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

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

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data sharing, global biodiversity modeling, global change, habitat destruction, land use, Ecology, QH540-549.5
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Abstract The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems (https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts.html)—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.

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2017
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2. The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

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

Subjects
Data sharing, global change, habitat destruction, land use, Ecology, QH540-549.5
Abstract

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 – https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts.html). We make site‐level summary data available alongside this article. The full database will be publicly available in 2015.

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2014
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3. SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

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Juha M. Alatalo, Ilya M. D. Maclean, Ivan Nijs, Pascal Boeckx, Ronja E. M. Wedegärtner, Josefine Walz, Sergiy Medinets, Jonas Ardö, Martin Wilmking, Aníbal Pauchard, Onur Candan, Joseph Okello, Miguel Portillo-Estrada, Christian Rossi, Francesco Malfasi, Robert G. Björk, Tim Seipel, Pekka Niittynen, Kristoffer Hylander, Simone Cesarz, Michael B. Ashcroft, Dany Ghosn, T'Ai Gladys Whittingham Forte, Andrew D. Thomas, Nina Buchmann, Pavel Dan Turtureanu, Marcello Tomaselli, Martin Svátek, Luca Vitale, Christian Rixen, Valter Di Cecco, Pascal Vittoz, Jan Wild, Hans J. De Boeck, M. Rosa Fernández Calzado, Khatuna Gigauri, Haydn J.D. Thomas, Josef Brůna, Patrice Descombes, Robert Kanka, Roman Plichta, Julia Boike, Juan J. Jiménez, Mihai Pușcaș, James D. M. Speed, Tudor-Mihai Ursu, Maaike Y. Bader, Jian Zhang, Shengwei Zong, Marko Smiljanic, Ben Somers, Toke T. Høye, Martin Macek, Rebecca Finger Higgens, Jürgen Homeier, Fatih Fazlioglu, Ana Clara Mazzolari, Katja Tielbörger, Marek Čiliak, Sanne Govaert, Matěj Man, Loïc Pellissier, Bente J. Graae, Mana Gharun, Juan Lorite, Jhonatan Sallo Bravo, Thomas Scholten, Ian Klupar, Jonathan Lenoir, Martin Kopecký, Angela Stanisci, Joseph J. Bailey, Stuart W. Smith, Gergana N. Daskalova, Andrej Varlagin, Radim Matula, Meelis Pärtel, Ann Milbau, Peter Barančok, Jörg G. Stephan, Marijn Bauters, Jan Dick, Zuzana Sitková, Alistair S. Jump, Felix Gottschall, Fernando Moyano, Mario Trouillier, Filip Hrbáček, Eduardo Fuentes-Lillo, Nicoletta Cannone, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Miska Luoto, Christopher Andrews, Charly Geron, Lisa J. Rew, Michael Stemkovski, Rafaella Canessa, Lucia Hederová, Peter Haase, Klaus Steinbauer, Keith W. Larson, Mats P. Björkman, Edoardo Cremonese, Lore T. Verryckt, Aud H. Halbritter, Jiri Dolezal, František Máliš, William D. Pearse, Zhaochen Zhang, Christian D. Larson, Sylvia Haider, Robert Weigel, Harald Pauli, Romina D. Dimarco, Nico Eisenhauer, Agustina Barros, Shyam S. Phartyal, Liesbeth van den Brink, Edmund W. Basham, Adrian V. Rocha, Mauro Guglielmin, Rafael A. García, Andrej Palaj, Josef Urban, Austin Koontz, Brett R. Scheffers, Mia Vedel Sørensen, Isla H. Myers-Smith, Camille Meeussen, Lena Muffler, Krystal Randall, Volodymyr I. Medinets, Sonia Merinero, Laurenz M. Teuber, Salvatore R. Curasi, José Luis Benito Alonso, Pieter De Frenne, Kamil Láska, Jonas Schmeddes, Martin A. Nuñez, Amanda Ratier Backes, Alessandro Petraglia, Miroslav Svoboda, Ellen Dorrepaal, Sonja Wipf, Juha Aalto, Masahito Ueyama, Benjamin Blonder, Jonas J. Lembrechts, Esther R. Frei, Lukas Siebicke, Bernard Heinesch, C. Johan Dahlberg, Juergen Kreyling, Camille Pitteloud, Florian Zellweger, Rebecca A. Senior, David H. Klinges, Miguel Ángel de Pablo, Elizabeth G. Simpson, George Kazakis, Jozef Kollár, Pallieter De Smedt, Olivier Roupsard, Jan Altman, Michele Carbognani, Julia Kemppinen, Manuela Winkler, Valeria Aschero, Pieter Vangansbeke, Andrea Lamprecht, Stef Haesen, University of Antwerp (UA), Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki, University of Wollongong [Australia], Australian Museum [Sydney], Universiteit Gent = Ghent University (UGENT), Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IB / CAS), Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés - UMR CNRS 7058 (EDYSAN), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Exeter, Ecologie fonctionnelle et biogéochimie des sols et des agro-écosystèmes (UMR Eco&Sols), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), LMI IESOL Intensification Ecologique des Sols Cultivés en Afrique de l’Ouest [Dakar] (IESOL), Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD [Sénégal]), Universidad de Concepción - University of Concepcion [Chile], Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Universidad Adventista de Chile - Adventist University of Chile (UNACH), Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Qatar