food availability or an increase in within-group feeding competition increased DPL in black and gold howler monkeys. DPL in black and gold howlers is influenced by several interrelated factors. In this regard we suggest that models of socio-ecology and ecological constraints need to reconsider how factors such as individual nutritional requirements, social tolerance and group cohesion, and the spatial and temporal availability of preferred and nearby food resources influence primate ranging behavior. Am. J. Primatol. 78:825-837, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Fil: Raño, Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; Argentina Fil: Kowalewski, Miguel Martin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; Argentina Fil: Cerezo, Alexis M.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Sistemas de Información; Argentina Fil: Garber, Paul A.. University of Illinois at Urbana; Estados Unidos

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2016
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11. Wildlife Conservation, perceptions of different co-existing cultures

Author

Camino, Micaela, Cortez, Sara, Cerezo, Alexis, and Altrichter Mariana

Subjects
Ciencias Biológicas, Chaco, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], Peasants or Criollos, Local perceptions, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https], CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, Indigenous, Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Abstract

Different cultures have different relationships with nature, and these relationships have many dimensions which shape people’s perceptions towards nature. Therefore, perceptions may vary between different cultures within the same territories. Understanding each culture´s relationship with the surrounding environment is of extreme importance for the correct allocation of conservation resources, and for the development of efficient conservation actions. In this study, we discuss the perceptions of two different cultures regarding large and mediumsized mammal conservation in an endangered region of Argentina, called the Dry Chaco. These two cultures are peasants, or Criollos, and the indigenous Wichís; we assessed and compared their perceptions on local extinctions, conservation problems, conflicts with wildlife and possible solutions for these issues. We found that although both cultures inhabit the same territory and report local extinctions, their perceptions on which species were locally extinct differed. Another difference was the perceived time-period in which disappearances occurred. We also found that most respondents recognize conservation problems and possible solutions, although these differ between both cultures. Management for conservation of these species should be specific to each culture, and understanding local perspectives allows the inclusion of a broader view of human needs, perceptions and knowledge in conservation programs. Fil: Camino, Micaela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Grupo de Ecología del Paisaje y Medio Ambiente; Argentina Fil: Cortez, Sara. No especifica; Fil: Cerezo, Alexis. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Sistemas de Información; Argentina Fil: Altrichter Mariana. Prescott University; Estados Unidos

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2016

13. The PREDICTS database : a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

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Hudson, Lawrence N., Newbold, Tim, Contu, Sara, Hill, Samantha L. L., Lysenko, Igor, Palma, Adriana de, Phillips, Helen R. P., Senior, Rebecca A., Bennett, Dominic J., Booth, Hollie, Choimes, Argyrios, Correia, David L. P., Day, Julie, Echeverria-Londono, Susy, Garon, Morgan, Harrison, Michelle L. K., Ingram, Daniel J., Jung, Martin, Kemp, Victoria, Kirkpatrick, Lucinda, Martin, Callum D., Pan, Yuan, White, Hannah J., Aben, Job, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Adum, Gilbert B., Aguilar-Barquero, Virginia, Aizen, Marcelo, Ancrenaz, Marc, Arbelaez-Cortes, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrián B., Baeten, Lander, Báldi, András, Banks, John E., Barlow, Jos, Batáry, Péter, Bates, Adam J., Bayne, Erin M., Beja, Pedro, Berg, Åke, Berry, Nicholas J., Bicknell, Jake E., Bihn, Jochen H., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Boekhout, Teun, Boutin, Celine, Bouyer, Jeremy, Brearley, Francis Q., Brito, Isabel, Brunet, Jörg, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, Buscardo, Erika, Cabra-Garcia, Jimmy, Calvino-Cancela, Maria, Cameron, Sydney A., Cancello, Eliana M., Carrijo, Tiago F., Carvalho, Anelena L., Castro, Helena, Castro-Luna, Alejandro Antonio, Cerda, Rolando, Cerezo, Alexis, Chauvat, Matthieu, Clarke, Frank M., Cleary, Daniel F. R., Connop, Stuart P., D'Aniello, Biagio, Silva, Pedro Giovani da, Darvill, Ben, Dauber, Jens, Dejean, Alain, Diekötter, Tim, Dominguez-Haydar, Yamileth, Dormann, Carsten F., Dumont, Bertrand, Dures, Simon G., Dynesius, Mats, Edenius, Lars, Elek, Zoltan, Entling, Martin H., Farwig, Nina, Fayle, Tom M., Felicioli, Antonio, Felton, Annika M., Ficetola, Gentile Francesco, Filgueiras, Bruno K. C., Fonte, Steve J., Fraser, Lauchlan H., Fukuda, Daisuke, Furlani, Dario, Ganzhorn, Jörg U., Garden, Jenni G., Gheler-Costa, Carla, Giordani, Paolo, Giordano, Simonetta, Gottschalk, Marco S., Goulson, Dave, Gove, Aaron D., Grogan, James, Hanley, Mick E., Hanson, Thor, Hashim, Nor R., Hawes, Joseph E., Hébert, Christian, Helden, Alvin J., Henden, John-André, Hernández, Lionel, Herzog, Felix, Higuera-Diaz, Diego, Hilje, Branko, Horgan, Finbarr G., Horvath, Roland, Hylander, Kristoffer, Isaacs-Cubides, Paola, Ishitani, Mashiro, Jacobs, Carmen T., Jaramillo, Victor J., Jauker, Birgit, Jonsell, Matts, Jung, Thomas S., Kapoor, Vena, Kati, Vassiliki, Katovai, Eric, Kessler, Michael, Knop, Eva, Kolb, Annette, Körösi, Àdám, Lachat, Thibault, Lantschner, Victoria, Le Féon, Violette, LeBuhn, Gretchen, Légaré, Jean-Philippe, Letcher, Susan G., Littlewood, Nick A., López-Quintero, Carlos A., Louhaichi, Mounir, Lövei, Gabor L., Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban, Luja, Victor H., Maeto, Kaoru, Magura, Tibor, Mallari, Neil Aldrin D., Marin-Spiotta, Erika, Marshall, Edward Jon P., Martínez, Eliana, Mayfield, Margaret M., Mikusinski, Gregorz, Milder, Jeffery C., Miller, James R., Morales, Carolina L., Muriithi-Muchane, Mary Nyawira, Muchane, Muchai, Naidoo, Robin, Nakamura, Akihiro, Naoe, Shoji, Nates-Parra, Guiomar, Navarerete Gutierrez, Dario A., Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Noreika, Norbertas, Norfolk, Olivia, Noriega, Jorge Ari, Nöske, Nicole M., O'Dea, Niall, Oduro, William, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Oke, Chris O., Osgathorpe, Lynne M., Paritsis, Juan, Parrah, Alejandro, Pelegrin, Nicolás, Peres, Carlos A., Persson, Anna S., Petanidou, Theodora, Phalan, Ben, Philips, T. Keith, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F., Presley, Steven J., Proença, Vânia, Quaranta, Marino, Quintero, Carolina, Redpath-Downing, Nicola A., Reid, J. Leighton, Reis, Yana T., Ribeiro, Danilo B., Richardson, Barbara A., Richardson, Michael J., Robles, Carolina A., Römbke, Jörg, Romero-Duque, Luz Piedad, Rosselli, Loreta, Rossiter, Stephen J., Roulston, T'ai H., Rousseau, Laurent, Sadler, Jonathan P., Sáfián, Szbolcs, Saldaña-Vásquez, Romeo A., Samnegård, Ulrika, Schüepp, Christof, Schweiger, Oliver, Sedlock, Jodi L., Shahabuddin, Ghazala, Sheil, Douglas, Silva, Fernando A. B., Slade, Eleanor, Smith-Pardo, Allan H., Sodhi, Navjot S., Somarriba, Eduardo J., Sosa, Ramón A., Stout, Jane C., Struebig, Matthew J., Sung, Yik-Hei, Threlfall, Caragh G., Tonietto, Rebecca, Tóthmérész, Béla, Tscharntke, Teja, Turner, Edgar C., Tylianakis, Jason M., Vanbergen, Adam J., Vassilev, Kiril, Verboven, Hans A. F., Vergara, Carlos H., Vergara, Pablo M., Verhulst, Jort, Walker, Tony R., Wang, Yanping, Watling, James I., Wells, Konstans, Williams, Christopher D., Willig, Michael R., Woinarski, John Casimir Zichy, Wolf, Jan H. D., Woodcock, Ben A., Yu, Douglas W., Zailsev, Andreys, Collen, Ben, Ewers, Rob M., Mace, Georgina M., Purves, Drew W., Scharlemann, Jörn P. W., Pervis, Andy, Hudson, Lawrence N., Newbold, Tim, Contu, Sara, Hill, Samantha L. L., Lysenko, Igor, Palma, Adriana de, Phillips, Helen R. P., Senior, Rebecca A., Bennett, Dominic J., Booth, Hollie, Choimes, Argyrios, Correia, David L. P., Day, Julie, Echeverria-Londono, Susy, Garon, Morgan, Harrison, Michelle L. K., Ingram, Daniel J., Jung, Martin, Kemp, Victoria, Kirkpatrick, Lucinda, Martin, Callum D., Pan, Yuan, White, Hannah J., Aben, Job, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Adum, Gilbert B., Aguilar-Barquero, Virginia, Aizen, Marcelo, Ancrenaz, Marc, Arbelaez-Cortes, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrián B., Baeten, Lander, Báldi, András, Banks, John E., Barlow, Jos, Batáry, Péter, Bates, Adam J., Bayne, Erin M., Beja, Pedro, Berg, Åke, Berry, Nicholas J., Bicknell, Jake E., Bihn, Jochen H., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Boekhout, Teun, Boutin, Celine, Bouyer, Jeremy, Brearley, Francis Q., Brito, Isabel, Brunet, Jörg, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, Buscardo, Erika, Cabra-Garcia, Jimmy, Calvino-Cancela, Maria, Cameron, Sydney A., Cancello, Eliana M., Carrijo, Tiago F., Carvalho, Anelena L., Castro, Helena, Castro-Luna, Alejandro Antonio, Cerda, Rolando, Cerezo, Alexis, Chauvat, Matthieu, Clarke, Frank M., Cleary, Daniel F. R., Connop, Stuart P., D'Aniello, Biagio, Silva, Pedro Giovani da, Darvill, Ben, Dauber, Jens, Dejean, Alain, Diekötter, Tim, Dominguez-Haydar, Yamileth, Dormann, Carsten F., Dumont, Bertrand, Dures, Simon G., Dynesius, Mats, Edenius, Lars, Elek, Zoltan, Entling, Martin H., Farwig, Nina, Fayle, Tom M., Felicioli, Antonio, Felton, Annika M., Ficetola, Gentile Francesco, Filgueiras, Bruno K. C., Fonte, Steve J., Fraser, Lauchlan H., Fukuda, Daisuke, Furlani, Dario, Ganzhorn, Jörg U., Garden, Jenni G., Gheler-Costa, Carla, Giordani, Paolo, Giordano, Simonetta, Gottschalk, Marco S., Goulson, Dave, Gove, Aaron D., Grogan, James, Hanley, Mick E., Hanson, Thor, Hashim, Nor R., Hawes, Joseph E., Hébert, Christian, Helden, Alvin J., Henden, John-André, Hernández, Lionel, Herzog, Felix, Higuera-Diaz, Diego, Hilje, Branko, Horgan, Finbarr G., Horvath, Roland, Hylander, Kristoffer, Isaacs-Cubides, Paola, Ishitani, Mashiro, Jacobs, Carmen T., Jaramillo, Victor J., Jauker, Birgit, Jonsell, Matts, Jung, Thomas S., Kapoor, Vena, Kati, Vassiliki, Katovai, Eric, Kessler, Michael, Knop, Eva, Kolb, Annette, Körösi, Àdám, Lachat, Thibault, Lantschner, Victoria, Le Féon, Violette, LeBuhn, Gretchen, Légaré, Jean-Philippe, Letcher, Susan G., Littlewood, Nick A., López-Quintero, Carlos A., Louhaichi, Mounir, Lövei, Gabor L., Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban, Luja, Victor H., Maeto, Kaoru, Magura, Tibor, Mallari, Neil Aldrin D., Marin-Spiotta, Erika, Marshall, Edward Jon P., Martínez, Eliana, Mayfield, Margaret M., Mikusinski, Gregorz, Milder, Jeffery C., Miller, James R., Morales, Carolina L., Muriithi-Muchane, Mary Nyawira, Muchane, Muchai, Naidoo, Robin, Nakamura, Akihiro, Naoe, Shoji, Nates-Parra, Guiomar, Navarerete Gutierrez, Dario A., Neuschulz, Eike Lena, Noreika, Norbertas, Norfolk, Olivia, Noriega, Jorge Ari, Nöske, Nicole M., O'Dea, Niall, Oduro, William, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Oke, Chris O., Osgathorpe, Lynne M., Paritsis, Juan, Parrah, Alejandro, Pelegrin, Nicolás, Peres, Carlos A., Persson, Anna S., Petanidou, Theodora, Phalan, Ben, Philips, T. Keith, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F., Presley, Steven J., Proença, Vânia, Quaranta, Marino, Quintero, Carolina, Redpath-Downing, Nicola A., Reid, J. Leighton, Reis, Yana T., Ribeiro, Danilo B., Richardson, Barbara A., Richardson, Michael J., Robles, Carolina A., Römbke, Jörg, Romero-Duque, Luz Piedad, Rosselli, Loreta, Rossiter, Stephen J., Roulston, T'ai H., Rousseau, Laurent, Sadler, Jonathan P., Sáfián, Szbolcs, Saldaña-Vásquez, Romeo A., Samnegård, Ulrika, Schüepp, Christof, Schweiger, Oliver, Sedlock, Jodi L., Shahabuddin, Ghazala, Sheil, Douglas, Silva, Fernando A. B., Slade, Eleanor, Smith-Pardo, Allan H., Sodhi, Navjot S., Somarriba, Eduardo J., Sosa, Ramón A., Stout, Jane C., Struebig, Matthew J., Sung, Yik-Hei, Threlfall, Caragh G., Tonietto, Rebecca, Tóthmérész, Béla, Tscharntke, Teja, Turner, Edgar C., Tylianakis, Jason M., Vanbergen, Adam J., Vassilev, Kiril, Verboven, Hans A. F., Vergara, Carlos H., Vergara, Pablo M., Verhulst, Jort, Walker, Tony R., Wang, Yanping, Watling, James I., Wells, Konstans, Williams, Christopher D., Willig, Michael R., Woinarski, John Casimir Zichy, Wolf, Jan H. D., Woodcock, Ben A., Yu, Douglas W., Zailsev, Andreys, Collen, Ben, Ewers, Rob M., Mace, Georgina M., Purves, Drew W., Scharlemann, Jörn P. W., and Pervis, Andy

Abstract

Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species’ threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that support computation of a range of biodiversity indicators, is necessary to enable better understanding of historical declines and to project – and avert – future declines. We describe and assess a new database of more than 1.6 million samples from 78 countries representing over 28,000 species, collated from existing spatial comparisons of local-scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities and types of anthropogenic pressures, from terrestrial sites around the world. The database contains measurements taken in 208 (of 814) ecoregions, 13 (of 14) biomes, 25 (of 35) biodiversity hotspots and 16 (of 17) megadiverse countries. The database contains more than 1% of the total number of all species described, and more than 1% of the described species within many taxonomic groups – including flowering plants, gymnosperms, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, beetles, lepidopterans and hymenopterans. The dataset, which is still being added to, is therefore already considerably larger and more representative than those used by previous quantitative models of biodiversity trends and responses. The database is being assembled as part of the PREDICTS project (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems – www.predicts.org.uk). We make site-level summary data available alongside this article. The full database will be publicly available in 2015.

