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1. Understanding the Motivations for Water Reuse in a Developing Economy: The Case of Ghana

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Akon-Yamga, Gordon, Quaye, Wilhemina, Essegbey, George O., Ansa, Ebenezer D. O., Oduro, William, di Prisco, Marco, Series Editor, Chen, Sheng-Hong, Series Editor, Vayas, Ioannis, Series Editor, Kumar Shukla, Sanjay, Series Editor, Sharma, Anuj, Series Editor, Kumar, Nagesh, Series Editor, Wang, Chien Ming, Series Editor, Cui, Zhen-Dong, Series Editor, Lu, Xinzheng, Series Editor, Mannina, Giorgio, editor, Cosenza, Alida, editor, and Mineo, Antonio, editor

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2024
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6. An Assessment of Resource Availability for Problem Based Learning in a Ghanaian University Setting

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Okyere, Gabriel Asare, Tawiah, Richard, Lamptey, Richard Bruce, Oduro, William, and Thompson, Michael

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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the differences pertaining to the resources presently accessible for problem-based learning (PBL) among six colleges of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach: Data for the study are the cross-sectional type drawn from 1,020 students. Poisson and zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) models were implemented on the data to ascertain the variations regarding the extent of resources available for PBL across the colleges of the university. Findings: The study outlines the specific resources accessible for PBL across college levels of KNUST. On aggregate, 25.7 per cent reported that their respective colleges have sufficient resources, while 74.3 per cent indicated otherwise. The ZIP model exhibited superiority over the Poisson model, when compared under a Vuong test. As per the ZIP model, none of the colleges appeared to differ significantly in terms of having sufficient resource for PBL. Practical implications: Findings are applicable to informed decision-making which targets achieving quality education through the use of PBL. Access to sufficient resources that meet the needs of colleges or departments of a University is emphasized. Originality/value: The application of Poisson and ZIP models to aggregated count data in a PBL setting is novel.

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2017
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11. Problem Based Learning Resources and Exposure in higher Education: Evidence from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi--Ghana

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Lamptey, Richard Bruce, Okyere, Gaberial, Tawiah, Richard, and Oduro, William

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Public universities and colleges -- Buildings and facilities, Media centers (Education) -- Usage, Learning strategies -- Surveys -- Usage, Instructional materials -- Usage -- Surveys, Library and information science
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The limited literature on problem based learning (PBL) in the context of Ghana instigates the doubt as to whether universities in the country apply this educational strategy. To clear this doubt, the present study is conducted to outline the experiences and review the resources that are inclined to the environments of PBL, using survey data from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Survey participants were educational managers, teachers and students of the university. In the results, the researchers identified experiences among teachers and students that agree with the principles of PBL. The participants largely admitted that the university has insufficient support for PBL in terms of human and infrastructural resources. Content expert teachers constitute the only human resource, yet they lack the requisite training for facilitating PBL. Considerably more attention is needed regarding infrastructure, training on the science of facilitation and platforms for industrial and other real-life situational exposure. Keywords: experience, education, facilitator, problem based learning, resource, library, university, Introduction Driven by integrating school learning with real-life situations, problem based learning (PBL) is recognized as an approach to instructional delivery in education. According to Wilkerson and Gijselaers, (1996), this [...]

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2019

14. EMI-BF4 electrolyte and Al2O3/PVDF-HFP modified PE separator for high capacitance retention and cycle stability in supercapacitors.

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Mohammed, Latifatu, Boating, Bismark, Mwemezi, Manasi, Hamenu, Louis, Madzvamuse, Alfred, Nyarko, Alex, Mohammed, Mutala, Oduro, William, Agyenim, Francis Boateng, Lee, Yong Min, and Ko, Jang Myoun

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Polyolefin separators are inherently hydrophobic and thermally unstable, contributing to poor cycle performance and high thermal shrinkage, respectively, which can shorten cycle life. Herein, a high-performance supercapacitor based on a composite separator made from nano-Al2O3/PVDF-coated on polyethylene (PE) polyolefin substrate was prepared using a low-cost casting (stir-dip-coat-dry) technique and an electrolyte containing 1M EMI-BF4 salt in EC : EMC:DMC (1 : 1 : 2 vol%) is reported. The results show that integration of nano-Al2O3 in the PVDF matrix contributes to a large interactive surface area that attenuates interfacial energy at the separator-electrolyte boundary and improves porosity as well as the overall performance. The filler also enhances high mechanical anchoring onto the PE substrate, contributing to the overall physical and electrochemical properties of the separator. These modified PE separators with porous microstructure demonstrate superior electrolyte wettability (88%), stable electrochemical performance, and high cycle stability superior to analogous cells with commercial separators. The pair of coated modified separators with the 1M EMI-BF4 modified electrolyte registered a high ionic conductivity value of 2.23mS/cm. This facile technique is scalable for separator-electrolyte design and is attractive for low-cost supercapacitor manufacturing which is safe and fast charging. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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16. Review of E-Learning Environment at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