University, Norwegian University of Science and Technology [Trondheim] (NTNU), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Nanyang Technological University [Singapour], University of Gothenburg (GU), Universität Greifswald - University of Greifswald, Georg-August-University = Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig University, Mountains of the Moon University, Laboratory of Applied Physical Chemistry - ISOFYS (Gent, Belgium), Mendel University in Brno (MENDELU), Siberian Federal University (SibFU), Nalanda University, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (HNBGU), Babes-Bolyai University [Cluj-Napoca] (UBB), A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS), Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (IFAB), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires] (CONICET)-Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), University of Stirling, Umeå University, Istituto per i Sistemi Agricoli e Forestali del Mediterraneo (ISAFOM), National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Dartmouth College [Hanover], University of Bergen (UiB), University of Notre Dame [Indiana] (UND), Utah State University (USU), Imperial College London, Arctic Research Centre [Aarhus] (ARC), Aarhus University [Aarhus], Universidad de Granada = University of Granada (UGR), Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma (UNIPR), Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Stockholm University, University of South Bohemia, Aberystwyth University, York St John University, Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Chania (CIHEAM-IAMC), Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM), Universidad de Alcalá - University of Alcalá (UAH), Montana State University (MSU), Lund University [Lund], Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria = University of Insubria [Varese] (Uninsubria), Philipps Universität Marburg = Philipps University of Marburg, Università degli Studi del Molise = University of Molise (UNIMOL), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo [Mendoza] (UNCUYO), Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales [Mendoza] (CONICET-IANIGLA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires] (CONICET)-Universidad Nacional de Cuyo [Mendoza] (UNCUYO), Technical University in Zvolen (TUZVO), Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Universität für Bodenkultur Wien = University of Natural Resources and Life [Vienne, Autriche] (BOKU), Osaka Prefecture University, 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), National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences [Bucarest] (INCDSB), Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne (UNIL), University of Tartu, Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Jolube Consultor Botánico, Northeast Normal University, Majella National Park - Parco Nazionale della Majella, National Forest Centre - Národné lesnícke centrum [Zvolen], University of Tübingen, County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland, Odessa National I.I.Mechnikov University, Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), University of Edinburgh, University of California [Berkeley] (UC Berkeley), University of California (UC), Arizona State University [Tempe] (ASU), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech [Gembloux], Université de Liège, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology [Bangor] (CEH), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Princeton University, Fundación Agencia Aragonesa para la Investigación y el Desarrollo (ARAID), Alfred Wegener Institute [Potsdam], Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), Humboldt University Of Berlin, University of Florida [Gainesville] (UF), East China Normal University [Shangaï] (ECNU), Ordu University - Ordu Üniversitesi, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco (UNSAAC), Masaryk University [Brno] (MUNI), Aosta Valley Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA), Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research - Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Leibniz Association, Universität Duisburg-Essen = University of Duisburg-Essen [Essen], Swiss National Park - Parc Naziunal Svizzer, Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich (UZH), ANR-19-CE32-0005,IMPRINT,IMpacts des PRocessus mIcroclimatiques sur la redistributioN de la biodiversiTé forestière en contexte de réchauffement du macroclimat(2019), University of Helsinki, Universiteit Gent = Ghent University [Belgium] (UGENT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Georg-August-University [Göttingen], Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche [Roma] (CNR), University of Granada [Granada], University of Parma = Università degli studi di Parma [Parme, Italie], Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria, Philipps University of Marburg, Università degli Studi del Molise (Unimol), Universität für Bodenkultur Wien [Vienne, Autriche] (BOKU), University of Lausanne (UNIL), University of California [Berkeley], University of California, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and University of Duisburg-Essen