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2017

14. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

Author

Hudson, Lawrence N, Newbold, Tim, Contu, Sara, Hill, Samantha L L, Lysenko, Igor, De Palma, Adriana, Phillips, Helen R P, Alhusseini, Tamera I, Bedford, Felicity E, Bennett, Dominic J, Booth, Hollie, Burton, Victoria J, Chng, Charlotte W T, Choimes, Argyrios, Correia, David L P, Day, Julie, Echeverría-Londoño, Susy, Emerson, Susan R, Gao, Di, Garon, Morgan, Harrison, Michelle L K, Ingram, Daniel J, Jung, Martin, Kemp, Victoria, Kirkpatrick, Lucinda, Martin, Callum D, Pan, Yuan, Pask-Hale, Gwilym D, Pynegar, Edwin L, Robinson, Alexandra N, Sanchez-Ortiz, Katia, Senior, Rebecca A, Simmons, Benno I, White, Hannah J, Zhang, Hanbin, Aben, Job, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Adum, Gilbert B, Aguilar-Barquero, Virginia, Aizen, Marcelo A, Albertos, Belén, Alcala, E L, Del Mar Alguacil, Maria, Alignier, Audrey, Ancrenaz, Marc, Andersen, Alan N, Arbeláez-Cortés, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Aumann, Tom, Axmacher, Jan C, Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrián B, Baeten, Lander, Bakayoko, Adama, Báldi, András, Banks, John E, Baral, Sharad K, Barlow, Jos, Barratt, Barbara I P, Barrico, Lurdes, Bartolommei, Paola, Barton, Diane M, Basset, Yves, Batáry, Péter, Bates, Adam J, Baur, Bruno, Bayne, Erin M, Beja, Pedro, Benedick, Suzan, Berg, Åke, Bernard, Henry, Berry, Nicholas J, Bhatt, Dinesh, Bicknell, Jake E, Bihn, Jochen H, Blake, Robin J, Bobo, Kadiri S, Bóçon, Roberto, Boekhout, Teun, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Bonham, Kevin J, Borges, Paulo A V, Borges, Sérgio H, Boutin, Céline, Bouyer, Jérémy, Bragagnolo, Cibele, Brandt, Jodi S, Brearley, Francis Q, Brito, Isabel, Bros, Vicenç, Brunet, Jörg, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, Buddle, Christopher M, Bugter, Rob, Buscardo, Erika, Buse, Jörn, Cabra-García, Jimmy, Cáceres, Nilton C, Cagle, Nicolette L, Calviño-Cancela, María, Cameron, Sydney A, Cancello, Eliana M, Caparrós, Rut, Cardoso, Pedro, Carpenter, Dan, Carrijo, Tiago F, Carvalho, Anelena L, Cassano, Camila R, Castro, Helena, Castro-Luna, Alejandro A, Rolando, Cerda B, Cerezo, Alexis, Chapman, Kim Alan, Chauvat, Matthieu, Christensen, Morten, Clarke, Francis M, Cleary, Daniel F R, Colombo, Giorgio, Connop, Stuart P, Craig, Michael D, Cruz-López, Leopoldo, Cunningham, Saul A, D'Aniello, Biagio, D'Cruze, Neil, da Silva, Pedro Giovâni, Dallimer, Martin, Danquah, Emmanuel, Darvill, Ben, Dauber, Jens, Davis, Adrian L V, Dawson, Jeff, de Sassi, Claudio, de Thoisy, Benoit, Deheuvels, Olivier, Dejean, Alain, Devineau, Jean-Louis, Diekötter, Tim, Dolia, Jignasu V, Domínguez, Erwin, Dominguez-Haydar, Yamileth, Dorn, Silvia, Draper, Isabel, Dreber, Niels, Dumont, Bertrand, Dures, Simon G, Dynesius, Mats, Edenius, Lars, Eggleton, Paul, Eigenbrod, Felix, Elek, Zoltán, Entling, Martin H, Esler, Karen J, de Lima, Ricardo F, Faruk, Aisyah, Farwig, Nina, Fayle, Tom M, Felicioli, Antonio, Felton, Annika M, Fensham, Roderick J, Fernandez, Ignacio C, Ferreira, Catarina C, Ficetola, Gentile F, Fiera, Cristina, Filgueiras, Bruno K C, Fırıncıoğlu, Hüseyin K, Flaspohler, David, 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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.

Published
2017

15. PREDICTS: site-level summary biodiversity and pressure data

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Hudson, Lawrence, Newbold, Tim, Contu, Sara, Hill, Samantha L L, Lysenko, Igor, De Palma, Adriana, Phillips, Helen, Senior, Rebecca A, Bennett, Dominic J, Booth, Hollie, Choimes, Argyrios, Correia, David L P, Day, Julie, Echeverría-Londoño, Susy, Garon, Morgan, Harrison, Michelle L K, Ingram, Daniel J, Jung, Martin, Kemp, Victoria, Kirkpatrick, Lucinda, Martin, Callum, Pan, Yuan, White, Hannah J, Aben, Job, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Adum, Gilbert B, Aguilar-Barquero, Virginia, Aizen, Marcelo A, Ancrenaz, Marc, Arbeláez-Cortés, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrián B, Baeten, Lander, Báldi, András, Banks, John E, Barlow, Jos, Batáry, Péter, Bates, Adam J, Bayne, Erin M, Beja, Pedro, Berg, Åke, Berry, Nicholas J, Bicknell, Jake E, Bihn, Jochen H, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Boekhout, Teun, Boutin, Céline, Bouyer, Jérémy, Brearley, Francis Q, Brito, Isabel, Brunet, Jörg, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, Buscardo, Erika, Cabra-García, Jimmy, Calviño-Cancela, María, Cameron, Sydney A, Cancello, Eliana M, Carrijo, Tiago F, Carvalho, Anelena L, Castro, Helena, Castro-Luna, Alejandro A, B, Rolando Cerda, Cerezo, Alexis, Chauvat, Matthieu, Clarke, Francis M, Cleary, Daniel F R, Connop, Stuart P, D'Aniello, Biagio, da Silva, Pedro Giovâni, Darvill, Ben, Dauber, Jens, Dejean, Alain, Diekötter, Tim, Dominguez-Haydar, Yamileth, Dormann, Carsten F, Dumont, Bertrand, Dures, Simon G, Dynesius, Mats, Edenius, Lars, Elek, Zoltán, Entling, Martin H, Farwig, Nina, Fayle, Tom M, Felicioli, Antonio, Felton, Annika M, Ficetola, Gentile F, Filgueiras, Bruno K C, Fonte, Steven J, Fraser, Lauchlan H, Fukuda, Daisuke, Furlani, Dario, Ganzhorn, Jörg U, Garden, Jenni G, Gheler-Costa, Carla, Giordani, Paolo, Giordano, Simonetta, Gottschalk, Marco S, Goulson, Dave, Gove, Aaron D, Grogan, James, Hanley, Mick E, Hanson, Thor, Hashim, Nor R, Hawes, Joseph E, Hébert, Christian, Helden, Alvin J, Henden, John-André, Hernández, Lionel, Herzog, Felix, Higuera-Diaz, Diego, Hilje, Branko, Horgan, Finbarr G, Horváth, Roland, Hylander, Kristoffer, Isaacs-Cubides, Paola, Ishitani, Masahiro, Jacobs, Carmen T, Jaramillo, Víctor J, Jauker, Birgit, Jonsell, Mats, Jung, Thomas S., Kapoor, Vena, Kati, Vassiliki, Katovai, Eric, Kessler, Michael, Knop, Eva, Kolb, Annette, Kőrösi, Ádám, Lachat, Thibault, Lantschner, Victoria, Le Féon, Violette, LeBuhn, Gretchen, Légaré, Jean-Philippe, Letcher, Susan G, Littlewood, Nick, López-Quintero, Carlos A, Louhaichi, Mounir, Lövei, Gabor L, Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban, Luja, Victor H, Maeto, Kaoru, Magura, Tibor, Mallari, Neil Aldrin, Marin-Spiotta, Erika, Marshall, E J P, Martínez, Eliana, Mayfield, Margaret M, Mikusinski, Grzegorz, Milder, Jeffrey C, Miller, James R, Morales, Carolina L, Muchane, Mary N, Muchane, Muchai, Naidoo, Robin, Nakamura, Akihiro, Naoe, Shoji, Nates-Parra, Guiomar, Gutierrez, Dario A Navarrete, Neuschulz, Eike L, Holstein, Norbert, Norfolk, Olivia, Noriega, Jorge Ari, Nöske, Nicole M, O'Dea, Niall, Oduro, William, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Oke, Christopher Omamoke, Osgathorpe, Lynne M, Paritsis, Juan, Parra-H, Alejandro, Pelegrin, Nicolás, Peres, Carlos A, Persson, Anna S, Hayes, Peta Angela, Phalan, Ben, Philips, T Keith, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F, Presley, Steven J, Proença, Vânia, Quaranta, Marino, Quintero, Carolina, Redpath-Downing, Nicola A, Reid, J Leighton, Reis, Yana T, Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini, Richardson, Barbara A, Richardson, Michael J, Robles, Carolina A, Römbke, Jörg, Romero-Duque, Luz Piedad, Rosselli, Loreta, Rossiter, Stephen J, Roulston, T'ai H, Rousseau, Laurent, Sadler, Jonathan, Sáfián, Szabolcs, Saldaña-Vázquez, Romeo A, Samnegård, Ulrika, Schüepp, Christof, Schweiger, Oliver, Sedlock, Jodi L, Shahabuddin, Ghazala, Sheil, Douglas, Silva, Fernando A B, Slade, Eleanor M, Smith-Pardo, Allan H, Sodhi, Navjot S, Somarriba, Eduardo J, Sosa, Ramón A, Stout, Jane C, Struebig, Matthew J, Sung, Yik-Hei, Threlfall, Caragh G, Tonietto, Rebecca K, Tóthmérész, Béla, Tscharntke, Teja, Turner, Edgar C, Tylianakis, Jason, Vanbergen, Adam, Vassilev, Kiril, Verboven, Hans A F, Vergara, Carlos H, Vergara, Pablo M, Verhulst, Jort, Walker, Tony R, Wang, Yanping, Watling, James I, Wells, Konstans, Williams, Christopher, Willig, Michael R, Woinarski, John C Z, Wolf, Jan H D, Woodcock, Ben A, Yu, Douglas W, Zaitsev, Andrey S, Collen, Ben, Ewers, Rob M, Mace, Georgina M, Purves, Drew W, Scharlemann, Jorn, and Purvis, Andy

Subjects
terrestrial biodiversity, land cover, land use, alpha diversity, global change, habitat destruction
Abstract

This dataset contains site-level summaries of more than 1.6 million samples from 78 countries representing over 28,000 species, collated from existing spatial comparisons of local-scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities and types of anthropogenic pressures, from terrestrial sites around the world. The underlying database is being assembled as part of the [PREDICTS project](https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts.html) - Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems. A complete description of the data is given in [https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1303](https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1303).