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Tawiah, Richard, Bruce Lamptey, Richard, Okyere, Gabriel Asare, Oduro, William, Thompson, Michael Oko, Tawiah, Richard, Bruce Lamptey, Richard, Okyere, Gabriel Asare, Oduro, William, and Thompson, Michael Oko

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This study explores the policies for e-learning and examines the awareness of teaching practices that incorporates e-learning among educational managers, librarians, teachers, IT experts and students of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana. The study is based on a survey data extracted from the KNUST-based BSU Project. The results revealed that 84.1% of the educational managers and 87.1% of the teaching participants claimed the university has no policy for introducing e-learning, while 63.6% of the IT experts reported otherwise. The participants outlined a few teaching practices that involves e-learning, some of which are frequently and others rarely utilized by teachers and IT experts. Awareness of these practices was extremely high in the IT experts, teachers and student participants but low in the educational managers. The findings of this study draw attention to the strengths, weaknesses and gaps in the e-learning environment of the university.

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2019

17. Problem Based Learning Resources and Exposure in higher Education: Evidence from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi - Ghana.

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Bruce Lamptey, Richard, Okyere, Gaberial, Tawiah, Richard, Oduro, William, Bruce Lamptey, Richard, Okyere, Gaberial, Tawiah, Richard, and Oduro, William

Abstract

The limited literature on problem based learning (PBL) in the context of Ghana instigates the doubt as to whether universities in the country apply this educational strategy. To clear this doubt, the present study is conducted to outline the experiences and review the resources that are inclined to the environments of PBL, using survey data from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Survey participants were educational managers, teachers and students of the university. In our results, we identified experiences among teachers and students that agree with the principles of PBL. The participants largely admitted that the university has insufficient support for PBL in terms of human and infrastructural resources. Content expert teachers constitute the only human resource, yet they lack the requisite training for facilitating PBL. Considerably more attention is needed regarding infrastructure, training on the science of facilitation and platforms for industrial and other real-life situational exposure.

Published
2019

18. Toward sustainable land resources management with agroforestry: empirical evidence from the Sunyani west district of Ghana

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Ashiagbor, George, primary, Oduro, William, additional, Gyiele, Lucy, additional, Siaw, Daniel, additional, Barnes, Victor Rex, additional, Agbenyega, Olivia, additional, Twum-Ampofo, Kwame, additional, Partey, Samuel, additional, Thevathasan, Naresh, additional, Gordon, Andrew, additional, Gray, Rick, additional, and Odame, Helen Hambly, additional