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Biome, Biodiversity & Conservation, Microclimate, computer.software_genre, 01 natural sciences, topoclimate, Snow, HETEROGENEITY, SCALE, database, General Environmental Science, [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment, Global and Planetary Change, CLIMATE-CHANGE, Database, Ecology, Spatial database, Vegetation, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, soil climate, climate change, species distributions, Biodiversity Conservation, ecosystem processes, microclimate, temperature, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Biologie, [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, Climate change, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, [SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity, MOISTURE, 010603 evolutionary biology, soil, LITTER DECOMPOSITION, species 19 distributions, Environmental Chemistry, DISTRIBUTIONS, SCALE SOIL, Biology, climate, Ecosystem, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Science & Technology, Global warming, SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS, 15. Life on land, Radiative forcing, MACROCLIMATE, Agriculture and Soil Science, 13. Climate action, SNOW, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Environmental science, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, computer, Environmental Sciences
Abstract

Current analyses and predictions of spatially explicit patterns and processes in ecology most often rely on climate data interpolated from standardized weather stations. This interpolated climate data represents long-term average thermal conditions at coarse spatial resolutions only. Hence, many climate-forcing factors that operate at fine spatiotemporal resolutions are overlooked. This is particularly important in relation to effects of observation height (e.g. vegetation, snow and soil characteristics) and in habitats varying in their exposure to radiation, moisture and wind (e.g. topography, radiative forcing or cold-air pooling). Since organisms living close to the ground relate more strongly to these microclimatic conditions than to free-air temperatures, microclimatic ground and near-surface data are needed to provide realistic forecasts of the fate of such organisms under anthropogenic climate change, as well as of the functioning of the ecosystems they live in. To fill this critical gap, we highlight a call for temperature time series submissions to SoilTemp, a geospatial database initiative compiling soil and near-surface temperature data from all over the world. Currently, this database contains time series from 7,538 temperature sensors from 51 countries across all key biomes. The database will pave the way toward an improved global understanding of microclimate and bridge the gap between the available climate data and the climate at fine spatiotemporal resolutions relevant to most organisms and ecosystem processes. ispartof: GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY vol:26 issue:11 pages:6616-6629 ispartof: location:England status: published

Published
2020

4. Hot and bothered: The role of behaviour and microclimates in buffering species from rising temperatures

Author

Rebecca A. Senior

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Climate Change, Population, Microclimate, Climate change, Aricia agestis, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Animals, education, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecosystem, education.field_of_study, Extinction, biology, Ecology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Temperature, biology.organism_classification, Geography, Habitat, Animal ecology, Threatened species, Animal Science and Zoology, Butterflies
Abstract