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2015
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16. The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

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Aizen, Marcelo Adrian, Morales, Carolina Laura, Cerezo, Alexis, Lantschner, María Victoria, Paritsis, Juan, Quintero, Carolina, Pelegrin, Nicolas, Robles, Carolina Analía, and Sosa, Ramón Alberto

Subjects
purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], DATA SHARING, Ciencias Biológicas, GLOBAL CHANGE, HABITAT DESTRUCTION, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https], LAND USE, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Abstract

Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species’ threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that support computation of a range of biodiversity indicators, is necessary to enable better understanding of historical declines and to project – and avert – future declines. We describe and assess a new database of more than 1.6 million samples from 78 countries representing over 28,000 species, collated from existing spatial comparisons of local-scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities and types of anthropogenic pressures, from terrestrial sites around the world. The database contains measurements taken in 208 (of 814) ecoregions, 13 (of 14) biomes, 25 (of 35) biodiversity hotspots and 16 (of 17) megadiverse countries. The database contains more than 1% of the total number of all species described, and more than 1% of the described species within many taxonomic groups – including flowering plants, gymnosperms, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, beetles, lepidopterans and hymenopterans. The dataset, which is still being added to, is therefore already considerably larger and more representative than those used by previous quantitative models of biodiversity trends and responses. The database is being assembled as part of the PREDICTS project (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems – www.predicts.org.uk). We make site-level summary data available alongside this article. The full database will be publicly available in 2015. Fil: Aizen, Marcelo Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Morales, Carolina Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Cerezo, Alexis. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Sistemas de Información; Argentina Fil: Lantschner, María Victoria. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Norte. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria San Carlos de Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Paritsis, Juan. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Laboratorio de Ecotono; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Quintero, Carolina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche. Laboratorio de Ecotono; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina Fil: Pelegrin, Nicolas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnologico Cordoba. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecologia Animal; Argentina Fil: Robles, Carolina Analía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Plantas Tóxicas y Medicinales, Metabolismo de Compuestos Sintéticos y Naturales - Hongos que Intervienen en la Degradación Biológica; Argentina Fil: Sosa, Ramón Alberto. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina

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2014
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17. The PREDICTS database: A global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

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Hudson, Lawrence N., Newbold, Tim, Contu, Sara, Hill, Samantha L.L., Lysenko, Igor, De Palma, Adriana, Phillips, Helen R.P., Senior , Rebecca A., Bennett, Dominic J., Booth, Hollie, Choimes, Argyrios, Correia, David L.P., Day, Julie, Echeverria-Londono, Susy, Garon, Morgan, Harrison, Michelle L.K., Ingram, Daniel J., Jung, Martin, Kemp, Victoria, Kirkpatrick, Lucinda, Martin, Callum D., Pan, Yuan, White, Hannah J., Aben, Job, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Adum, Gilbert B., Aguilar-Barquero, Virginia, Aizen, Marcelo A., Ancrenaz, Marc, Arbelaez-Cortes, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrian B., Baeten, Lander, Báldi, András, Banks, John E., Barlow, Jos, Batary, Péter, Bates, Adam J., Bayne, Erin M., Beja, Pedro, Berg, Ake, Berry, Nicholas J., Bicknell, Jake E., Bihn, Jochen H., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Boekhout, Teun, Boutin , Céline, Bouyer, Jérémy, Brearley, Francis Q., Brito, Isabel, Brunet, Jorg, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, Buscardo, Erika, Cabra-Garcia, Jimmy, Calvino-Cancela, Maria, Cameron, Sydney A., Cancello, Eliana M., Carrijo, Tiago F., Carvalho, Anelena, Castro, Helena, Castro-Luna, Alejandro a., Cerda, Rolando, Cerezo, Alexis, Chauvat, Matthieu, Clarke, Frank M., Cleary, Daniel F. R., Connop, Stuart P., D'Aniello, Biagio, da Silva, Pedro Giovani, Darvill, Ben, Dauber, Jens, Dejean, Alain, Diekötter, Tim, Dominguez-Haydar, Yamileth, Dormann, Carsten F., Dumont, Bertrand, Dures, Simon G., Dynesius, Mats, Edenius, Lars, Eleki, Zoltan, Entling, Martin H., Farwig , Nina, Fayle, Tom M., Felicioli, Antonio, Felton, Annika M., Ficetola, Gentile Francesco, Filgueiras, Bruno K. C., Fonte, Steven J., Fraser, Lauchlan H., Fukuda, Daisuke, Furlani, Dario, Ganzhorn, Jörg U., Garden, Jenni G., Gheler-Costa, Carla, Giordani, Paolo, Giordano, Simonetta, Gottschalk, Marco S., Goulson, Dave, Le Feon, Violette, Natural History Museum [Oslo], University of Oslo (UiO), United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Computational Ecology and Environmental Science, Microsoft Research, United Nations Environment Programma World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Imperial College London, Africa Regional Office, Frankfurt Zoological Society, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Center Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)-Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (UCPH), University of Stirling, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences [Sheffield], University of Sheffield [Sheffield], School of Biological Sciences [Belfast], Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp (UA), Nees Institut for Plant Biodiversity, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Department of Wildlife and Range Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Save the frogs! Ghana, Escuela de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente [Bariloche] (INIBIOMA-CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires] (CONICET)-Universidad Nacional del Comahue [Neuquén] (UNCOMA), Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Program, Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Program (HUTAN), Facultad de Ciencias Museo de Zoologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México = National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Coleccion de Tejidos, Instituto de Investigation de Recursos Biologicos Alexandr von Humboldt, Department of Biology, Universidad del Valle, Institute of Bioscience - Biodiversity Unit, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Forestry, Laboratorio de Genetica de la Conservacion, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable [Montevideo] (IIBCE), Department of Forest and Water Management, Forest & Nature Lab, Universiteit Gent = Ghent University (UGENT), Department of Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, MTA Centre for Ecological Research, University of Washington, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi [Belém, Brésil] (MPEG), Agroecology, Georg-August-University = Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, University of Birmingham [Birmingham], Department of Biological Sciences, biological Sciences Centre, University of Alberta, Centro de Investigaçao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos, Universidade do Porto = University of Porto, The Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), School of Geosciences [Edinburgh], University of Edinburgh, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent [Canterbury], Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development, Department of Animal Ecology, Philipps Universität Marburg = Philipps University of Marburg, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main-Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research - Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Leibniz Association-Leibniz Association, Institute for Ecology, Evolution & Diversity, Biologicum, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Environment Canada, Science & Technology Branch, Carleton University, Contrôle des maladies animales exotiques et émergentes (UMR CMAEE), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), University of Évora [Portugal], Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Department of Entomology, Purdue University [West Lafayette], Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Departamento de Ciencias da Vida, Universidade de Coimbra, Escritorio Central do LBA, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), School of Natural Sciences, Department of Botany, Trinity College Dublin, Instituto de Biociencias, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo = University of São Paulo (USP), Faculty of Sciences, Department of Ecology and Animal Biology, University of Vigo [ Pontevedra], University of Illinois System, Museu de Zoologia, Centre for Functional ecology, University of Coimbra [Portugal] (UC), Instituto de Biotecnologia y Ecologia Aplicada, Universidad Veracruzana, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Faculty of Agronomy, Department of Quantitative Methods and Information Systems, Universitad de Buenos Aires = University of Buenos Aires [Argentina], Étude et compréhension de la biodiversité (ECODIV), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), University of Aberdeen, Universidade de Aveiro, Sustainability Research Institute, University of East London (UEL), University of Naples Federico II = Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Programa de Pos-graduaçao em Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina = Federal University of Santa Catarina [Florianópolis] (UFSC), British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), Thünen Institute of Biodiversity, Ecologie des forêts de Guyane (ECOFOG), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (LEFE), Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT), Institute for Nature and Resource Conservation, Department of Landscape Ecology, Kiel University, Department of Biology, Nature Conservation, Institute of Integrative Biology, Programa de Biologia, Universidad del Atlantico, Department of Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Unité Mixte de Recherche sur les Herbivores - UMR 1213 (UMRH), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS), Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science [Umeå], Umeå University, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Centre for Ecological Research [Budapest], Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)-Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Institute of Environmental Sciences [Landau], University of Koblenz-Landau, Department of Ecology-Conservation Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Faculty of Science, Institute of Entomology, Biology centre of Academy of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Programa de Pos-Graduaçao em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco [Recife] (UFPE), Department of Plant Sciences, University of California [Davis] (UC Davis), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Thompson Rivers University (TRU), IDA Consultants Inc., Okinawa Branch Office, Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Biocentre Grindel, University of Hamburg, Seed Consulting Services, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland [Brisbane], Ecologia aplicada/Applied Ecology, Universidade Sagrado Coraçao, DISTAV, Università degli studi di Genova = University of Genoa (UniGe), Dipartimento di Biologia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas = Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Abeilles et Environnement (AE), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Avignon Université (AU), University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology [GHANA] (KNUST), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ghent University [Belgium] (UGENT), Department of Biological Sciences-Lancaster University, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Georg-August-University [Göttingen], Universidade do Porto [Porto], Phillips Universität (Marburg), Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main-Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Centre for Functional ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina [Florianópolis] (UFSC), British Trust for Ornithology, Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (ECOLAB), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, University of Freiburg [Freiburg], Unité Mixte de Recherches sur les Herbivores - UMR 1213 (UMRH), VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, The Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), University of California-University of California, Thompson Rivers University, Universita degli studi di Genova, Natural History Museum, Center for Macroecology, Climate and Evolution, The Natural History Museum of Denmark, Queen's University [Belfast] ( QUB ), University of Antwerp ( UA ), University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology [GHANA] ( KNUST ), Lab INIBIOMA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ( CONICET ), Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Program ( HUTAN ), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ( UNAM ), Instituto de Investigaciones Biologicas Clemente Estable, Ghent University [Belgium] ( UGENT ), MCT/Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, University of Alberta [Edmonton], University of Porto, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ( SLU ), senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Contrôle des maladies animales exotiques et émergentes [Montpellier] ( CMAEE ), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ) -Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement [CIRAD] : UMR15, Manchester Metropolitan University ( MMU ), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Universidade de São Paulo ( USP ), University of Illinois, University of Coimbra [Portugal] ( UC ), Etude et compréhension de la biodiversité ( ECODIV ), Université de Rouen Normandie ( UNIROUEN ), Normandie Université ( NU ) -Normandie Université ( NU ), University of Aveiro, University of East London ( UEL ), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina [Florianópolis] ( UFSC ), Ecologie des forêts de Guyane ( ECOFOG ), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement ( CIRAD ) -Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ) -Université des Antilles et de la Guyane ( UAG ) -AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3 ( UPS ), Unité Mixte de Recherches sur les Herbivores ( UMR 1213 Herbivores ), VetAgro Sup ( VAS ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Ecology Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University ( ELTE ), Università di Pisa, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine ( LECA ), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 ( UJF ) -Université Savoie Mont Blanc ( USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco [Recife], University of California Davis, University of Genova, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Abeilles et Environnement ( AE ), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ) -Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse ( UAPV ), Universiteit Gent = Ghent University [Belgium] (UGENT), Universidade do Porto, Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, and Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])

Subjects
Habitat destruction, [ SDV ] Life Sciences [q-bio], [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Land use, Data sharing, Global change
Abstract

© 2014 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species' threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that support computation of a range of biodiversity indicators, is necessary to enable better understanding of historical declines and to project - and avert - future declines. We describe and assess a new database of more than 1.6 million samples from 78 countries representing over 28,000 species, collated from existing spatial comparisons of local-scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities and types of anthropogenic pressures, from terrestrial sites around the world. The database contains measurements taken in 208 (of 814) ecoregions, 13 (of 14) biomes, 25 (of 35) biodiversity hotspots and 16 (of 17) megadiverse countries. The database contains more than 1% of the total number of all species described, and more than 1% of the described species within many taxonomic groups - including flowering plants, gymnosperms, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, beetles, lepidopterans and hymenopterans. The dataset, which is still being added to, is therefore already considerably larger and more representative than those used by previous quantitative models of biodiversity trends and responses. The database is being assembled as part of the PREDICTS project (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems - www.predicts.org.uk). We make site-level summary data available alongside this article. The full database will be publicly available in 2015. The collation of biodiversity datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents is necessary to understand historical declines and to project - and hopefully avert - future declines. We describe a newly collated database of more than 1.6 million biodiversity measurements from 78 countries representing over 28,000 species, collated from existing spatial comparisons of local-scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities and types of anthropogenic pressures, from terrestrial sites around the world.

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2014
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18. BIOFRAG – a new database for analyzing BIOdiversity responses to forest FRAGmentation

Author

Pfeifer, Marion, Lefebvre, Veronique, Gardner, Toby A., Arroyo-Rodriguez, Victor, Baeten, L., Banks-Leite, C., Barlow, Jos, Betts, Matthew G., Brunet, Joerg, Cerezo, Alexis, Cisneros, Laura M., Collard, Stuart, D'Cruze, Neil, Silva Motta, Catarina da, Duguay, Stephanie, Eggermont, Hilde, Eigenbrod, Felix, Hadley, Adam S., Hanson, Thor R., Hawes, Joseph E., Scalley, Tamara Heartsill, Klingbeil, Brian T., Kolb, Annette, Kormann, Urs, Kumar, Sunil, Lachat, Thibault, Fraser, Poppy Lakeman, Lantschner, Victoria, Laurance, William F., Leal, Inara R., Lens, Luc, Marsh, Charles J., Medina-Rangel, Guido F., Melles, Stephanie, Mezger, Dirk, Oldekop, Johan A., Overal, William L., Owen, Charlotte, Peres, Carlos A., Phalan, Ben, Pidgeon, Anna M., Pilia, Oriana, Possingham, Hugh P., Possingham, Max L., Raheem, Dinarzarde C., Ribeiro, Danilo B., Ribeiro Neto, Jose D., Robinson, W. Douglas, Robinson, Richard, Rytwinski, Trina, Scherber, Christoph, Slade, Eleanor M., Somarriba, Eduardo, Stouffer, Philip C., Struebig, Matthew J., Tylianakis, Jason M., Tscharntke, Teja, Tyre, Andrew J., and Urbina Cardona, Jose N.

Abstract

Habitat fragmentation studies have produced complex results that are challenging to synthesize. Inconsistencies among studies may result from variation in the choice of landscape metrics and response variables, which is often compounded by a lack of key statistical or methodological information. Collating primary datasets on biodiversity responses to fragmentation in a consistent and flexible database permits simple data retrieval for subsequent analyses. We present a relational database that links such field data to taxonomic nomenclature, spatial and temporal plot attributes, and environmental characteristics. Field assessments include measurements of the response(s) (e.g., presence, abundance, ground cover) of one or more species linked to plots in fragments within a partially forested landscape. The database currently holds 9830 unique species recorded in plots of 58 unique landscapes in six of eight realms: mammals 315, birds 1286, herptiles 460, insects 4521, spiders 204, other arthropods 85, gastropods 70, annelids 8, platyhelminthes 4, Onychophora 2, vascular plants 2112, nonvascular plants and lichens 320, and fungi 449. Three landscapes were sampled as long-term time series (>10 years). Seven hundred and eleven species are found in two or more landscapes. Consolidating the substantial amount of primary data available on biodiversity responses to fragmentation in the context of land-use change and natural disturbances is an essential part of understanding the effects of increasing anthropogenic pressures on land. The consistent format of this database facilitates testing of generalizations concerning biologic responses to fragmentation across diverse systems and taxa. It also allows the re-examination of existing datasets with alternative landscape metrics and robust statistical methods, for example, helping to address pseudo-replication problems. The database can thus help researchers in producing broad syntheses of the effects of land use. The database is dynamic and inclusive, and contributions from individual and large-scale data-collection efforts are welcome.