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2019
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21. 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, 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, Echeverria-Londono, 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, Belen, Alcala, E. L., del Mar Alguacil, Maria, Alignier, Audrey, Ancrenaz, Marc, Andersen, Alan N., Arbelaez-Cortes, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Arroyo-Rodriguez, Victor, Aumann, Tom, Axmacher, Jan C., Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrian B., Baeten, Lander, Bakayoko, Adama, Baldi, Andras, Banks, John E., Baral, Sharad K., Barlow, Jos, Barratt, Barbara I. P., Barrico, Lurdes, Bartolommei, Paola, Barton, Diane M., Basset, Yves, Batary, Peter, Bates, Adam J., Baur, Bruno, Bayne, Erin M., Beja, Pedro, Benedick, Suzan, Berg, Ake, Bernard, Henry, Berry, Nicholas J., Bhatt, Dinesh, Bicknell, Jake E., Bihn, Jochen H., Blake, Robin J., Bobo, Kadiri S., Bocon, Roberto, Boekhout, Teun, Bohning-Gaese, Katrin, Bonham, Kevin J., Borges, Paulo A. V., Borges, Sergio H., Boutin, Celine, Bouyer, Jeremy, Bragagnolo, Cibele, Brandt, Jodi S., Brearley, Francis Q., Brito, Isabel, Bros, Vicenc, Brunet, Jorg, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, Buddle, Christopher M., Bugter, Rob, Buscardo, Erika, Buse, Joern, Cabra-Garcia, Jimmy, Caceres, Nilton C., Cagle, Nicolette L., Calvino-Cancela, Maria, Cameron, Sydney A., Cancello, Eliana M., Caparros, Rut, Cardoso, Pedro, Carpenter, Dan, Carrijo, Tiago F., Carvalho, Anelena L., Cassano, Camila R., Castro, Helena, Castro-Luna, Alejandro A., Cerda, Rolando 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-Lopez, Leopoldo, Cunningham, Saul A., D'Aniello, Biagio, D'Cruze, Neil, da Silva, Pedro Giovani, 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, Diekoetter, Tim, Dolia, Jignasu V., Dominguez, Erwin, Dominguez-Haydar, Yamileth, Dorn, Silvia, Draper, Isabel, Dreber, Niels, Dumont, Bertrand, Dures, Simon G., Dynesius, Mats, Edenius, Lars, Eggleton, Paul, Eigenbrod, Felix, Elek, Zoltan, 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., Firincioglu, Huseyin K., Flaspohler, David, Floren, Andreas, Fonte, Steven J., Fournier, Anne, Fowler, Robert E., Franzen, Markus, Fraser, Lauchlan H., Fredriksson, Gabriella M., Freire-, Geraldo B., Jr., Frizzo, Tiago L. M., Fukuda, Daisuke, Furlani, Dario, Gaigher, Rene, Ganzhorn, Joerg U., Garcia, 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 G. L., Gould, Rachelle K., Goulson, Dave, Gove, Aaron D., Granjon, Laurent, Grass, Ingo, Gray, Claudia L., Grogan, James, Gu, Weibin, Guardiola, Moises, Gunawardene, Nihara R., Gutierrez, Alvaro G., Gutierrez-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., Hebert, Christian, Helden, Alvin J., Henden, John-Andre, Henschel, Philipp, Hernandez, Lionel, Herrera, James P., Herrmann, Farina, Herzog, Felix, Higuera-Diaz, Diego, Hilje, Branko, Hofer, Hubert, Hoffmann, Anke, Horgan, Finbarr G., Hornung, Elisabeth, Horvath, Roland, Hylander, Kristoffer, Isaacs-Cubides, Paola, Ishida, Hiroaki, Ishitani, Masahiro, Jacobs, Carmen T., Jaramillo, Victor J., Jauker, Birgit, Jimenez Hernandez, F., 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, Koroesi, Adam, 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 Feon, Violette, LeBuhn, Gretchen, Legare, Jean-Philippe, Lehouck, Valerie, Lencinas, Maria V., Lentini, Pia E., Letcher, Susan G., Li, Qi, Litchwark, Simon A., Littlewood, Nick A., Liu, Yunhui, Lo-Man-Hung, Nancy, Lopez-Quintero, Carlos A., Louhaichi, Mounir, Lovei, 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, Maren, Inger E., Marin-Spiotta, Erika, Marsh, Charles J., Marshall, E. J. P., Martinez, Eliana, Pastur, Guillermo Martinez, Mateos, David Moreno, 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, Muonz-Alonso, Antonio, Munyekenye, B. F., Naidoo, Robin, Naithani, A., Nakagawa, Michiko, Nakamura, Akihiro, Nakashima, Yoshihiro, Naoe, Shoji, Nates-Parra, Guiomar, Gutierrez, Dario A. Navarrete, 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., Noeske, 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., Eduardo Otavo, Samuel, Page, Navendu V., Paritsis, Juan, Parra-H, Alejandro, Parry, Luke, Pe'er, Guy, Pearman, Peter B., Pelegrin, Nicolas, Pelissier, Raphael, 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, A. J., Poggio, Santiago L., Politi, Natalia, Pons, Pere, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F., Presley, Steven J., Proenca, Vania, Quaranta, Marino, Quintero, Carolina, Rader, Romina, Ramesh, B. R., Ramirez-Pinilla, Martha P., Ranganathan, Jai, Rasmussen, Claus, Redpath-Downing, Nicola A., Reid, J. Leighton, Reis, Yana T., Rey Benayas, Jose M., Carlos Rey-Velasco, Juan, Reynolds, Chevonne, Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini, Richards, Miriam H., Richardson, Barbara A., Richardson, Michael J., Macip Rios, Rodrigo, Robinson, Richard, Robles, Carolina A., Roembke, Joerg, Romero-Duque, Luz Piedad, Ros, Matthias, Rosselli, Loreta, Rossiter, Stephen J., Roth, Dana S., Roulston, T'ai H., Rousseau, Laurent, Rubio, Andre V., Ruel, Jean-Claude, Sadler, Jonathan P., Safian, Szabolcs, Saldana-Vazquez, Romeo A., Sam, Katerina, Samnegard, Ulrika, Santana, Joana, Santos, Xavier, Savage, Jade, Schellhorn, Nancy A., Schilthuizen, Menno, Schmiedel, Ute, Schmitt, Christine B., Schon, Nicole L., Schuepp, 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 A. B., Simonetti, Javier A., Slade, Eleanor M., Smith, Jo, Smith-Pardo, Allan H., Sodhi, Navjot S., Somarriba, Eduardo J., Sosa, Ramon 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, Tothmeresz, Bela, 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 A. F., Verdasca, Maria Joao, Verdu, Jose R., Vergara, Carlos H., Vergara, Pablo M., Verhulst, Jort, Virgilio, Massimiliano, Van Vu, Lien, 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 C. Z., Wolf, Jan H. D., Wolters, Volkmar, Woodcock, Ben A., Wu, Jihua, Wunderle, Joseph M., Jr., 