In Focus: Bladon, A. J., Lewis, M., Bladon, E. K., Buckton, S. J., Corbett, S., Ewing, S. R., … Turner, E. C. (2020). How butterflies keep their cool: Physical and ecological traits influence thermoregulatory ability and population trends. Journal of Animal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13319 Threatened with rising average temperatures and the new normal of climate extremes, species that cannot keep pace with climate change must adapt where they are, or face extinction. The ranges of many British butterflies have indeed extended northwards as the climate has warmed, but this option is increasingly restricted by the expansion and intensification of urban and agricultural lands. On a day-to-day basis, butterflies can thermoregulate using behaviours such as adjusting their wing positioning or moving into suitable microclimates. The extent to which these two options buffer individuals from free-air temperature, however, is not well known. Nor is the extent to which the different mechanisms are exploited by different species, and whether that has had any bearing on species' population trends over the time-scale of recent climate change. Using a simple and easily replicated approach, Bladon et al. (2020) were able to quantify intra- and interspecific variation in buffering ability, and species' relative reliance on the two thermoregulatory mechanisms of wing adjustment versus microclimate selection. The authors report marked variation in buffering capacity, correlated with wing size, wing colouration and taxonomic family. Species also differed in their thermoregulatory behaviours, with some - such as the Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus and Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus-achieving impressive buffering through wing positioning. Others, like the Brown Argus Aricia agestis and Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus, were more reliant on microclimate selection, and these were the species most likely to have shown declining population trends over the past 40 years. The study underscores the importance of individual thermoregulatory behaviours for understanding species' vulnerability to climate change. In combination with much improved methods for measuring and modelling climate at biologically relevant scales, the approach of Bladon et al. (2020) can and should be extended to identify the places and species most at risk, and the steps that conservation practitioners can take to maximise resilience to climate change. Much attention has been given to improving habitat connectivity to facilitate range shifts, but we should also consider how microclimate availability can be enhanced to allow species to manage when they cannot move.

Published
2020

5. A research agenda for microclimate ecology in human-modified tropical forests

Author

M. D. Farnon Ellwood, Tom Swinfield, Martin Svátek, Florian Zellweger, Benjamin Blonder, Tommaso Jucker, Paulo R. L. Bittencourt, Nichar Gregory, David A. Coomes, Alexander Shenkin, Josie W. Phillips, Michael Boyle, Tobias Jackson, David R. Hemprich-Bennett, Radim Matula, Eleanor M. Slade, Owen T. Lewis, Joseph Williamson, Rebecca A. Senior, and Asian School of the Environment

Subjects
Ecology (disciplines), Biodiversity, Microclimate, Environmental Science (miscellaneous), species distribution modeling, logging, remote sensing, Biological sciences::Ecology [Science], Ecosystem, lcsh:Forestry, habitat loss and fragmentation, lcsh:Environmental sciences, Nature and Landscape Conservation, lcsh:GE1-350, Global and Planetary Change, Habitat fragmentation, Ecology, Logging, Microrefugia, Forestry, Tropical forest, Environmental niche modelling, Geography, ecosystem functioning, lcsh:SD1-669.5, microrefugia, Ecosystem Functioning
Abstract

Logging and habitat fragmentation impact tropical forest ecosystems in numerous ways, perhaps the most striking of which is by altering the temperature, humidity, and light environment of the forest—its microclimate. Because local-scale microclimatic conditions directly influence the physiology, demography and behavior of most species, many of the impacts of land-use intensification on the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of tropical forests have been attributed to changes in microclimate. However, the actual pathways through which altered microclimatic conditions reshape the ecology of these human-modified ecosystems remain largely unexplored. To bridge this knowledge gap, here we outline an agenda for future microclimate research in human-modified tropical ecosystems. We focus specifically on three main themes: the role of microclimate in shaping (i) species distributions, (ii) species interactions, and (iii) ecosystem functioning in tropical forests. In doing so we aim to highlight how a renewed focus on microclimate can help us not only better understand the ecology of human-modified tropical ecosystems, but also guide efforts to manage and protect them. Published version

Published
2020

6. A pantropical analysis of the impacts of forest degradation and conversion on local temperature

Author

Jane K. Hill, Pamela Gonzalez del Pliego, Laurel K Goode, Rebecca A. Senior, and David Edwards

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Biodiversity, Climate change, Rainforest, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, tropics, thermal, scale, Deforestation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Original Research, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Nature and Landscape Conservation, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Ecology, Global warming, land‐use change, temperature, Tropics, Vegetation, 15. Life on land, Old-growth forest, climate change, 13. Climate action, Environmental science
Abstract