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2014
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19. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

Author

Hudson, Lawrence N., primary, Newbold, Tim, additional, Contu, Sara, additional, Hill, Samantha L. L., additional, Lysenko, Igor, additional, De Palma, Adriana, additional, Phillips, Helen R. P., additional, Alhusseini, Tamera I., additional, Bedford, Felicity E., additional, Bennett, Dominic J., additional, Booth, Hollie, additional, Burton, Victoria J., additional, Chng, Charlotte W. T., additional, Choimes, Argyrios, additional, Correia, David L. P., additional, Day, Julie, additional, Echeverría‐Londoño, Susy, additional, Emerson, Susan R., additional, Gao, Di, additional, Garon, Morgan, additional, Harrison, Michelle L. K., additional, Ingram, Daniel J., additional, Jung, Martin, additional, Kemp, Victoria, additional, Kirkpatrick, Lucinda, additional, Martin, Callum D., additional, Pan, Yuan, additional, Pask‐Hale, Gwilym D., additional, Pynegar, Edwin L., additional, Robinson, Alexandra N., additional, Sanchez‐Ortiz, Katia, additional, Senior, Rebecca A., additional, Simmons, Benno I., additional, White, Hannah J., additional, Zhang, Hanbin, additional, Aben, Job, additional, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, additional, Adum, Gilbert B., additional, Aguilar‐Barquero, Virginia, additional, Aizen, Marcelo A., additional, Albertos, Belén, additional, Alcala, E. L., additional, del Mar Alguacil, Maria, additional, Alignier, Audrey, additional, Ancrenaz, Marc, additional, Andersen, Alan N., additional, Arbeláez‐Cortés, Enrique, additional, Armbrecht, Inge, additional, Arroyo‐Rodríguez, Víctor, additional, Aumann, Tom, additional, Axmacher, Jan C., additional, Azhar, Badrul, additional, Azpiroz, Adrián B., additional, Baeten, Lander, additional, Bakayoko, Adama, additional, Báldi, András, additional, Banks, John E., additional, Baral, Sharad K., additional, Barlow, Jos, additional, Barratt, Barbara I. P., additional, Barrico, Lurdes, additional, Bartolommei, Paola, additional, Barton, Diane M., additional, Basset, Yves, additional, Batáry, Péter, additional, Bates, Adam J., additional, Baur, Bruno, additional, Bayne, Erin M., additional, Beja, Pedro, additional, Benedick, Suzan, additional, Berg, Åke, additional, Bernard, Henry, additional, Berry, Nicholas J., additional, Bhatt, Dinesh, additional, Bicknell, Jake E., additional, Bihn, Jochen H., additional, Blake, Robin J., additional, Bobo, Kadiri S., additional, Bóçon, Roberto, additional, Boekhout, Teun, additional, Böhning‐Gaese, Katrin, additional, Bonham, Kevin J., additional, Borges, Paulo A. V., additional, Borges, Sérgio H., additional, Boutin, Céline, additional, Bouyer, Jérémy, additional, Bragagnolo, Cibele, additional, Brandt, Jodi S., additional, Brearley, Francis Q., additional, Brito, Isabel, additional, Bros, Vicenç, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, additional, Buddle, Christopher M., additional, Bugter, Rob, additional, Buscardo, Erika, additional, Buse, Jörn, additional, Cabra‐García, Jimmy, additional, Cáceres, Nilton C., additional, Cagle, Nicolette L., additional, Calviño‐Cancela, María, additional, Cameron, Sydney A., additional, Cancello, Eliana M., additional, Caparrós, Rut, additional, Cardoso, Pedro, additional, Carpenter, Dan, additional, Carrijo, Tiago F., additional, Carvalho, Anelena L., additional, Cassano, Camila R., additional, Castro, Helena, additional, Castro‐Luna, Alejandro A., additional, Rolando, Cerda B., additional, Cerezo, Alexis, additional, Chapman, Kim Alan, additional, Chauvat, Matthieu, additional, Christensen, Morten, additional, Clarke, Francis M., additional, Cleary, Daniel F.R., additional, Colombo, Giorgio, additional, Connop, Stuart P., additional, Craig, Michael D., additional, Cruz‐López, Leopoldo, additional, Cunningham, Saul A., additional, D'Aniello, Biagio, additional, D'Cruze, Neil, additional, da Silva, Pedro Giovâni, additional, Dallimer, Martin, additional, Danquah, Emmanuel, additional, Darvill, Ben, additional, Dauber, Jens, additional, Davis, Adrian L. V., additional, Dawson, Jeff, additional, de Sassi, Claudio, additional, de Thoisy, Benoit, additional, Deheuvels, Olivier, additional, Dejean, Alain, additional, Devineau, Jean‐Louis, additional, Diekötter, Tim, additional, Dolia, Jignasu V., additional, Domínguez, Erwin, additional, Dominguez‐Haydar, Yamileth, additional, Dorn, Silvia, additional, Draper, Isabel, additional, Dreber, Niels, additional, Dumont, Bertrand, additional, Dures, Simon G., additional, Dynesius, Mats, additional, Edenius, Lars, additional, Eggleton, Paul, additional, Eigenbrod, Felix, additional, Elek, Zoltán, additional, Entling, Martin H., additional, Esler, Karen J., additional, de Lima, Ricardo F., additional, Faruk, Aisyah, additional, Farwig, Nina, additional, Fayle, Tom M., additional, Felicioli, Antonio, additional, Felton, Annika M., additional, Fensham, Roderick J., additional, Fernandez, Ignacio C., additional, Ferreira, Catarina C., additional, Ficetola, Gentile F., additional, Fiera, Cristina, additional, Filgueiras, Bruno K. C., additional, Fırıncıoğlu, Hüseyin K., additional, Flaspohler, David, additional, Floren, Andreas, additional, Fonte, Steven J., additional, Fournier, Anne, additional, Fowler, Robert E., additional, Franzén, Markus, additional, Fraser, Lauchlan H., additional, Fredriksson, Gabriella M., additional, Freire, Geraldo B., additional, Frizzo, Tiago L. M., additional, Fukuda, Daisuke, additional, Furlani, Dario, additional, Gaigher, René, additional, Ganzhorn, Jörg U., additional, García, Karla P., additional, Garcia‐R, Juan C., additional, Garden, Jenni G., additional, Garilleti, Ricardo, additional, Ge, Bao‐Ming, additional, Gendreau‐Berthiaume, Benoit, additional, Gerard, Philippa J., additional, Gheler‐Costa, Carla, additional, Gilbert, Benjamin, additional, Giordani, Paolo, additional, Giordano, Simonetta, additional, Golodets, Carly, additional, Gomes, Laurens G. L., additional, Gould, Rachelle K., additional, Goulson, Dave, additional, Gove, Aaron D., additional, Granjon, Laurent, additional, Grass, Ingo, additional, Gray, Claudia L., additional, Grogan, James, additional, Gu, Weibin, additional, Guardiola, Moisès, additional, Gunawardene, Nihara R., additional, Gutierrez, Alvaro G., additional, Gutiérrez‐Lamus, Doris L., additional, Haarmeyer, Daniela H., additional, Hanley, Mick E., additional, Hanson, Thor, additional, Hashim, Nor R., additional, Hassan, Shombe N., additional, Hatfield, Richard G., additional, Hawes, Joseph E., additional, Hayward, Matt W., additional, Hébert, Christian, additional, Helden, Alvin J., additional, Henden, John‐André, additional, Henschel, Philipp, additional, Hernández, Lionel, additional, Herrera, James P., additional, Herrmann, Farina, additional, Herzog, Felix, additional, Higuera‐Diaz, Diego, additional, Hilje, Branko, additional, Höfer, Hubert, additional, Hoffmann, Anke, additional, Horgan, Finbarr G., additional, Hornung, Elisabeth, additional, Horváth, Roland, additional, Hylander, Kristoffer, additional, Isaacs‐Cubides, Paola, additional, Ishida, Hiroaki, additional, Ishitani, Masahiro, additional, Jacobs, Carmen T., additional, Jaramillo, Víctor J., additional, Jauker, Birgit, additional, Hernández, F. Jiménez, additional, Johnson, McKenzie F., additional, Jolli, Virat, additional, Jonsell, Mats, additional, Juliani, S. Nur, additional, Jung, Thomas S., additional, Kapoor, Vena, additional, Kappes, Heike, additional, Kati, Vassiliki, additional, Katovai, Eric, additional, Kellner, Klaus, additional, Kessler, Michael, additional, Kirby, Kathryn R., additional, Kittle, Andrew M., additional, Knight, Mairi E., additional, Knop, Eva, additional, Kohler, Florian, additional, Koivula, Matti, additional, Kolb, Annette, additional, Kone, Mouhamadou, additional, Kőrösi, Ádám, additional, Krauss, Jochen, additional, Kumar, Ajith, additional, Kumar, Raman, additional, Kurz, David J., additional, Kutt, Alex S., additional, Lachat, Thibault, additional, Lantschner, Victoria, additional, Lara, Francisco, additional, Lasky, Jesse R., additional, Latta, Steven C., additional, Laurance, William F., additional, Lavelle, Patrick, additional, Le Féon, Violette, additional, LeBuhn, Gretchen, additional, Légaré, Jean‐Philippe, additional, Lehouck, Valérie, additional, Lencinas, María V., additional, Lentini, Pia E., additional, Letcher, Susan G., additional, Li, Qi, additional, Litchwark, Simon A., additional, Littlewood, Nick A., additional, Liu, Yunhui, additional, Lo‐Man‐Hung, Nancy, additional, López‐Quintero, Carlos A., additional, Louhaichi, Mounir, additional, Lövei, Gabor L., additional, Lucas‐Borja, Manuel Esteban, additional, Luja, Victor H., additional, Luskin, Matthew S., additional, MacSwiney G, M Cristina, additional, Maeto, Kaoru, additional, Magura, Tibor, additional, Mallari, Neil Aldrin, additional, Malone, Louise A., additional, Malonza, Patrick K., additional, Malumbres‐Olarte, Jagoba, additional, Mandujano, Salvador, additional, Måren, Inger E., additional, Marin‐Spiotta, Erika, additional, Marsh, Charles J., additional, Marshall, E. J. P., additional, Martínez, Eliana, additional, Martínez Pastur, Guillermo, additional, Moreno Mateos, David, additional, Mayfield, Margaret M., additional, Mazimpaka, Vicente, additional, McCarthy, Jennifer L., additional, McCarthy, Kyle P., additional, McFrederick, Quinn S., additional, McNamara, Sean, additional, Medina, Nagore G., additional, Medina, Rafael, additional, Mena, Jose L., additional, Mico, Estefania, additional, Mikusinski, Grzegorz, additional, Milder, Jeffrey C., additional, Miller, James R., additional, Miranda‐Esquivel, Daniel R., additional, Moir, Melinda L., additional, Morales, Carolina L., additional, Muchane, Mary N., additional, Muchane, Muchai, additional, Mudri‐Stojnic, Sonja, additional, Munira, A. Nur, additional, Muoñz‐Alonso, Antonio, additional, Munyekenye, B. F., additional, Naidoo, Robin, additional, Naithani, A., additional, Nakagawa, Michiko, additional, Nakamura, Akihiro, additional, Nakashima, Yoshihiro, additional, Naoe, Shoji, additional, Nates‐Parra, Guiomar, additional, Navarrete Gutierrez, Dario A., additional, Navarro‐Iriarte, Luis, additional, Ndang'ang'a, Paul K., additional, Neuschulz, Eike L., additional, Ngai, Jacqueline T., additional, Nicolas, Violaine, additional, Nilsson, Sven G., additional, Noreika, Norbertas, additional, Norfolk, Olivia, additional, Noriega, Jorge Ari, additional, Norton, David A., additional, Nöske, Nicole M., additional, Nowakowski, A. Justin, additional, Numa, Catherine, additional, O'Dea, Niall, additional, O'Farrell, Patrick J., additional, Oduro, William, additional, Oertli, Sabine, additional, Ofori‐Boateng, Caleb, additional, Oke, Christopher Omamoke, additional, Oostra, Vicencio, additional, Osgathorpe, Lynne M., additional, Otavo, Samuel Eduardo, additional, Page, Navendu V., additional, Paritsis, Juan, additional, Parra‐H, Alejandro, additional, Parry, Luke, additional, Pe'er, Guy, additional, Pearman, Peter B., additional, Pelegrin, Nicolás, additional, Pélissier, Raphaël, additional, Peres, Carlos A., additional, Peri, Pablo L., additional, Persson, Anna S., additional, Petanidou, Theodora, additional, Peters, Marcell K., additional, Pethiyagoda, Rohan S., additional, Phalan, Ben, additional, Philips, T. Keith, additional, Pillsbury, Finn C., additional, Pincheira‐Ulbrich, Jimmy, additional, Pineda, Eduardo, additional, Pino, Joan, additional, Pizarro‐Araya, Jaime, additional, Plumptre, A. J., additional, Poggio, Santiago L., additional, Politi, Natalia, additional, Pons, Pere, additional, Poveda, Katja, additional, Power, Eileen F., additional, Presley, Steven J., additional, Proença, Vânia, additional, Quaranta, Marino, additional, Quintero, Carolina, additional, Rader, Romina, additional, Ramesh, B. R., additional, Ramirez‐Pinilla, Martha P., additional, Ranganathan, Jai, additional, Rasmussen, Claus, additional, Redpath‐Downing, Nicola A., additional, Reid, J. Leighton, additional, Reis, Yana T., additional, Rey Benayas, José M., additional, Rey‐Velasco, Juan Carlos, additional, Reynolds, Chevonne, additional, Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini, additional, Richards, Miriam H., additional, Richardson, Barbara A., additional, Richardson, Michael J., additional, Ríos, Rodrigo Macip, additional, Robinson, Richard, additional, Robles, Carolina A., additional, Römbke, Jörg, additional, Romero‐Duque, Luz Piedad, additional, Rös, Matthias, additional, Rosselli, Loreta, additional, Rossiter, Stephen J., additional, Roth, Dana S., additional, Roulston, T'ai H., additional, Rousseau, Laurent, additional, Rubio, André V., additional, Ruel, Jean‐Claude, additional, Sadler, Jonathan P., additional, Sáfián, Szabolcs, additional, Saldaña‐Vázquez, Romeo A., additional, Sam, Katerina, additional, Samnegård, Ulrika, additional, Santana, Joana, additional, Santos, Xavier, additional, Savage, Jade, additional, Schellhorn, Nancy A., additional, Schilthuizen, Menno, additional, Schmiedel, Ute, additional, Schmitt, Christine B., additional, Schon, Nicole L., additional, Schüepp, Christof, additional, Schumann, Katharina, additional, Schweiger, Oliver, additional, Scott, Dawn M., additional, Scott, Kenneth A., additional, Sedlock, Jodi L., additional, Seefeldt, Steven S., additional, Shahabuddin, Ghazala, additional, Shannon, Graeme, additional, Sheil, Douglas, additional, Sheldon, Frederick H., additional, Shochat, Eyal, additional, Siebert, Stefan J., additional, Silva, Fernando A. B., additional, Simonetti, Javier A., additional, Slade, Eleanor M., additional, Smith, Jo, additional, Smith‐Pardo, Allan H., additional, Sodhi, Navjot S., additional, Somarriba, Eduardo J., additional, Sosa, Ramón A., additional, Soto Quiroga, Grimaldo, additional, St‐Laurent, Martin‐Hugues, additional, Starzomski, Brian M., additional, Stefanescu, Constanti, additional, Steffan‐Dewenter, Ingolf, additional, Stouffer, Philip C., additional, Stout, Jane C., additional, Strauch, Ayron M., additional, Struebig, Matthew J., additional, Su, Zhimin, additional, Suarez‐Rubio, Marcela, additional, Sugiura, Shinji, additional, Summerville, Keith S., additional, Sung, Yik‐Hei, additional, Sutrisno, Hari, additional, Svenning, Jens‐Christian, additional, Teder, Tiit, additional, Threlfall, Caragh G., additional, Tiitsaar, Anu, additional, Todd, Jacqui H., additional, Tonietto, Rebecca K., additional, Torre, Ignasi, additional, Tóthmérész, Béla, additional, Tscharntke, Teja, additional, Turner, Edgar C., additional, Tylianakis, Jason M., additional, Uehara‐Prado, Marcio, additional, Urbina‐Cardona, Nicolas, additional, Vallan, Denis, additional, Vanbergen, Adam J., additional, Vasconcelos, Heraldo L., additional, Vassilev, Kiril, additional, Verboven, Hans A. F., additional, Verdasca, Maria João, additional, Verdú, José R., additional, Vergara, Carlos H., additional, Vergara, Pablo M., additional, Verhulst, Jort, additional, Virgilio, Massimiliano, additional, Vu, Lien Van, additional, Waite, Edward M., additional, Walker, Tony R., additional, Wang, Hua‐Feng, additional, Wang, Yanping, additional, Watling, James I., additional, Weller, Britta, additional, Wells, Konstans, additional, Westphal, Catrin, additional, Wiafe, Edward D., additional, Williams, Christopher D., additional, Willig, Michael R., additional, Woinarski, John C. Z., additional, Wolf, Jan H. D., additional, Wolters, Volkmar, additional, Woodcock, Ben A., additional, Wu, Jihua, additional, Wunderle, Joseph M., additional, Yamaura, Yuichi, additional, Yoshikura, Satoko, additional, Yu, Douglas W., additional, Zaitsev, Andrey S., additional, Zeidler, Juliane, additional, Zou, Fasheng, additional, Collen, Ben, additional, Ewers, Rob M., additional, Mace, Georgina M., additional, Purves, Drew W., additional, Scharlemann, Jörn P. W., additional, and Purvis, Andy, additional