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, Joern P. W., Purvis, Andy, 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, Echeverria-Londono, 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, Belen, Alcala, E. L., del Mar Alguacil, Maria, Alignier, Audrey, Ancrenaz, Marc, Andersen, Alan N., Arbelaez-Cortes, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Arroyo-Rodriguez, Victor, Aumann, Tom, Axmacher, Jan C., Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrian B., Baeten, Lander, Bakayoko, Adama, Baldi, Andras, Banks, John E., Baral, Sharad K., Barlow, Jos, Barratt, Barbara I. P., Barrico, Lurdes, Bartolommei, Paola, Barton, Diane M., Basset, Yves, Batary, Peter, Bates, Adam J., Baur, Bruno, Bayne, Erin M., Beja, Pedro, Benedick, Suzan, Berg, Ake, Bernard, Henry, Berry, Nicholas J., Bhatt, Dinesh, Bicknell, Jake E., Bihn, Jochen H., Blake, Robin J., Bobo, Kadiri S., Bocon, Roberto, Boekhout, Teun, Bohning-Gaese, Katrin, Bonham, Kevin J., Borges, Paulo A. V., Borges, Sergio H., Boutin, Celine, Bouyer, Jeremy, Bragagnolo, Cibele, Brandt, Jodi S., Brearley, Francis Q., Brito, Isabel, Bros, Vicenc, Brunet, Jorg, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, Buddle, Christopher M., Bugter, Rob, Buscardo, Erika, Buse, Joern, Cabra-Garcia, Jimmy, Caceres, Nilton C., Cagle, Nicolette L., Calvino-Cancela, Maria, Cameron, Sydney A., Cancello, Eliana M., Caparros, Rut, Cardoso, Pedro, Carpenter, Dan, Carrijo, Tiago F., Carvalho, Anelena L., Cassano, Camila R., Castro, Helena, Castro-Luna, Alejandro A., Cerda, Rolando 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-Lopez, Leopoldo, Cunningham, Saul A., D'Aniello, Biagio, D'Cruze, Neil, da Silva, Pedro Giovani, 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, Diekoetter, Tim, Dolia, Jignasu V., Dominguez, Erwin, Dominguez-Haydar, Yamileth, Dorn, Silvia, Draper, Isabel, Dreber, Niels, Dumont, Bertrand, Dures, Simon G., Dynesius, Mats, Edenius, Lars, Eggleton, Paul, Eigenbrod, Felix, Elek, Zoltan, 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., Firincioglu, Huseyin K., Flaspohler, David, Floren, Andreas, Fonte, Steven J., Fournier, Anne, Fowler, Robert E., Franzen, Markus, Fraser, Lauchlan H., Fredriksson, Gabriella M., Freire-, Geraldo B., Jr., Frizzo, Tiago L. M., Fukuda, Daisuke, Furlani, Dario, Gaigher, Rene, Ganzhorn, Joerg U., Garcia, 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 G. L., Gould, Rachelle K., Goulson, Dave, Gove, Aaron D., Granjon, Laurent, Grass, Ingo, Gray, Claudia L., Grogan, James, Gu, Weibin, Guardiola, Moises, Gunawardene, Nihara R., Gutierrez, Alvaro G., Gutierrez-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., Hebert, Christian, Helden, Alvin J., Henden, John-Andre, Henschel, Philipp, Hernandez, Lionel, Herrera, James P., Herrmann, Farina, Herzog, Felix, Higuera-Diaz, Diego, Hilje, Branko, Hofer, Hubert, Hoffmann, Anke, Horgan, Finbarr G., Hornung, Elisabeth, Horvath, Roland, Hylander, Kristoffer, Isaacs-Cubides, Paola, Ishida, Hiroaki, Ishitani, Masahiro, Jacobs, Carmen T., Jaramillo, Victor J., Jauker, Birgit, Jimenez Hernandez, F., 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, Koroesi, Adam, 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 Feon, Violette, LeBuhn, Gretchen, Legare, Jean-Philippe, Lehouck, Valerie, Lencinas, Maria V., Lentini, Pia E., Letcher, Susan G., Li, Qi, Litchwark, Simon A., Littlewood, Nick A., Liu, Yunhui, Lo-Man-Hung, Nancy, Lopez-Quintero, Carlos A., Louhaichi, Mounir, Lovei, 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, Maren, Inger E., Marin-Spiotta, Erika, Marsh, Charles J., Marshall, E. J. P., Martinez, Eliana, Pastur, Guillermo Martinez, Mateos, David Moreno, 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, Muonz-Alonso, Antonio, Munyekenye, B. F., Naidoo, Robin, Naithani, A., Nakagawa, Michiko, Nakamura, Akihiro, Nakashima, Yoshihiro, Naoe, Shoji, Nates-Parra, Guiomar, Gutierrez, Dario A. Navarrete, 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., Noeske, 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., Eduardo Otavo, Samuel, Page, Navendu V., Paritsis, Juan, Parra-H, Alejandro, Parry, Luke, Pe'er, Guy, Pearman, Peter B., Pelegrin, Nicolas, Pelissier, Raphael, 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, A. J., Poggio, Santiago L., Politi, Natalia, Pons, Pere, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F., Presley, Steven J., Proenca, Vania, Quaranta, Marino, Quintero, Carolina, Rader, Romina, Ramesh, B. R., Ramirez-Pinilla, Martha P., Ranganathan, Jai, Rasmussen, Claus, Redpath-Downing, Nicola A., Reid, J. Leighton, Reis, Yana T., Rey Benayas, Jose M., Carlos Rey-Velasco, Juan, Reynolds, Chevonne, Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini, Richards, Miriam H., Richardson, Barbara A., Richardson, Michael J., Macip Rios, Rodrigo, Robinson, Richard, Robles, Carolina A., Roembke, Joerg, Romero-Duque, Luz Piedad, Ros, Matthias, Rosselli, Loreta, Rossiter, Stephen J., Roth, Dana S., Roulston, T'ai H., Rousseau, Laurent, Rubio, Andre V., Ruel, Jean-Claude, Sadler, Jonathan P., Safian, Szabolcs, Saldana-Vazquez, Romeo A., Sam, Katerina, Samnegard, Ulrika, Santana, Joana, Santos, Xavier, Savage, Jade, Schellhorn, Nancy A., Schilthuizen, Menno, Schmiedel, Ute, Schmitt, Christine B., Schon, Nicole L., Schuepp, 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 A. B., Simonetti, Javier A., Slade, Eleanor M., Smith, Jo, Smith-Pardo, Allan H., Sodhi, Navjot S., Somarriba, Eduardo J., Sosa, Ramon 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, Tothmeresz, Bela, 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 A. F., Verdasca, Maria Joao, Verdu, Jose R., Vergara, Carlos H., Vergara, Pablo M., Verhulst, Jort, Virgilio, Massimiliano, Van Vu, Lien, 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 C. Z., Wolf, Jan H. D., Wolters, Volkmar, Woodcock, Ben A., Wu, Jihua, Wunderle, Joseph M., Jr., 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, Joern P. W., and Purvis, Andy