Temperature is a core component of a species' fundamental niche. At the fine scale over which most organisms experience climate (mm to ha), temperature depends upon the amount of radiation reaching the Earth's surface, which is principally governed by vegetation. Tropical regions have undergone widespread and extreme changes to vegetation, particularly through the degradation and conversion of rainforests. As most terrestrial biodiversity is in the tropics, and many of these species possess narrow thermal limits, it is important to identify local thermal impacts of rainforest degradation and conversion. We collected pantropical, site‐level (

Published
2017

7. Islands in the desert: Environmental distribution modelling of endemic flora reveals the extent of Pleistocene tropical relict vegetation in southern Arabia

Author

Thomas Starnes, Annette Patzelt, Andrew Stokes-Rees, James S. Borrell, Jo L H Milborrow, Tim Wilkinson, Ghudaina Al Issaey, Saif Al Hatmi, Abdulrahman Al Hinai, Rebecca A. Senior, and Darach Lupton

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Asia, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Pleistocene, Climate change, Plant Science, Biology, Monsoon, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Temperate climate, Endemism, Phylogeny, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Islands, Tropical Climate, Ecology, Arabia, Original Articles, Africa, Eastern, Plants, Arid, Biodiversity hotspot, Geography, Africa, Global biodiversity
Abstract

Background and AimsSouthern Arabia is a global biodiversity hotspot with a high proportion of endemic desert-adapted plants. Here we examine evidence for a Pleistocene climate refugium in the southern Central Desert of Oman, and its role in driving biogeographical patterns of endemism.MethodsDistribution data for seven narrow-range endemic plants were collected systematically across 195 quadrats, together with incidental and historic records. Important environmental variables relevant to arid coastal areas, including night-time fog and cloud cover, were developed for the study area. Environmental niche models using presence/absence data were built and tuned for each species, and spatial overlap was examined.Key ResultsA region of the Jiddat Al Arkad reported independent high model suitability for all species. Examination of environmental data across southern Oman indicates that the Jiddat Al Arkad displays a regionally unique climate with higher intra-annual stability, due in part to the influence of the southern monsoon. Despite this, the relative importance of environmental variables was highly differentiated among species, suggesting that characteristic variables such as coastal fog are not major cross-species predictors at this scale.ConclusionsThe co-occurrence of a high number of endemic study species within a narrow monsoon-influenced region is indicative of a refugium with low climate change velocity. Combined with climate analysis, our findings provide strong evidence for a southern Arabian Pleistocene refugium in Oman’s Central Desert. We suggest that this refugium has acted as an isolated temperate and mesic island in the desert, resulting in the evolution of these narrow-range endemic flora. Based on the composition of species, this system may represent the northernmost remnant of a continuous belt of mesic vegetation formerly ranging from Africa to Asia, with close links to the flora of East Africa. This has significant implications for future conservation of endemic plants in an arid biodiversity hotspot.

Published
2019

8. Rewilding in the English uplands: policy and practice

Author

David J. Bullock, Nathalie Pettorelli, Paul Jepson, Christopher J. Sandom, Stefan Jimenez‐Wisler, Rebecca A. Senior, Adrian Ely, Adrian C. Newton, and Benedict Dempsey

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Geography, QH0075, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Ecology, Agroforestry, Biodiversity, QH0540, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Ecosystem services
Published
2019

9. Extreme thermal heterogeneity in structurally complex tropical rain forests

Author

Lydou R. Andriamahohatra, Nadiah Roslan, Torbjørn Haugaasen, Brett R. Scheffers, Patricia C. Wright, Andrew M. Rogers, David Edwards, Stewart L. Macdonald, Stephen E. Williams, and Rebecca A. Senior

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Ecology, Sampling (statistics), Rainforest, Vegetation, Thermoregulation, Atmospheric sciences, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Ectotherm, Thermal, Environmental science, Spatial variability, Quadrat, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract