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2016
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21. BIOFRAG - um novo banco de dados para analisar as respostas da biodiversidade à fratmentação florestal

Author

Pfeifer, Marion, Lefebvre, Veronique, Gardner, Toby A., Arroyo-Rodriguez, Victor, Baeten, Lander, Banks-Leite, Cristina, Barlow, Jos, Betts, Matthew G., Brunet, Joerg, Cerezo, Alexis, and Overal, William L.

Subjects
forest fragmentation, Bioinformatics, CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::ZOOLOGIA [CNPQ], data sharing, matrix contrast, edge effects, species turnover, landscape metrics, database, global change
Abstract

Estudos de fragmentação de habitat produziram resultados complexos que são desafiadores para sintetizar. Inconsistências entre os estudos podem resultar da variação a escolha de métricas de paisagem e variáveis ​​de resposta, que geralmente é composta por falta de informação estatística ou metodológica chave. Collating conjuntos de dados primários sobre as respostas da biodiversidade à fragmentação de forma consistente e banco de dados flexível permite a recuperação de dados simples para análises subseqüentes. Apresentamos um banco de dados relacional que vincula esses dados de campo à nomenclatura taxonômica, atributos de tramas espaciais e temporais e características ambientais. Campo avaliações incluem medidas da (s) resposta (s) (por exemplo, presença, abundância, cobertura do solo) de uma ou mais espécies ligadas a parcelas em fragmentos dentro de uma paisagem parcialmente florestada. O banco de dados atualmente possui 9830 exclusivos espécies registradas em parcelas de 58 paisagens únicas em seis dos oito reinos: mamíferos 315, aves 1286, herpteis 460, insetos 4521, aranhas 204, outros artrópodes 85, gastrópodes 70, anelídeos 8, platelmintos 4, Onychophora 2, vascular plantas 2112, plantas vasculares e líquenes 320, e fungos 449. Três paisagens foram amostrados como séries temporais de longo prazo (> 10 anos). Setecentos e onze espécies são encontradas em duas ou mais paisagens. Consolidando o substancial quantidade de dados primários disponíveis sobre as respostas da biodiversidade à fragmentação no contexto da mudança do uso da terra e das perturbações naturais é um parte da compreensão dos efeitos do aumento das pressões antrópicas sobre a terra. O formato consistente desse banco de dados facilita o teste de generalizações respostas biológicas à fragmentação em diversos sistemas e taxa. isto também permite o reexame de conjuntos de dados existentes com paisagem alternativa métricas e métodos estatísticos robustos, por exemplo, ajudando a resolver a pseudoreplicação problemas. A base de dados pode assim ajudar os pesquisadores a produzir amplas sínteses dos efeitos do uso da terra. O banco de dados é dinâmico e inclusivo, e contribuições de esforços de coleta de dados individuais e em grande escala são bem-vindos. Habitat fragmentation studies have produced complex results that are challenging to synthesize. Inconsistencies among studies may result from variation in the choice of landscape metrics and response variables, which is often compounded by a lack of key statistical or methodological information. Collating primary datasets on biodiversity responses to fragmentation in a consistent and flexible database permits simple data retrieval for subsequent analyses. We present a relational database that links such field data to taxonomic nomenclature, spatial and temporal plot attributes, and environmental characteristics. Field assessments include measurements of the response(s) (e.g., presence, abundance, ground cover) of one or more species linked to plots in fragments within a partially forested landscape. The database currently holds 9830 unique species recorded in plots of 58 unique landscapes in six of eight realms: mammals 315, birds 1286, herptiles 460, insects 4521, spiders 204, other arthropods 85, gastropods 70, annelids 8, platyhelminthes 4, Onychophora 2, vascular plants 2112, nonvascular plants and lichens 320, and fungi 449. Three landscapes were sampled as long-term time series (>10 years). Seven hundred and eleven species are found in two or more landscapes. Consolidating the substantial amount of primary data available on biodiversity responses to fragmentation in the context of land-use change and natural disturbances is an essential part of understanding the effects of increasing anthropogenic pressures on land. The consistent format of this database facilitates testing of generalizations concerning biologic responses to fragmentation across diverse systems and taxa. It also allows the re-examination of existing datasets with alternative landscape metrics and robust statistical methods, for example, helping to address pseudoreplication problems. The database can thus help researchers in producing broad syntheses of the effects of land use. The database is dynamic and inclusive, and contributions from individual and large-scale data-collection efforts are welcome.

Published
2014

22. The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

Author

Contu, Sara, Hill, Samantha L.L., Lysenko, Igor, De Palma, Adriana, Phillips, Helen R.P., Senior , Rebecca A., Bennett, Dominic J., Booth, Hollie, Choimes, Argyrios, Correia, David L.P., Day, Julie, Echeverria-Londono, Susy, Garon, Morgan, Harrison, Michelle L.K., Ingram, Daniel J., Jung, Martin, Kemp, Victoria, Kirkpatrick, Lucinda, Martin, Callum D., Pan, Yuan, White, Hannah J., Aben, Job, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Adum, Gilbert B., Aguilar-Barquero, Virginia, Aizen, Marcelo A., Ancrenaz, Marc, Arbelaez-Cortes, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrian B., Baeten, Lander, Báldi, András, Banks, John E., Barlow, Jos, Batary, Péter, Bates, Adam J., Bayne, Erin M., Beja, Pedro, Berg, Ake, Berry, Nicholas J., Bicknell, Jake E., Bihn, Jochen H., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Boekhout, Teun, Boutin , Céline, Bouyer, Jérémy, Brearley, Francis Q., Brito, Isabel, Brunet, Jorg, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, Buscardo, Erika, Cabra-Garcia, Jimmy, Calvino-Cancela, Maria, Cameron, Sydney A., Cancello, Eliana M., Carrijo, Tiago F., Carvalho, Anelena, Castro, Helena, Castro-Luna, Alejandro a., Cerda, Rolando, Cerezo, Alexis, Chauvat, Matthieu, Clarke, Frank M., Cleary, Daniel F. R., Connop, Stuart P., D'Aniello, Biagio, da Silva, Pedro Giovani, Darvill, Ben, Dauber, Jens, Dejean, Alain, Diekötter, Tim, Dominguez-Haydar, Yamileth, Dormann, Carsten F., Dumont, Bertrand, Dures, Simon G., Dynesius, Mats, Edenius, Lars, Eleki, Zoltan, Entling, Martin H., Farwig , Nina, Fayle, Tom M., Felicioli, Antonio, Felton, Annika M., Ficetola, Gentile Francesco, Filgueiras, Bruno K. C., Fonte, Steven J., Fraser, Lauchlan H., Fukuda, Daisuke, Furlani, Dario, Ganzhorn, Jörg U., Garden, Jenni G., Gheler-Costa, Carla, Giordani, Paolo, Giordano, Simonetta, Gottschalk, Marco S., Goulson, Dave, Le Feon, Violette, Hudson, Lawrence N., and Newbold, Tim

Subjects
analyse de données, base de données géographiques, Data sharing, Global change, Habitat destruction, Land use, base de données bibliographiques, classification taxonomique, impact, biodiversité
Abstract

Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species' threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that support computation of a range of biodiversity indicators, is necessary to enable better understanding of historical declines and to project - and avert - future declines. We describe and assess a new database of more than 1.6 million samples from 78 countries representing over 28,000 species, collated from existing spatial comparisons of local-scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities and types of anthropogenic pressures, from terrestrial sites around the world. The database contains measurements taken in 208 (of 814) ecoregions, 13 (of 14) biomes, 25 (of 35) biodiversity hotspots and 16 (of 17) megadiverse countries. The database contains more than 1% of the total number of all species described, and more than 1% of the described species within many taxonomic groups - including flowering plants, gymnosperms, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, beetles, lepidopterans and hymenopterans. The dataset, which is still being added to, is therefore already considerably larger and more representative than those used by previous quantitative models of biodiversity trends and responses. The database is being assembled as part of the PREDICTS project (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems - ). We make site-level summary data available alongside this article. The full database will be publicly available in 2015.

Published
2014

23. BIOFRAG - a new database for analyzing BIOdiversity responses to forest FRAGmentation

Author

University of Helsinki, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Pfeifer, Marion, Lefebvre, Veronique, Gardner, Toby A., Arroyo-Rodriguez, Victor, Baeten, Lander, Banks-Leite, Cristina, Barlow, Jos, Betts, Matthew G., Brunet, Joerg, Cerezo, Alexis, Cisneros, Laura M., Collard, Stuart, D'Cruze, Neil, da Silva Motta, Catarina, Duguay, Stephanie, Eggermont, Hilde, Eigenbrod, Felix, Hadley, Adam S., Hanson, Thor R., Hawes, Joseph E., Scalley, Tamara Heartsill, Klingbeil, Brian T., Kolb, Annette, Kormann, Urs, Kumar, Sunil, Lachat, Thibault, Lakeman Fraser, Poppy, Lantschner, Victoria, Laurance, William F., Leal, Inara R., Lens, Luc, Marsh, Charles J., Medina-Rangel, Guido F., Melles, Stephanie, Mezger, Dirk, Oldekop, Johan A., Overal, William L., Owen, Charlotte, Peres, Carlos A., Phalan, Ben, Pidgeon, Anna M., Pilia, Oriana, Possingham, Hugh P., Possingham, Max L., Raheem, Dinarzarde C., Ribeiro, Danilo B., Ribeiro Neto, Jose D., Robinson, W. Douglas, Robinson, Richard, Rytwinski, Trina, Scherber, Christoph, Slade, Eleanor M., Somarriba, Eduardo, Stouffer, Philip C., Struebig, Matthew J., Tylianakis, Jason M., Tscharntke, Teja, Tyre, Andrew J., Urbina Cardona, Jose N., Vasconcelos, Heraldo L., Wearn, Oliver, Wells, Konstans, Willig, Michael R., Wood, Eric, Young, Richard P., Bradley, Andrew V., Ewers, Robert M., University of Helsinki, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Pfeifer, Marion, Lefebvre, Veronique, Gardner, Toby A., Arroyo-Rodriguez, Victor, Baeten, Lander, Banks-Leite, Cristina, Barlow, Jos, Betts, Matthew G., Brunet, Joerg, Cerezo, Alexis, Cisneros, Laura M., Collard, Stuart, D'Cruze, Neil, da Silva Motta, Catarina, Duguay, Stephanie, Eggermont, Hilde, Eigenbrod, Felix, Hadley, Adam S., Hanson, Thor R., Hawes, Joseph E., Scalley, Tamara Heartsill, Klingbeil, Brian T., Kolb, Annette, Kormann, Urs, Kumar, Sunil, Lachat, Thibault, Lakeman Fraser, Poppy, Lantschner, Victoria, Laurance, William F., Leal, Inara R., Lens, Luc, Marsh, Charles J., Medina-Rangel, Guido F., Melles, Stephanie, Mezger, Dirk, Oldekop, Johan A., Overal, William L., Owen, Charlotte, Peres, Carlos A., Phalan, Ben, Pidgeon, Anna M., Pilia, Oriana, Possingham, Hugh P., Possingham, Max L., Raheem, Dinarzarde C., Ribeiro, Danilo B., Ribeiro Neto, Jose D., Robinson, W. Douglas, Robinson, Richard, Rytwinski, Trina, Scherber, Christoph, Slade, Eleanor M., Somarriba, Eduardo, Stouffer, Philip C., Struebig, Matthew J., Tylianakis, Jason M., Tscharntke, Teja, Tyre, Andrew J., Urbina Cardona, Jose N., Vasconcelos, Heraldo L., Wearn, Oliver, Wells, Konstans, Willig, Michael R., Wood, Eric, Young, Richard P., Bradley, Andrew V., and Ewers, Robert M.