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.

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2017
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22. 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

23. 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, 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, Floren, Andreas, Fonte, Steven J, Fournier, Anne, Fowler, Robert E, Franzén, Markus, Fraser, Lauchlan H, Fredriksson, Gabriella M, Freire, Geraldo B, Frizzo, Tiago L M, 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 G L, 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, E J P, 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, B F, 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, A J, Poggio, Santiago L, Politi, Natalia, Pons, Pere, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F, Presley, Steven J, Proença, Vânia, Quaranta, Marino, Quintero, Carolina, Rader, Romina, Ramesh, B R, 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 A B, 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 A F, 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 C Z, Wolf, Jan H D, 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 P W, Purvis, Andy, 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, Floren, Andreas, Fonte, Steven J, Fournier, Anne, Fowler, Robert E, Franzén, Markus, Fraser, Lauchlan H, Fredriksson, Gabriella M, Freire, Geraldo B, Frizzo, Tiago L M, 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 G L, 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, E J P, 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, B F, 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, A J, Poggio, Santiago L, Politi, Natalia, Pons, Pere, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F, Presley, Steven J, Proença, Vânia, Quaranta, Marino, Quintero, Carolina, Rader, Romina, Ramesh, B R, 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 A B, 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, 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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

24. The Forest Fire Problem of Degrading Tain II Forest Reserve in Ghana: Rethinking Community Participation in Fire Management and Sustainable Forestry

Author

Kosoe, Enock Akwasi, Adjei, Prince Osei-Wusu, and Oduro, William

Subjects
Community forestry, fire management, local participation, forest degradation, Tain II Forest Reserve, Ghana
Abstract

Until 1983, uncontrolled wildfires were relatively uncommon especially in the forest zones of Ghana. However, the period following the 1980s has seen a significant rise in wildfires, with devastating effects on forest resources and sustainable agricultural livelihoods. Thus, the rise in wildfire incidence in Ghana since 1983 raises questions about the effectiveness of fire management strategies adopted over time. In this study, we compare the effectiveness of indigenous fire management systems before 1983 and conventional fire management systems introduced after the 1983 fires in fringed communities around the Tain II forest reserve. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques were used to collect data from five communities. A total sample of 438 respondents comprising household heads and fire volunteer squads were interviewed. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Respondents were of the view that despite the current challenges associated with their use, indigenous fire management systems could be more effective in curbing wildfires than the conventional fire management systems currently being employed. It is concluded that the success or failure of wildfire management in forest-fringed zones of Ghana depends on the degree of participation of local communities and institutions and the adequacy of support given to local fire volunteer squads.Keywords: Community forestry; fire management; local participation; forest degradation; Tain II Forest Reserve; Ghana

Published
2016

25. 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. 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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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26. 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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27. Relative contribution of neutral and deterministic processes in shaping fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages in Afrotropical forests.

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Aduse‐Poku, Kwaku, Molleman, Freerk, Oduro, William, Oppong, Samuel K., Lohman, David J., and Etienne, Rampal S.