Most terrestrial species on Earth are ectothermic and track temperature at small spatial scales, from sun flecks to cool shaded spots. Current assessments of thermal heterogeneity in complex environments are predominately characterized by ambient temperature. This omission of solar radiation may lead to inaccurate conclusions regarding thermoregulation and distribution of species. We use thermal cameras to gather data on temperature heterogeneity in structurally complex rain forest environments. Using thermographic photographs, we capture the multidimensionality of climate created by vegetation by collecting over 76,000 temperature samples within approximately 1 m2 quadrats. The method was tested against three standard methods that record air temperature to determine possible omissions in capturing thermal heterogeneity in four geographic locations—Colombia, Borneo, Madagascar, and Australia. Across all locations, there was greater thermal heterogeneity in surface temperature than captured from ambient temperature technologies. Spatial variability in surface temperature on 1 d was greater than temporal variability of ambient temperature across the entire month, with extreme deviation from ambient temperatures. Importantly, when compared to the lower bounds for optimal performance for five tropical Anolis species, this technology captured thermal regimes that support the thermoregulatory needs of these species, whereas ambient air temperature methods suggested that these species would be in thermal debt. Sampling surface temperature at high resolutions across space in combination with intensive sampling of ambient temperature and informed spatial modeling should improve our understanding of the distribution of ectothermic species living within thermally heterogeneous environments.

Published
2016

10. Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

Author

Lucinda Kirkpatrick, Drew W. Purves, Julie Day, Michelle L K Harrison, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, Melanie J. Edgar, Jens Kattge, Evan Weiher, Argyrios Choimes, Michael Kleyer, Tim Newbold, Luca Börger, Adriana De Palma, Rebecca A. Senior, Sandra Díaz, Morgan Garon, Victoria Kemp, Andy Purvis, Helen Phillips, Tamera I Alhusseini, Jake Simpson, Lawrence N. Hudson, Yuval Itescu, Samantha L. L. Hill, Igor Lysenko, Anat Feldman, Shai Meiri, Alexandra N Robinson, Sara Contu, Maria Novosolov, David L P Correia, Robert M. Ewers, Hannah J. White, Dominic J. Bennett, Daniel J. Ingram, Callum D. Martin, Susy Echeverría-Londoño, Sean L. Tuck, Yuan Pan, Ben Collen, Georgina M. Mace, and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Subjects
BOMBUS SPP. HYMENOPTERA, Conservation of Natural Resources, General Science & Technology, Population Dynamics, INTENSIVELY MANAGED FARMLAND, Biodiversity, SARISKA-TIGER RESERVE, VOLANT SMALL MAMMALS, NORTHEASTERN COSTA-RICA, Biology, BIRD SPECIES RICHNESS, History, 18th Century, History, 21st Century, Models, Biological, Ciencias Biológicas, MEXICAN COFFEE PLANTATIONS, History, 17th Century, BUMBLEBEE NEST DENSITY, Species Specificity, Abundance (ecology), Animals, Human Activities, Ecosystem, LAND USE, DUNG BEETLE COLEOPTERA, Science & Technology, Multidisciplinary, Ecology, Community, PLANT COMMUNITY COMPOSITION, History, 19th Century, RAIN-FOREST, History, 20th Century, Multidisciplinary Sciences, URBAN-RURAL GRADIENT, History, 16th Century, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Rarefaction (ecology), BIODIVERSITY, POST-LOGGING RECOVERY, Species richness, Conservation biology, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, Conservación de la Biodiversidad, TROPICAL FOREST, Global biodiversity
Abstract