Published
2014

24. BIOFRAG - a new database for analyzing BIOdiversity responses to forest FRAGmentation

Author

Pfeifer, Marion, primary, Lefebvre, Veronique, additional, Gardner, Toby A., additional, Arroyo-Rodriguez, Victor, additional, Baeten, Lander, additional, Banks-Leite, Cristina, additional, Barlow, Jos, additional, Betts, Matthew G., additional, Brunet, Joerg, additional, Cerezo, Alexis, additional, Cisneros, Laura M., additional, Collard, Stuart, additional, D'Cruze, Neil, additional, da Silva Motta, Catarina, additional, Duguay, Stephanie, additional, Eggermont, Hilde, additional, Eigenbrod, Felix, additional, Hadley, Adam S., additional, Hanson, Thor R., additional, Hawes, Joseph E., additional, Heartsill Scalley, Tamara, additional, Klingbeil, Brian T., additional, Kolb, Annette, additional, Kormann, Urs, additional, Kumar, Sunil, additional, Lachat, Thibault, additional, Lakeman Fraser, Poppy, additional, Lantschner, Victoria, additional, Laurance, William F., additional, Leal, Inara R., additional, Lens, Luc, additional, Marsh, Charles J., additional, Medina-Rangel, Guido F., additional, Melles, Stephanie, additional, Mezger, Dirk, additional, Oldekop, Johan A., additional, Overal, William L., additional, Owen, Charlotte, additional, Peres, Carlos A., additional, Phalan, Ben, additional, Pidgeon, Anna M., additional, Pilia, Oriana, additional, Possingham, Hugh P., additional, Possingham, Max L., additional, Raheem, Dinarzarde C., additional, Ribeiro, Danilo B., additional, Ribeiro Neto, Jose D., additional, Douglas Robinson, W, additional, Robinson, Richard, additional, Rytwinski, Trina, additional, Scherber, Christoph, additional, Slade, Eleanor M., additional, Somarriba, Eduardo, additional, Stouffer, Philip C., additional, Struebig, Matthew J., additional, Tylianakis, Jason M., additional, Tscharntke, Teja, additional, Tyre, Andrew J., additional, Urbina Cardona, Jose N., additional, Vasconcelos, Heraldo L., additional, Wearn, Oliver, additional, Wells, Konstans, additional, Willig, Michael R., additional, Wood, Eric, additional, Young, Richard P., additional, Bradley, Andrew V., additional, and Ewers, Robert M., additional

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2014
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26. Anuran responses to spatial patterns of agricultural landscapes in Argentina.

Author

Cerezo, Alexis, Vera-Candioti, Josefina, Suárez, Romina, Zaccagnini, Maria, Damonte, Maria, Gavier-Pizarro, Gregorio, Babbitt, Kimberly, Calamari, Noela, Natale, Guillermo, Codugnello, Nadia, and Boca, Teresa

Subjects
AMPHIBIAN conservation, AGRICULTURAL intensification, LANDSCAPE ecology, HABITAT destruction
Abstract

Context: Amphibians are declining worldwide and land use change to agriculture is recognized as a leading cause. Argentina is undergoing an agriculturalization process with rapid changes in landscape structure. Objectives: We evaluated anuran response to landscape composition and configuration in two landscapes of east-central Argentina with different degrees of agriculturalization. We identified sensitive species and evaluated landscape influence on communities and individual species at two spatial scales. Methods: We compared anuran richness, frequency of occurrence, and activity between landscapes using call surveys data from 120 sampling points from 2007 to 2009. We evaluated anuran responses to landscape structure variables estimated within 250 and 500-m radius buffers using canonical correspondence analysis and multimodel inference from a set of candidate models. Results: Anuran richness was lower in the landscape with greater level of agriculturalization with reduced amount of forest cover and stream length. This pattern was driven by the lower occurrence and calling activity of seven out of the sixteen recorded species. Four species responded positively to the amount of forest cover and stream habitat. Three species responded positively to forest cohesion and negatively to rural housing. Two responded negatively to crop area and diversity of cover classes. Conclusions: Anurans within agricultural landscapes of east-central Argentina are responding to landscape structure. Responses varied depending on species and study scale. Life-history traits contribute to responses differences. Our study offers a better understanding of landscape effects on anurans and can be used for land management in other areas experiencing a similar agriculturalization process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2016
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29. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

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Hudson, Lawrence N, Newbold, Tim, Contu, Sara, Hill, Samantha LL, Lysenko, Igor, De Palma, Adriana, Phillips, Helen RP, Alhusseini, Tamera I, Bedford, Felicity E, Bennett, Dominic J, Booth, Hollie, Burton, Victoria J, Chng, Charlotte WT, Choimes, Argyrios, Correia, David LP, Day, Julie, Echeverría-Londoño, Susy, Emerson, Susan R, Gao, Di, Garon, Morgan, Harrison, Michelle LK, Ingram, Daniel J, Jung, Martin, Kemp, Victoria, Kirkpatrick, Lucinda, Martin, Callum D, Pan, Yuan, Pask-Hale, Gwilym D, Pynegar, Edwin L, Robinson, Alexandra N, Sanchez-Ortiz, Katia, Senior, Rebecca A, Simmons, Benno I, White, Hannah J, Zhang, Hanbin, Aben, Job, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Adum, Gilbert B, Aguilar-Barquero, Virginia, Aizen, Marcelo A, Albertos, Belén, Alcala, EL, Del Mar Alguacil, Maria, Alignier, Audrey, Ancrenaz, Marc, Andersen, Alan N, Arbeláez-Cortés, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Aumann, Tom, Axmacher, Jan C, Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrián B, Baeten, Lander, Bakayoko, Adama, Báldi, András, Banks, John E, Baral, Sharad K, Barlow, Jos, Barratt, Barbara IP, Barrico, Lurdes, Bartolommei, Paola, Barton, Diane M, Basset, Yves, Batáry, Péter, Bates, Adam J, Baur, Bruno, Bayne, Erin M, Beja, Pedro, Benedick, Suzan, Berg, Åke, Bernard, Henry, Berry, Nicholas J, Bhatt, Dinesh, Bicknell, Jake E, Bihn, Jochen H, Blake, Robin J, Bobo, Kadiri S, Bóçon, Roberto, Boekhout, Teun, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Bonham, Kevin J, Borges, Paulo AV, Borges, Sérgio H, Boutin, Céline, Bouyer, Jérémy, Bragagnolo, Cibele, Brandt, Jodi S, Brearley, Francis Q, Brito, Isabel, Bros, Vicenç, Brunet, Jörg, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, Buddle, Christopher M, Bugter, Rob, Buscardo, Erika, Buse, Jörn, Cabra-García, Jimmy, Cáceres, Nilton C, Cagle, Nicolette L, Calviño-Cancela, María, Cameron, Sydney A, Cancello, Eliana M, Caparrós, Rut, Cardoso, Pedro, Carpenter, Dan, Carrijo, Tiago F, Carvalho, Anelena L, Cassano, Camila R, Castro, Helena, Castro-Luna, Alejandro A, Rolando, Cerda B, Cerezo, Alexis, Chapman, Kim Alan, Chauvat, Matthieu, Christensen, Morten, Clarke, Francis M, Cleary, Daniel FR, Colombo, Giorgio, Connop, Stuart P, Craig, Michael D, Cruz-López, Leopoldo, Cunningham, Saul A, D'Aniello, Biagio, D'Cruze, Neil, Da Silva, Pedro Giovâni, Dallimer, Martin, Danquah, Emmanuel, Darvill, Ben, Dauber, Jens, Davis, Adrian LV, Dawson, Jeff, De Sassi, Claudio, De Thoisy, Benoit, Deheuvels, Olivier, Dejean, Alain, Devineau, Jean-Louis, Diekötter, Tim, Dolia, Jignasu V, Domínguez, Erwin, Dominguez-Haydar, Yamileth, Dorn, Silvia, Draper, Isabel, Dreber, Niels, Dumont, Bertrand, Dures, Simon G, Dynesius, Mats, Edenius, Lars, Eggleton, Paul, Eigenbrod, Felix, Elek, Zoltán, Entling, Martin H, Esler, Karen J, De Lima, Ricardo F, Faruk, Aisyah, Farwig, Nina, Fayle, Tom M, Felicioli, Antonio, Felton, Annika M, Fensham, Roderick J, Fernandez, Ignacio C, Ferreira, Catarina C, Ficetola, Gentile F, Fiera, Cristina, Filgueiras, Bruno KC, Fırıncıoğlu, Hüseyin K, Flaspohler, David, Floren, Andreas, Fonte, Steven J, Fournier, Anne, Fowler, Robert E, Franzén, Markus, Fraser, Lauchlan H, Fredriksson, Gabriella M, Freire, Geraldo B, Frizzo, Tiago LM, Fukuda, Daisuke, Furlani, Dario, Gaigher, René, Ganzhorn, Jörg U, García, Karla P, Garcia-R, Juan C, Garden, Jenni G, Garilleti, Ricardo, Ge, Bao-Ming, Gendreau-Berthiaume, Benoit, Gerard, Philippa J, Gheler-Costa, Carla, Gilbert, Benjamin, Giordani, Paolo, Giordano, Simonetta, Golodets, Carly, Gomes, Laurens GL, Gould, Rachelle K, Goulson, Dave, Gove, Aaron D, Granjon, Laurent, Grass, Ingo, Gray, Claudia L, Grogan, James, Gu, Weibin, Guardiola, Moisès, Gunawardene, Nihara R, Gutierrez, Alvaro G, Gutiérrez-Lamus, Doris L, Haarmeyer, Daniela H, Hanley, Mick E, Hanson, Thor, Hashim, Nor R, Hassan, Shombe N, Hatfield, Richard G, Hawes, Joseph E, Hayward, Matt W, Hébert, Christian, Helden, Alvin J, Henden, John-André, Henschel, Philipp, Hernández, Lionel, Herrera, James P, Herrmann, Farina, Herzog, Felix, Higuera-Diaz, Diego, Hilje, Branko, Höfer, Hubert, Hoffmann, Anke, Horgan, Finbarr G, Hornung, Elisabeth, Horváth, Roland, Hylander, Kristoffer, Isaacs-Cubides, Paola, Ishida, Hiroaki, Ishitani, Masahiro, Jacobs, Carmen T, Jaramillo, Víctor J, Jauker, Birgit, Hernández, F Jiménez, Johnson, McKenzie F, Jolli, Virat, Jonsell, Mats, Juliani, S Nur, Jung, Thomas S, Kapoor, Vena, Kappes, Heike, Kati, Vassiliki, Katovai, Eric, Kellner, Klaus, Kessler, Michael, Kirby, Kathryn R, Kittle, Andrew M, Knight, Mairi E, Knop, Eva, Kohler, Florian, Koivula, Matti, Kolb, Annette, Kone, Mouhamadou, Kőrösi, Ádám, Krauss, Jochen, Kumar, Ajith, Kumar, Raman, Kurz, David J, Kutt, Alex S, Lachat, Thibault, Lantschner, Victoria, Lara, Francisco, Lasky, Jesse R, Latta, Steven C, Laurance, William F, Lavelle, Patrick, Le Féon, Violette, LeBuhn, Gretchen, Légaré, Jean-Philippe, Lehouck, Valérie, Lencinas, María V, Lentini, Pia E, Letcher, Susan G, Li, Qi, Litchwark, Simon A, Littlewood, Nick A, Liu, Yunhui, Lo-Man-Hung, Nancy, López-Quintero, Carlos A, Louhaichi, Mounir, Lövei, Gabor L, Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban, Luja, Victor H, Luskin, Matthew S, MacSwiney G, M Cristina, Maeto, Kaoru, Magura, Tibor, Mallari, Neil Aldrin, Malone, Louise A, Malonza, Patrick K, Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba, Mandujano, Salvador, Måren, Inger E, Marin-Spiotta, Erika, Marsh, Charles J, Marshall, EJP, Martínez, Eliana, Martínez Pastur, Guillermo, Moreno Mateos, David, Mayfield, Margaret M, Mazimpaka, Vicente, McCarthy, Jennifer L, McCarthy, Kyle P, McFrederick, Quinn S, McNamara, Sean, Medina, Nagore G, Medina, Rafael, Mena, Jose L, Mico, Estefania, Mikusinski, Grzegorz, Milder, Jeffrey C, Miller, James R, Miranda-Esquivel, Daniel R, Moir, Melinda L, Morales, Carolina L, Muchane, Mary N, Muchane, Muchai, Mudri-Stojnic, Sonja, Munira, A Nur, Muoñz-Alonso, Antonio, Munyekenye, BF, Naidoo, Robin, Naithani, A, Nakagawa, Michiko, Nakamura, Akihiro, Nakashima, Yoshihiro, Naoe, Shoji, Nates-Parra, Guiomar, Navarrete Gutierrez, Dario A, Navarro-Iriarte, Luis, Ndang'ang'a, Paul K, Neuschulz, Eike L, Ngai, Jacqueline T, Nicolas, Violaine, Nilsson, Sven G, Noreika, Norbertas, Norfolk, Olivia, Noriega, Jorge Ari, Norton, David A, Nöske, Nicole M, Nowakowski, A Justin, Numa, Catherine, O'Dea, Niall, O'Farrell, Patrick J, Oduro, William, Oertli, Sabine, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Oke, Christopher Omamoke, Oostra, Vicencio, Osgathorpe, Lynne M, Otavo, Samuel Eduardo, Page, Navendu V, Paritsis, Juan, Parra-H, Alejandro, Parry, Luke, Pe'er, Guy, Pearman, Peter B, Pelegrin, Nicolás, Pélissier, Raphaël, Peres, Carlos A, Peri, Pablo L, Persson, Anna S, Petanidou, Theodora, Peters, Marcell K, Pethiyagoda, Rohan S, Phalan, Ben, Philips, T Keith, Pillsbury, Finn C, Pincheira-Ulbrich, Jimmy, Pineda, Eduardo, Pino, Joan, Pizarro-Araya, Jaime, Plumptre, AJ, Poggio, Santiago L, Politi, Natalia, Pons, Pere, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F, Presley, Steven J, Proença, Vânia, Quaranta, Marino, Quintero, Carolina, Rader, Romina, Ramesh, BR, Ramirez-Pinilla, Martha P, Ranganathan, Jai, Rasmussen, Claus, Redpath-Downing, Nicola A, Reid, J Leighton, Reis, Yana T, Rey Benayas, José M, Rey-Velasco, Juan Carlos, Reynolds, Chevonne, Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini, Richards, Miriam H, Richardson, Barbara A, Richardson, Michael J, Ríos, Rodrigo Macip, Robinson, Richard, Robles, Carolina A, Römbke, Jörg, Romero-Duque, Luz Piedad, Rös, Matthias, Rosselli, Loreta, Rossiter, Stephen J, Roth, Dana S, Roulston, T'ai H, Rousseau, Laurent, Rubio, André V, Ruel, Jean-Claude, Sadler, Jonathan P, Sáfián, Szabolcs, Saldaña-Vázquez, Romeo A, Sam, Katerina, Samnegård, Ulrika, Santana, Joana, Santos, Xavier, Savage, Jade, Schellhorn, Nancy A, Schilthuizen, Menno, Schmiedel, Ute, Schmitt, Christine B, Schon, Nicole L, Schüepp, Christof, Schumann, Katharina, Schweiger, Oliver, Scott, Dawn M, Scott, Kenneth A, Sedlock, Jodi L, Seefeldt, Steven S, Shahabuddin, Ghazala, Shannon, Graeme, Sheil, Douglas, Sheldon, Frederick H, Shochat, Eyal, Siebert, Stefan J, Silva, Fernando AB, Simonetti, Javier A, Slade, Eleanor M, Smith, Jo, Smith-Pardo, Allan H, Sodhi, Navjot S, Somarriba, Eduardo J, Sosa, Ramón A, Soto Quiroga, Grimaldo, St-Laurent, Martin-Hugues, Starzomski, Brian M, Stefanescu, Constanti, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Stouffer, Philip C, Stout, Jane C, Strauch, Ayron M, Struebig, Matthew J, Su, Zhimin, Suarez-Rubio, Marcela, Sugiura, Shinji, Summerville, Keith S, Sung, Yik-Hei, Sutrisno, Hari, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Teder, Tiit, Threlfall, Caragh G, Tiitsaar, Anu, Todd, Jacqui H, Tonietto, Rebecca K, Torre, Ignasi, Tóthmérész, Béla, Tscharntke, Teja, Turner, Edgar C, Tylianakis, Jason M, Uehara-Prado, Marcio, Urbina-Cardona, Nicolas, Vallan, Denis, Vanbergen, Adam J, Vasconcelos, Heraldo L, Vassilev, Kiril, Verboven, Hans AF, Verdasca, Maria João, Verdú, José R, Vergara, Carlos H, Vergara, Pablo M, Verhulst, Jort, Virgilio, Massimiliano, Vu, Lien Van, Waite, Edward M, Walker, Tony R, Wang, Hua-Feng, Wang, Yanping, Watling, James I, Weller, Britta, Wells, Konstans, Westphal, Catrin, Wiafe, Edward D, Williams, Christopher D, Willig, Michael R, Woinarski, John CZ, Wolf, Jan HD, Wolters, Volkmar, Woodcock, Ben A, Wu, Jihua, Wunderle, Joseph M, Yamaura, Yuichi, Yoshikura, Satoko, Yu, Douglas W, Zaitsev, Andrey S, Zeidler, Juliane, Zou, Fasheng, Collen, Ben, Ewers, Rob M, Mace, Georgina M, Purves, Drew W, Scharlemann, Jörn PW, and Purvis, Andy