Subjects
BUTTERFLY behavior, BIOLOGICAL evolution, PLANT populations, BIODIVERSITY, HABITATS
Abstract

The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography has gained the status of a quantitative null model for explaining patterns in ecological (meta)communities. The theory assumes that individuals of trophically similar species are functionally equivalent. We empirically evaluate the relative contribution of neutral and deterministic processes in shaping fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages in three tropical forests in Africa, using both direct (confronting the neutral model with species abundance data) and indirect approaches (testing the predictions of neutral theory using data other than species abundance distributions). Abundance data were obtained by sampling butterflies using banana baited traps set at the forest canopy and understorey strata. Our results indicate a clear consistency in the kind of species or species groups observed at either the canopy or understorey in the three studied communities. Furthermore, we found significant correlation between some flight-related morphological traits and species abundance at the forest canopy, but not at the understorey. Neutral theory's contribution to explaining our data lies largely in identifying dispersal limitation as a key process regulating fruit-feeding butterfly community structure. Our study illustrates that using species abundance data alone in evaluating neutral theory can be informative, but is insufficient. Species-level information such as habitat preference, host plants, geographical distribution, and phylogeny is essential in elucidating the processes that regulate biodiversity community structures and patterns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2018
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29. Changes in Beliefs and Perceptions about the Natural Environment in the Forest-Savanna Transitional Zone of Ghana: The Influence of Religion

Author

Sarfo-Mensah, Paul and Oduro, William

Subjects
Sustainability, Sacred Groves, Forest-Savanna Transition, International Development, Traditional, Islam, Christianity, Tumi
Abstract

The potential of traditional natural resources management for biodiversity conservation and the improvement of sustainable rural livelihoods is no longer in doubt. In sub-Saharan Africa, extensive habitat destruction, degradation, and severe depletion of wildlife, which have seriously reduced biodiversity and undermined the livelihoods of many people in rural communities, have been attributed mainly to the erosion of traditional strategies for natural resources management. In Ghana, recent studies point to an increasing disregard for traditional rules and regulations, beliefs and practices that are associated with natural resources management. Traditional natural resources management in many typically indigenous communities in Ghana derives from changes in the perceptions and attitudes of local people towards tumi, the traditional belief in super natural power suffused in nature by Onyame, the Supreme Creator Deity. However, this is closely entwined with ecological, demographic and economic factors. Whilst these factors have driven the need to over-exploit natural resources, a situation which threatens the sustainability of community forests including sacred groves, religion has been used to justify such actions. This paper explores changes in tumi and the sustainability of sacred groves in the forest-savanna transitional zone in Ghana. It would confirm that changes in traditional animist beliefs, such as tumi, which informs the worldview of local people and underlies traditional natural resources management, is mainly due to the advances made by Christianity and Islam.

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2010
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30. Traditional Representations of the Natural Environment and Biodiversity Conservation: Sacred Groves in Ghana

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Sarfo-Mensah, Paul, Oduro, William, Antoh Fredua, Ernestina, and Amisah, Stephen

Subjects
Degradation, Cultural Artefact, Communal Resource, Sustainability and Biodiversity, Sacred Grove, Institutional and Behavioral Economics
Abstract

Local cosmologies and traditional perceptions of the natural environment, especially forests, have been a major influence in the management of the natural resources and biodiversity amongst rural communities in the transitional zone of Ghana. Sacred groves, which are typical outputs of traditional conservation practices, derive from indigenous religious beliefs and perceptions of forest. Sacred groves are believed to be the abode of local gods, ancestral spirits and other super natural beings. These beliefs and perceptions have in the past strongly supported the conservation of biodiversity. However, changes in local cosmologies threaten the protection of rare species, habitats and ecological processes. Data from the study confirm evidence from several studies in Ghana and elsewhere in West Africa that the tremendous ecological, social, institutional, religious and economic changes in communities that have protected sacred groves threaten the survival of these cultural artefacts. The paper demonstrates that in contemporary natural resources management, the sacred grove model may still be used as a means of restoring and protecting landscapes in indigenous communities. Even in communities where population explosion and economic pressures have reached thresholds that undermine the natural landscape, the model may still be useful to keep pockets of forests within the landscape.