Human activities, especially conversion and degradation of habitats, are causing global biodiversity declines. How local ecological assemblages are responding is less clear—a concern given their importance for many ecosystem functions and services. We analysed a terrestrial assemblage database of unprecedented geographic and taxonomic coverage to quantify local biodiversity responses to land use and related changes. Here we show that in the worst-affected habitats, these pressures reduce within-sample species richness by an average of 76.5%, total abundance by 39.5% and rarefaction-based richness by 40.3%. We estimate that, globally, these pressures have already slightly reduced average within-sample richness (by 13.6%), total abundance (10.7%) and rarefaction-based richness (8.1%), with changes showing marked spatial variation. Rapid further losses are predicted under a business-as-usual land-use scenario; within-sample richness is projected to fall by a further 3.4% globally by 2100, with losses concentrated in biodiverse but economically poor countries. Strong mitigation can deliver much more positive biodiversity changes (up to a 1.9% average increase) that are less strongly related to countries' socioeconomic status. Fil: Newbold, Tim. United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre; Reino Unido Fil: Hudson, Lawrence N.. Natural History Museum. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Hill, Samantha L. L.. United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre; Reino Unido Fil: Contu, Sara. Natural History Museum. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Lysenko, Igor. Imperial College London. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Diaz, Sandra Myrna. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Harrison, Michelle L. K.. Imperial College London. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Alhusseini, Tamera. Imperial College London. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Ingram, Daniel J.. Imperial College London. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Itescu, Yuval. Tel-Aviv University. Faculty of Life Sciences. Deptartment of Zoology; Israel Fil: Kattge, Jens. Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry; Alemania. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Alemania Fil: Kirkpatrick, Lucinda. Imperial College London. Department of Life Sciences,; Reino Unido Fil: Kleyer, Michael. University of Oldenburg. Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences. Landscape Ecology Group; Alemania Fil: Pinto Correia, David Laginha. Natural History Museum. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Martin, Callum D.. Imperial College London. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Meiri, Shai. Tel-Aviv University. Faculty of Life Sciences. Deptartment of Zoology; Israel Fil: Novosolov, Maria. Tel-Aviv University. Faculty of Life Sciences. Deptartment of Zoology; Israel Fil: Pan, Yuan. Imperial College London. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Phillips, Helen R. P.. Natural History Museum. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido. Imperial College London. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Purves, Drew W.. Microsoft Research Cambridge. Computational Science Laboratory, ; Reino Unido Fil: Robinson, Alexandra. Imperial College London. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Simpson, Jake. Imperial College London. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Tuck, Sean L.. University of Oxford, Department of Plant Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Weiher, Evan. University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. Biology Department; Estados Unidos Fil: White, Hannah J.. Imperial College London. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Ewers, Robert M.. Imperial College London. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido Fil: Mace, Georgina M.. University College London. Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research. Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment; Reino Unido Fil: Scharlemann, Jörn P. W.. United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre; Reino Unido Fil: Purvis, Andy. Natural History Museum. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido. Imperial College London. Department of Life Sciences; Reino Unido

Published
2015

11. Selective logging in tropical forests decreases the robustness of liana–tree interaction networks to the loss of host tree species

Author

William F. Laurance, Andrew M. Rogers, Suzan Benedick, Deddy Nurdin, David Edwards, Ainhoa Magrach, Luis Santamaría, Rebecca A. Senior, Eusko Jaurlaritza, and Australian Research Council

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Biodiversity, selective logging, Biology, Forests, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Trees, network structure, Borneo, Ecosystem, Research Articles, General Environmental Science, Tropical Climate, tree–liana networks, General Immunology and Microbiology, Agroforestry, Ecology, 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology, Logging, Malaysia, Forestry, General Medicine, wood density, Southeast Asia, Biodiversity hotspot, Liana, Disturbance (ecology), ecosystem functioning, Species richness, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Extinction debt
Abstract

Selective logging is one of the major drivers of tropical forest degradation, causing important shifts in species composition. Whether such changes modify interactions between species and the networks in which they are embedded remain fundamental questions to assess the ‘health’ and ecosystem functionality of logged forests. We focus on interactions between lianas and their tree hosts within primary and selectively logged forests in the biodiversity hotspot of Malaysian Borneo. We found that lianas were more abundant, had higher species richness, and different species compositions in logged than in primary forests. Logged forests showed heavier liana loads disparately affecting slow-growing tree species, which could exacerbate the loss of timber value and carbon storage already associated with logging. Moreover, simulation scenarios of host tree local species loss indicated that logging might decrease the robustness of liana–tree interaction networks if heavily infested trees (i.e. the most connected ones) were more likely to disappear. This effect is partially mitigated in the short term by the colonization of host trees by a greater diversity of liana species within logged forests, yet this might not compensate for the loss of preferred tree hosts in the long term. As a consequence, species interaction networks may show a lagged response to disturbance, which may trigger sudden collapses in species richness and ecosystem function in response to additional disturbances, representing a new type of ‘extinction debt’., A.M. was funded by a Basque Government postdoctoral fellowship and an ETH postdoctoral fellowship. Field research support was provided by an ARC Laureate awarded to W.F.L.