Subjects
global biodiversity modeling, data sharing, land use, 15. Life on land, global change, habitat destruction
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.

30. The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

Author

Hudson, Lawrence N, Newbold, Tim, Contu, Sara, Hill, Samantha LL, Lysenko, Igor, De Palma, Adriana, Phillips, Helen RP, Senior, Rebecca A, Bennett, Dominic J, Booth, Hollie, Choimes, Argyrios, Correia, David LP, Day, Julie, Echeverría-Londoño, Susy, Garon, Morgan, Harrison, Michelle LK, Ingram, Daniel J, Jung, Martin, Kemp, Victoria, Kirkpatrick, Lucinda, Martin, Callum D, Pan, Yuan, White, Hannah J, Aben, Job, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Adum, Gilbert B, Aguilar-Barquero, Virginia, Aizen, Marcelo A, Ancrenaz, Marc, Arbeláez-Cortés, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrián B, Baeten, Lander, Báldi, András, Banks, John E, Barlow, Jos, Batáry, Péter, Bates, Adam J, Bayne, Erin M, Beja, Pedro, Berg, Åke, Berry, Nicholas J, Bicknell, Jake E, Bihn, Jochen H, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Boekhout, Teun, Boutin, Céline, Bouyer, Jérémy, Brearley, Francis Q, Brito, Isabel, Brunet, Jörg, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, Buscardo, Erika, Cabra-García, Jimmy, Calviño-Cancela, María, Cameron, Sydney A, Cancello, Eliana M, Carrijo, Tiago F, Carvalho, Anelena L, Castro, Helena, Castro-Luna, Alejandro A, Cerda, Rolando, Cerezo, Alexis, Chauvat, Matthieu, Clarke, Frank M, Cleary, Daniel FR, Connop, Stuart P, D'Aniello, Biagio, Da Silva, Pedro Giovâni, Darvill, Ben, Dauber, Jens, Dejean, Alain, Diekötter, Tim, Dominguez-Haydar, Yamileth, Dormann, Carsten F, Dumont, Bertrand, Dures, Simon G, Dynesius, Mats, Edenius, Lars, Elek, Zoltán, Entling, Martin H, Farwig, Nina, Fayle, Tom M, Felicioli, Antonio, Felton, Annika M, Ficetola, Gentile F, Filgueiras, Bruno KC, Fonte, Steven J, Fraser, Lauchlan H, Fukuda, Daisuke, Furlani, Dario, Ganzhorn, Jörg U, Garden, Jenni G, Gheler-Costa, Carla, Giordani, Paolo, Giordano, Simonetta, Gottschalk, Marco S, Goulson, Dave, Gove, Aaron D, Grogan, James, Hanley, Mick E, Hanson, Thor, Hashim, Nor R, Hawes, Joseph E, Hébert, Christian, Helden, Alvin J, Henden, John-André, Hernández, Lionel, Herzog, Felix, Higuera-Diaz, Diego, Hilje, Branko, Horgan, Finbarr G, Horváth, Roland, Hylander, Kristoffer, Isaacs-Cubides, Paola, Ishitani, Masahiro, Jacobs, Carmen T, Jaramillo, Víctor J, Jauker, Birgit, Jonsell, Mats, Jung, Thomas S, Kapoor, Vena, Kati, Vassiliki, Katovai, Eric, Kessler, Michael, Knop, Eva, Kolb, Annette, Kőrösi, Ádám, Lachat, Thibault, Lantschner, Victoria, Le Féon, Violette, LeBuhn, Gretchen, Légaré, Jean-Philippe, Letcher, Susan G, Littlewood, Nick A, López-Quintero, Carlos A, Louhaichi, Mounir, Lövei, Gabor L, Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban, Luja, Victor H, Maeto, Kaoru, Magura, Tibor, Mallari, Neil Aldrin, Marin-Spiotta, Erika, Marshall, EJP, Martínez, Eliana, Mayfield, Margaret M, Mikusinski, Grzegorz, Milder, Jeffrey C, Miller, James R, Morales, Carolina L, Muchane, Mary N, Muchane, Muchai, Naidoo, Robin, Nakamura, Akihiro, Naoe, Shoji, Nates-Parra, Guiomar, Navarrete Gutierrez, Dario A, Neuschulz, Eike L, Noreika, Norbertas, Norfolk, Olivia, Noriega, Jorge Ari, Nöske, Nicole M, O'Dea, Niall, Oduro, William, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Oke, Chris O, Osgathorpe, Lynne M, Paritsis, Juan, Parra-H, Alejandro, Pelegrin, Nicolás, Peres, Carlos A, Persson, Anna S, Petanidou, Theodora, Phalan, Ben, Philips, T Keith, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F, Presley, Steven J, Proença, Vânia, Quaranta, Marino, Quintero, Carolina, Redpath-Downing, Nicola A, Reid, J Leighton, Reis, Yana T, Ribeiro, Danilo B, Richardson, Barbara A, Richardson, Michael J, Robles, Carolina A, Römbke, Jörg, Romero-Duque, Luz Piedad, Rosselli, Loreta, Rossiter, Stephen J, Roulston, T'ai H, Rousseau, Laurent, Sadler, Jonathan P, Sáfián, Szabolcs, Saldaña-Vázquez, Romeo A, Samnegård, Ulrika, Schüepp, Christof, Schweiger, Oliver, Sedlock, Jodi L, Shahabuddin, Ghazala, Sheil, Douglas, Silva, Fernando AB, Slade, Eleanor M, Smith-Pardo, Allan H, Sodhi, Navjot S, Somarriba, Eduardo J, Sosa, Ramón A, Stout, Jane C, Struebig, Matthew J, Sung, Yik-Hei, Threlfall, Caragh G, Tonietto, Rebecca, Tóthmérész, Béla, Tscharntke, Teja, Turner, Edgar C, Tylianakis, Jason M, Vanbergen, Adam J, Vassilev, Kiril, Verboven, Hans AF, Vergara, Carlos H, Vergara, Pablo M, Verhulst, Jort, Walker, Tony R, Wang, Yanping, Watling, James I, Wells, Konstans, Williams, Christopher D, Willig, Michael R, Woinarski, John CZ, Wolf, Jan HD, Woodcock, Ben A, Yu, Douglas W, Zaitsev, Andrey S, Collen, Ben, Ewers, Rob M, Mace, Georgina M, Purves, Drew W, Scharlemann, Jörn PW, and Purvis, Andy

Subjects
land use, Data sharing, 14. Life underwater, 15. Life on land, global change, habitat destruction
Abstract

Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species' threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that support computation of a range of biodiversity indicators, is necessary to enable better understanding of historical declines and to project - and avert - future declines. We describe and assess a new database of more than 1.6 million samples from 78 countries representing over 28,000 species, collated from existing spatial comparisons of local-scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities and types of anthropogenic pressures, from terrestrial sites around the world. The database contains measurements taken in 208 (of 814) ecoregions, 13 (of 14) biomes, 25 (of 35) biodiversity hotspots and 16 (of 17) megadiverse countries. The database contains more than 1% of the total number of all species described, and more than 1% of the described species within many taxonomic groups - including flowering plants, gymnosperms, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, beetles, lepidopterans and hymenopterans. The dataset, which is still being added to, is therefore already considerably larger and more representative than those used by previous quantitative models of biodiversity trends and responses. The database is being assembled as part of the PREDICTS project (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems - http://www.predicts.org.uk). We make site-level summary data available alongside this article. The full database will be publicly available in 2015.