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2010
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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 A., Ancrenaz, Marc, Arbelaez-Cortes, Enrique, Armbrecht, Inge, Azhar, Badrul, Azpiroz, Adrian B., Baeten, Lander, Baldi, Andras, Banks, John E., Barlow, Jos, Batary, Peter, Bates, Adam J., Bayne, Erin M., Beja, Pedro, Berg, Ake, Berry, Nicholas J., Bicknell, Jake E., Bihn, Jochen H., Boehning-Gaese, Katrin, Boekhout, Teun, Boutin, Celine, Bouyer, Jeremy, Brearley, Francis Q., Brito, Isabel, Brunet, Joerg, 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, Diekoetter, 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 F., Filgueiras, Bruno K. C., Fonte, Steven J., Fraser, Lauchlan H., Fukuda, Daisuke, Furlani, Dario, Ganzhorn, Joerg 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., Hebert, Christian, Helden, Alvin J., Henden, John-Andre, Hernandez, Lionel, Herzog, Felix, Higuera-Diaz, Diego, Hilje, Branko, Horgan, Finbarr G., Horvath, Roland, Hylander, Kristoffer, Isaacs-Cubides, Paola, Ishitani, Masahiro, Jacobs, Carmen T., Jaramillo, Victor J., Jauker, Birgit, Jonsell, Mats, Jung, Thomas S., Kapoor, Vena, Kati, Vassiliki, Katovai, Eric, Kessler, Michael, Knop, Eva, Kolb, Annette, Koroesi, Adam, Lachat, Thibault, Lantschner, Victoria, Le Feon, Violette, LeBuhn, Gretchen, Legare, Jean-Philippe, Letcher, Susan G., Littlewood, Nick A., Lopez-Quintero, Carlos A., Louhaichi, Mounir, Loevei, Gabor L., Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban, Luja, Victor H., Maeto, Kaoru, Magura, Tibor, Mallari, Neil Aldrin, Marin-Spiotta, Erika, Marshall, E. J. P., Martinez, 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, Noeske, Nicole M., O'Dea, Niall, Oduro, William, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Oke, Chris O., Osgathorpe, Lynne M., Paritsis, Juan, Parra-H, Alejandro, Pelegrin, Nicolas, Peres, Carlos A., Persson, Anna S., Petanidou, Theodora, Phalan, Ben, Philips, T. Keith, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F., Presley, Steven J., Proenca, Vania, 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., Roembke, Joerg, Romero-Duque, Luz Piedad, Rosselli, Loreta, Rossiter, Stephen J., Roulston, T'ai H., Rousseau, Laurent, Sadler, Jonathan P., Safian, Szabolcs, Saldana-Vazquez, Romeo A., Samnegard, Ulrika, Schueepp, 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, Ramon A., Stout, Jane C., Struebig, Matthew J., Sung, Yik-Hei, Threlfall, Caragh G., Tonietto, Rebecca, Tothmeresz, Bela, 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., Zaitsev, Andrey S., Collen, Ben, Ewers, Rob M., Mace, Georgina M., Purves, Drew W., Scharlemann, Joern P. W., Purvis, Andy, 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, Baldi, Andras, Banks, John E., Barlow, Jos, Batary, Peter, Bates, Adam J., Bayne, Erin M., Beja, Pedro, Berg, Ake, Berry, Nicholas J., Bicknell, Jake E., Bihn, Jochen H., Boehning-Gaese, Katrin, Boekhout, Teun, Boutin, Celine, Bouyer, Jeremy, Brearley, Francis Q., Brito, Isabel, Brunet, Joerg, 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, Diekoetter, 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 F., Filgueiras, Bruno K. C., Fonte, Steven J., Fraser, Lauchlan H., Fukuda, Daisuke, Furlani, Dario, Ganzhorn, Joerg 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., Hebert, Christian, Helden, Alvin J., Henden, John-Andre, Hernandez, Lionel, Herzog, Felix, Higuera-Diaz, Diego, Hilje, Branko, Horgan, Finbarr G., Horvath, Roland, Hylander, Kristoffer, Isaacs-Cubides, Paola, Ishitani, Masahiro, Jacobs, Carmen T., Jaramillo, Victor J., Jauker, Birgit, Jonsell, Mats, Jung, Thomas S., Kapoor, Vena, Kati, Vassiliki, Katovai, Eric, Kessler, Michael, Knop, Eva, Kolb, Annette, Koroesi, Adam, Lachat, Thibault, Lantschner, Victoria, Le Feon, Violette, LeBuhn, Gretchen, Legare, Jean-Philippe, Letcher, Susan G., Littlewood, Nick A., Lopez-Quintero, Carlos A., Louhaichi, Mounir, Loevei, Gabor L., Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban, Luja, Victor H., Maeto, Kaoru, Magura, Tibor, Mallari, Neil Aldrin, Marin-Spiotta, Erika, Marshall, E. J. P., Martinez, 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, Noeske, Nicole M., O'Dea, Niall, Oduro, William, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Oke, Chris O., Osgathorpe, Lynne M., Paritsis, Juan, Parra-H, Alejandro, Pelegrin, Nicolas, Peres, Carlos A., Persson, Anna S., Petanidou, Theodora, Phalan, Ben, Philips, T. Keith, Poveda, Katja, Power, Eileen F., Presley, Steven J., Proenca, Vania, 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., Roembke, Joerg, Romero-Duque, Luz Piedad, Rosselli, Loreta, Rossiter, Stephen J., Roulston, T'ai H., Rousseau, Laurent, Sadler, Jonathan P., Safian, Szabolcs, Saldana-Vazquez, Romeo A., Samnegard, Ulrika, Schueepp, 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, Ramon A., Stout, Jane C., Struebig, Matthew J., Sung, Yik-Hei, Threlfall, Caragh G., Tonietto, Rebecca, Tothmeresz, Bela, 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., Zaitsev, Andrey S., Collen, Ben, Ewers, Rob M., Mace, Georgina M., Purves, Drew W., Scharlemann, Joern P. W., and Purvis, 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 - ). 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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32. The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