Published
2016

12. 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. 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, Environmental Sciences, Biosciences, Spatial Foodweb Ecology Group, Lawrence N., Hudson, Tim, Newbold, Sara, Contu, Samantha L. L., Hill, Igor, Lysenko, Adriana De, Palma, Helen R. P., Phillip, Rebecca A., Senior, Dominic J., Bennett, Hollie, Booth, Argyrios, Choime, David L. P., Correia, Julie, Day, Susy Echeverrıa, London, Morgan, Garon, Michelle L. 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. J. P., Marshall, Eliana, Martınez, Margaret M., Mayfield, Grzegorz, Mikusinski, Jeffrey C., Milder, James R., Miller, Carolina L., Morale, Mary N., Muchane, Muchai, Muchane, Robin, Naidoo, Akihiro, Nakamura, Shoji, Naoe, Guiomar Nates, Parra, Dario A., Navarrete Gutierrez, Eike L., Neuschulz, Norbertas, Noreika, Olivia, Norfolk, Jorge Ari, Noriega, Nicole M., Neoske, Niall, O’Dea, William, Oduro, Caleb Ofori, Boateng, Chris O., Oke, Lynne M., Osgathorpe, Juan, Paritsi, Alejandro Parra, H, Nicolas, Pelegrin, Carlos A., Pere, Anna S., Persson, Theodora, Petanidou, Ben, Phalan, T., Keith Philip, Katja, Poveda, Eileen F., Power, Steven J., Presley, Vania, Proenca, Marino, Quaranta, Carolina, Quintero, Nicola A., Redpath Downing, J., Leighton Reid, Yana T., Rei, Danilo B., Ribeiro, Barbara A., Richardson, Michael J., Richardson, Carolina A., Roble, Jeorg, Reombke, Luz Piedad Romero, Duque, Loreta, Rosselli, Stephen J., Rossiter, T’ai H., Roulston, Laurent, Rousseau, Jonathan P., Sadler, Szabolcs, Safian, Romeo A., Saldana Vazquez, Ulrika, Samnegard, Christof, Scheuepp, Oliver, Schweiger, Jodi L., Sedlock, Ghazala, Shahabuddin, Douglas, Sheil, Fernando A. B., Silva, Eleanor M., Slade, Allan H., Smith Pardo, Navjot S., Sodhi, Eduardo J., Somarriba, Ramon A., Sosa, Jane C., Stout, Matthew J., Struebig, Yik Hei, Sung, Caragh G., Threlfall, Rebecca, Tonietto, Bela, Tothmeresz, Teja, Tscharntke, Edgar C., Turner, Jason M., Tylianaki, Adam J., Vanbergen, Kiril, Vassilev, Hans A. F., Verboven, Carlos H., Vergara, Pablo M., Vergara, Jort, Verhulst, Tony R., Walker, Yanping, Wang, James I., Watling, Konstans, Well, Christopher D., William, Michael R., Willig, John C. Z., Woinarski, Jan H. D., Wolf, Ben A., Woodcock, Douglas W., Yu, Andrey S., Zaitsev, Ben, Collen, Rob M., Ewer, Georgina M., Mace, Drew W., Purve, Jeorn P. W., Scharlemann, Andy, Purvis, Pan, Yuan [0000-0003-2729-6377], Littlewood, Nick [0000-0002-6672-0639], Phalan, Benjamin [0000-0001-7876-7226], Turner, Edgar [0000-0003-2715-2234], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
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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