31. The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

Author

Hudson, Lawrence N., Newbold, Tim, Contu, Sara, Hill, Samantha L. L., Lysenko, Igor, De Palma, Adriana, Phillips, Helen R. P., Senior, Rebecca A., Bennett, Dominic J., Booth, Hollie, Choimes, Argyrios, Correia, David L. P., Day, Julie, Echeverria-Londono, Susy, Garon, Morgan, Harrison, Michelle L. K., Ingram, Daniel J., Jung, Martin, Kemp, Victoria, Kirkpatrick, Lucinda, Martin, Callum D., Pan, Yuan, White, Hannah J., Aben, Job, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Adum, Gilbert B., Aguilar-Barquero, Virginia, Aizen, Marcelo, Ancrenaz, Marc, Arbelaez-Cortes, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrian B., Baeten, Lander, Báldi, András, Banks, John E., Barlow, Jos, Batáry, Péter, Bates, Adam J., Bayne, Erin M., Beja, Pedro, Berg, Ake, Berry, Nicholas J., Bicknell, Jake E., Bihn, Jochen H., Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Boekhout, Teun, Boutin, Celine, Bouyer, Jeremy, Brearley, Francis Q., Brito, Isabel, Brunet, Jörg, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, Buscardo, Erika, Cabra-Garcia, Jimmy, Calvino-Cancela, Maria, Cameron, Sydney A., Cancello, Eliana M., Carrijo, Tiago F., Carvalho, Anelena L., Castro, Helena, Castro-Luna, Alejandro A., Cerda, Rolando, Cerezo, Alexis, Chauvat, Matthieu, Clarke, Frank M., Cleary, Daniel F. R., Connop, Stuart P., D'Aniello, Biagio, da Silva, Pedro Giovani, Darvill, Ben, Dauber, Jens, Dejean, Alain, Diekötter, Tim, Dominguez-Haydar, Yamileth, Dormann, Carsten F., Dumont, Bertrand, Dures, Simon G., Dynesius, Mats, Edenius, Lars, Elek, Zoltán, Entling, Martin H., Farwig, Nina, Fayle, Tom M., Felicioli, Antonio, Felton, Annika M., Ficetola, Gentile F., Filgueiras, Bruno K. C., Fonte, Steve J., Fraser, Lauchlan H., Fukuda, Daisuke, Furlani, Dario, Ganzhorn, Jörg U., Garden, Jenni G., Gheler-Costa, Carla, Giordani, Paolo, Giordano, Simonetta, Gottschalk, Marco S., Goulson, Dave, Gove, Aaron D., Grogan, James, Hanley, Mick E., Hanson, Thor, Hashim, Nor R., Hawes, Joseph E., Hébert, Christian, Helden, Alvin J., Henden, John-André, Hernández, Lionel, Herzog, Felix, Higuera-Diaz, Diego, Hilje, Branko, Horgan, Finbarr G., Horváth, Roland, Hylander, Kristoffer, Isaacs-Cubides, Paola, Ishitani, Mashiro, Jacobs, Carmen T., Jaramillo, Victor J., Jauker, Birgit, Jonsell, Matts, Jung, Thomas S., Kapoor, Vena, Kati, Vassiliki, Katovai, Eric, Kessler, Michael, Knop, Eva, Kolb, Annette, Körösi, Àdám, Lachat, Thibault, Lantschner, Victoria, Le Féon, Violette, LeBuhn, Gretchen, Légaré, Jean-Philippe, Letcher, Susan G., Littlewood, Nick A., López-Quintero, Carlos A., Louhaichi, Mounir, Lövei, Gabor L., Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban, Luja, Victor H., Maeto, Kaoru, Magura, Tibor, Mallari, Neil Aldrin, Marin-Spiotta, Erika, Marhall, E. J. P., Martínez, Eliana, Mayfield, Margaret M., Mikusinski, Gregorz, Milder, Jeffery C., Miller, James R., Morales, Carolina L., Muchane, Mary N., Muchane, Muchai, Naidoo, Robin, Nakamura, Akihiro, Naoe, Shoji, Nates-Parra, Guiomar, Navarerete Gutierrez, Dario A., Neuschulz, Eike L., Noreika, Norbertas, Norfolk, Olivia, Noriega, Jorge Ari, Nöske, Nicole M., O'Dea, Niall, Oduro, William, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Oke, Chris O., Osgathorpe, Lynne M., Paritsis, Juan, Parrah, Alejandro, Pelegrin, Nicolás, Peres, Carlos A., Persson, Anna S., Petanidou, Theodora, Phalan, Ben, Philips, T. Keith, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F., Presley, Steven J., Proença, Vânia, Quaranta, Marino, Quintero, Carolina, Redpath-Downing, Nicola A., Reid, J. Leighton, Reis, Yana T., Ribeiro, Danilo B., Richardson, Barbara A., Richardson, Michael J., Robles, Carolina A., Römbke, Jörg, Romero-Duque, Luz Piedad, Rosselli, Loreta, Rossiter, Stephen J., Roulston, T'ai H., Rousseau, Laurent, Sadler, Jonathan P., Sáfián, Szbolcs, Saldaña-Vásquez, Romeo A., Samnegård, Ulrika, Schüepp, Christof, Schweiger, Oliver, Sedlock, Jodi L., Shahabuddin, Ghazala, Sheil, Douglas, Silva, Fernando A. B., Slade, Eleanor, Smith-Pardo, Allan H., Sodhi, Navjot S., Somarriba, Eduardo J., Sosa, Ramón A., Stout, Jane C., Struebig, Matthew J., Sung, Yik-Hei, Threlfall, Caragh G., Tonietto, Rebecca, Tóthmérész, Béla, Tscharntke, Teja, Turner, Edgar C., Tylianakis, Jason M., Vanbergen, Adam J., Vassilev, Kiril, Verboven, Hans A. F., Vergara, Carlos H., Vergara, Pablo M., Verhulst, Jort, Walker, Tony R., Wang, Yanping, Watling, James I., Wells, Konstans, Williams, Christopher D., Willig, Michael R., Woinarski, John C. Z., Wolf, Jan H. 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K., Harrison, Daniel J., Ingram, Martin, Jung, Victoria, Kemp, Lucinda, Kirkpatrick, Callum D., Martin, Yuan, Pan, Hannah J., White, Job, Aben, Stefan, Abrahamczyk, Gilbert B., Adum, Virginia Aguilar, Barquero, Marcelo A., Aizen, Marc, Ancrenaz, Enrique Arbelaez, Corte, Inge, Armbrecht, Badrul, Azhar, Adrian B., Azpiroz, Lander, Baeten, Andras, Baldi, John E., Bank, Jos, Barlow, Peter, Batary, Adam J., Bate, Erin M., Bayne, Pedro, Beja, Ake, Berg, Nicholas J., Berry, Jake E., Bicknell, Jochen H., Bihn, Katrin B€ohning, Gaese, Teun, Boekhout, Celine, Boutin, Jeremy, Bouyer, Francis Q., Brearley, Isabel, Brito, J€org, Brunet, Grzegorz, Buczkowski, Erika, Buscardo, Tiago F., Carrijo, Anelena L., Carvalho, Helena, Castro, Alejandro A., Castro Luna, Rolando, Cerda, Alexis, Cerezo, Matthieu, Chauvat, Frank M., Clarke, Daniel F. R., Cleary, Stuart P., Connop, D'Aniello, Biagio, Pedro Giovani da, Silva, Ben, Darvill, Jens, Dauber, Alain, Dejean, Tim, Diekotter, Yamileth Dominguez, Haydar, Carsten F., Dormann, Bertrand, Dumont, Simon G., Dure, Mats, Dynesiu, Lars, Edeniu, Zoltan, Elek, Martin H., Entling, Nina, Farwig, Tom M., Fayle, Antonio, Felicioli, Annika M., Felton, Gentile F., Ficetola, Bruno K. C., Filgueira, Steven J., Fonte, Lauchlan H., Fraser, Daisuke, Fukuda, Dario, Furlani, Jeorg U., Ganzhorn, Jenni G., Garden, Carla Gheler, Costa, Paolo, Giordani, Giordano, Simonetta, Marco S., Gottschalk, Dave, Goulson, Aaron D., Gove, James, Grogan, Mick E., Hanley, Thor, Hanson, Nor R., Hashim, Joseph E., Hawe, Christian, Hebert, Alvin J., Helden, John Andre, Henden, Lionel, Hernandez, Felix, Herzog, Diego Higuera, Diaz, Branko, Hilje, Finbarr G., Horgan, Roland, Horvath, Kristoffer, Hylander, Paola Isaacs, Cubide, Masahiro, Ishitani, Carmen T., Jacob, Vıctor J., Jaramillo, Birgit, Jauker, Mats, Jonsell, Thomas S., Jung, Vena, Kapoor, Vassiliki, Kati, Eric, Katovai, Michael, Kessler, Eva, Knop, Annette, Kolb, Adam, Koreosi, Thibault, Lachat, Victoria, Lantschner, Violette Le, Feon, Gretchen, Lebuhn, Jean Philippe, Legare, Susan G., Letcher, Nick A., Littlewood, Carlos A., Lopez Quintero, Mounir, Louhaichi, Gabor L., Leovei, Manuel Esteban Lucas, Borja, Victor H., Luja, Kaoru, Maeto, Tibor, Magura, Neil Aldrin, Mallari, Erika Marin, Spiotta, E. 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BOMBUS SPP. HYMENOPTERA, VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488, Data sharing, Global change, Habitat destruction, Land use, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Reptilia, Evolution, global change, habitat destruction, land use, education, INTENSIVELY MANAGED FARMLAND, Biológiai tudományok, NORTHEASTERN COSTA-RICA, BIRD SPECIES RICHNESS, Ecology and Environment, Magnoliophyta, MEXICAN COFFEE PLANTATIONS, Amphibia, VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488, BUMBLEBEE NEST DENSITY, Behavior and Systematics, Természettudományok, ddc:570, Biology, DUNG BEETLE COLEOPTERA, 1172 Environmental sciences, SDG 15 - Life on Land, Original Research, QL, QH0075, QH, PLANT COMMUNITY COMPOSITION, Biology and Life Sciences, LAND-USE CHANGE, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Chemistry, URBAN-RURAL GRADIENT, Mammalia, Gymnospermae, Aves
Abstract

Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species' threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that support computation of a range of biodiversity indicators, is necessary to enable better understanding of historical declines and to project - and avert - future declines. We describe and assess a new database of more than 1.6 million samples from 78 countries representing over 28,000 species, collated from existing spatial comparisons of local-scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities and types of anthropogenic pressures, from terrestrial sites around the world. The database contains measurements taken in 208 (of 814) ecoregions, 13 (of 14) biomes, 25 (of 35) biodiversity hotspots and 16 (of 17) megadiverse countries. The database contains more than 1% of the total number of all species described, and more than 1% of the described species within many taxonomic groups - including flowering plants, gymnosperms, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, beetles, lepidopterans and hymenopterans. The dataset, which is still being added to, is therefore already considerably larger and more representative than those used by previous quantitative models of biodiversity trends and responses. The database is being assembled as part of the PREDICTS project (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems - www.predicts.org.uk). We make site-level summary data available alongside this article. The full database will be publicly available in 2015. The collation of biodiversity datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents is necessary to understand historical declines and to project - and hopefully avert - future declines. We describe a newly collated database of more than 1.6 million biodiversity measurements from 78 countries representing over 28,000 species, collated from existing spatial comparisons of local-scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities and types of anthropogenic pressures, from terrestrial sites around the world. © 2014 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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32. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

Author

Hudson, Lawrence N., Newbold, Tim, Contu, Sara, Hill, Samantha L. L., Lysenko, Igor, De Palma, Adriana, Phillips, Helen R. P., Alhusseini, Tamera I., Bedford, Felicity E., Bennett, Dominic J., Booth, Hollie, Burton, Victoria J., Chng, Charlotte W. T., Choimes, Argyrios, Correia, David L. P., Day, Julie, Echeverría-Londoño, Susy, Emerson, Susan R., Gao, Di, Garon, Morgan, Harrison, Michelle L. K., Ingram, Daniel J., Jung, Martin, Kemp, Victoria, Kirkpatrick, Lucinda, Martin, Callum D., Pan, Yuan, Pask-Hale, Gwilym D., Pynegar, Edwin L., Robinson, Alexandra N., Sanchez-Ortiz, Katia, Senior, Rebecca A., Simmons, Benno I., White, Hannah J., Zhang, Hanbin, Aben, Job, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, Adum, Gilbert B., Aguilar-Barquero, Virginia, Aizen, Marcelo A., Albertos, Belén, Alcala, E. L., del Mar Alguacil, Maria, Alignier, Audrey, Ancrenaz, Marc, Andersen, Alan N., Arbeláez-Cortés, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Aumann, Tom, Axmacher, Jan C., Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrián B., Baeten, Lander, Bakayoko, Adama, Báldi, András, Banks, John E., Baral, Sharad K., Barlow, Jos, Barratt, Barbara I. P., Barrico, Lurdes, Bartolommei, Paola, Barton, Diane M., Basset, Yves, Batáry, Péter, Bates, Adam J., Baur, Bruno, Bayne, Erin M., Beja, Pedro, Benedick, Suzan, Berg, Åke, Bernard, Henry, Berry, Nicholas J., Bhatt, Dinesh, Bicknell, Jake E., Bihn, Jochen H., Blake, Robin J., Bobo, Kadiri S., Bóçon, Roberto, Boekhout, Teun, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Bonham, Kevin J., Borges, Paulo A. V., Borges, Sérgio H., Boutin, Céline, Bouyer, Jérémy, Bragagnolo, Cibele, Brandt, Jodi S., Brearley, Francis Q., Brito, Isabel, Bros, Vicenç, Brunet, Jörg, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, Buddle, Christopher M., Bugter, Rob, Buscardo, Erika, Buse, Jörn, Cabra-García, Jimmy, Cáceres, Nilton C., Cagle, Nicolette L., Calviño-Cancela, María, Cameron, Sydney A., Cancello, Eliana M., Caparrós, Rut, Cardoso, Pedro, Carpenter, Dan, Carrijo, Tiago F., Carvalho, Anelena L., Cassano, Camila R., Castro, Helena, Castro-Luna, Alejandro A., Rolando, Cerda B., Cerezo, Alexis, Chapman, Kim Alan, Chauvat, Matthieu, Christensen, Morten, Clarke, Francis M., Cleary, Daniel F.R., Colombo, Giorgio, Connop, Stuart P., Craig, Michael D., Cruz-López, Leopoldo, Cunningham, Saul A., D'Aniello, Biagio, D'Cruze, Neil, da Silva, Pedro Giovâni, Dallimer, Martin, Danquah, Emmanuel, Darvill, Ben, Dauber, Jens, Davis, Adrian L. 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15. Life on land

33. [Modified-habitat use by tropical forest-dependent birds in the Caribbean region of Guatemala].

Author

Cerezo A, Robbins CS, and Dowell B

Subjects
Animals, Biodiversity, Cattle, Guatemala, Humans, Population Density, Tropical Climate, Birds classification, Ecosystem, Trees
Abstract

Modified-habitat use by tropical forest-dependent birds in the Caribbean region of Guatemala. As natural areas are reduced into isolated remnants, the importance of secondary habitats for species conservation will increase. Consequently, the conservation value of human-modified or created secondary habitats must be determined. In this study, we evaluated the conservation potential of three habitats associated to cattle ranching (riparian forest, live fence, and pasture) for tropical forest birds in the Caribbean region of Guatemala. We studied the bird communities of five tropical forest and riparian forest (henceforth river) sites, three live fence sites and four pasture sites, in five cattle ranches in the region, and compared the four habitats based on the following parameters: species richness, number of individuals, species composition and an index of conservation importance. A 10-point series was sampled (six repetitions of each series) in each habitat site using the point-count method, in march and april of 1998 and 1999. Although forest, river and live fence had similar mean species numbers, considering all species (111, 96 and 94 species, respectively), and river and live fence surpassed the forest in mean number of individuals (80 and 72 compared to 56 individuals), river and live fence had significantly fewer mean numbers of interior-forest resident species and individuals (56, 21 and 15 species, and 61, 19 and eight individuals in forest, river and live fence, respectively). River and live fence, when compared to forest, had no significant differences in the number of resident forest-edge species and individuals, but their edge-species composition was significantly different from forest. Those resident edge species that were relatively abundant in forest had very low abundances in the modified habitats, and those that were abundant in river and live fence were rare or absent in forest sites. With respect to migratory species, both river and live fence were very important, and the river was more important than forest, according to the conservation importance index. We conclude that these modified habitats have very little value for tropical forest-dependent resident species, but are extremely important for migratory species, particularly those of arboreal habits. We also stress that the conservation importance of alternative habitats should be based on species composition, as opposed to species richness and abundance, and defined as a function of species of particular conservation importance, in our locality, those dependent of tropical lowland forest.

Published
2009

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