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, Senior, Rebecca A., additional, Bennett, Dominic J., additional, Booth, Hollie, additional, Choimes, Argyrios, additional, Correia, David L. P., additional, Day, Julie, additional, Echeverría‐Londoño, Susy, 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, White, Hannah J., additional, Aben, Job, additional, Abrahamczyk, Stefan, additional, Adum, Gilbert B., additional, Aguilar‐Barquero, Virginia, additional, Aizen, Marcelo A., additional, Ancrenaz, Marc, additional, Arbeláez‐Cortés, Enrique, additional, Armbrecht, Inge, additional, Azhar, Badrul, additional, Azpiroz, Adrián B., additional, Baeten, Lander, additional, Báldi, András, additional, Banks, John E., additional, Barlow, Jos, additional, Batáry, Péter, additional, Bates, Adam J., additional, Bayne, Erin M., additional, Beja, Pedro, additional, Berg, Åke, additional, Berry, Nicholas J., additional, Bicknell, Jake E., additional, Bihn, Jochen H., additional, Böhning‐Gaese, Katrin, additional, Boekhout, Teun, additional, Boutin, Céline, additional, Bouyer, Jérémy, additional, Brearley, Francis Q., additional, Brito, Isabel, additional, Brunet, Jörg, additional, Buczkowski, Grzegorz, additional, Buscardo, Erika, additional, Cabra‐García, Jimmy, additional, Calviño‐Cancela, María, additional, Cameron, Sydney A., additional, Cancello, Eliana M., additional, Carrijo, Tiago F., additional, Carvalho, Anelena L., additional, Castro, Helena, additional, Castro‐Luna, Alejandro A., additional, Cerda, Rolando, additional, Cerezo, Alexis, additional, Chauvat, Matthieu, additional, Clarke, Frank M., additional, Cleary, Daniel F. R., additional, Connop, Stuart P., additional, D'Aniello, Biagio, additional, da Silva, Pedro Giovâni, additional, Darvill, Ben, additional, Dauber, Jens, additional, Dejean, Alain, additional, Diekötter, Tim, additional, Dominguez‐Haydar, Yamileth, additional, Dormann, Carsten F., additional, Dumont, Bertrand, additional, Dures, Simon G., additional, Dynesius, Mats, additional, Edenius, Lars, additional, Elek, Zoltán, additional, Entling, Martin H., additional, Farwig, Nina, additional, Fayle, Tom M., additional, Felicioli, Antonio, additional, Felton, Annika M., additional, Ficetola, Gentile F., additional, Filgueiras, Bruno K. C., additional, Fonte, Steven J., additional, Fraser, Lauchlan H., additional, Fukuda, Daisuke, additional, Furlani, Dario, additional, Ganzhorn, Jörg U., additional, Garden, Jenni G., additional, Gheler‐Costa, Carla, additional, Giordani, Paolo, additional, Giordano, Simonetta, additional, Gottschalk, Marco S., additional, Goulson, Dave, additional, Gove, Aaron D., additional, Grogan, James, additional, Hanley, Mick E., additional, Hanson, Thor, additional, Hashim, Nor R., additional, Hawes, Joseph E., additional, Hébert, Christian, additional, Helden, Alvin J., additional, Henden, John‐André, additional, Hernández, Lionel, additional, Herzog, Felix, additional, Higuera‐Diaz, Diego, additional, Hilje, Branko, additional, Horgan, Finbarr G., additional, Horváth, Roland, additional, Hylander, Kristoffer, additional, Isaacs‐Cubides, Paola, additional, Ishitani, Masahiro, additional, Jacobs, Carmen T., additional, Jaramillo, Víctor J., additional, Jauker, Birgit, additional, Jonsell, Mats, additional, Jung, Thomas S., additional, Kapoor, Vena, additional, Kati, Vassiliki, additional, Katovai, Eric, additional, Kessler, Michael, additional, Knop, Eva, additional, Kolb, Annette, additional, Kőrösi, Ádám, additional, Lachat, Thibault, additional, Lantschner, Victoria, additional, Le Féon, Violette, additional, LeBuhn, Gretchen, additional, Légaré, Jean‐Philippe, additional, Letcher, Susan G., additional, Littlewood, Nick A., additional, López‐Quintero, Carlos A., additional, Louhaichi, Mounir, additional, Lövei, Gabor L., additional, Lucas‐Borja, Manuel Esteban, additional, Luja, Victor H., additional, Maeto, Kaoru, additional, Magura, Tibor, additional, Mallari, Neil Aldrin, additional, Marin‐Spiotta, Erika, additional, Marshall, E. J. P., additional, Martínez, Eliana, additional, Mayfield, Margaret M., additional, Mikusinski, Grzegorz, additional, Milder, Jeffrey C., additional, Miller, James R., additional, Morales, Carolina L., additional, Muchane, Mary N., additional, Muchane, Muchai, additional, Naidoo, Robin, additional, Nakamura, Akihiro, additional, Naoe, Shoji, additional, Nates‐Parra, Guiomar, additional, Navarrete Gutierrez, Dario A., additional, Neuschulz, Eike L., additional, Noreika, Norbertas, additional, Norfolk, Olivia, additional, Noriega, Jorge Ari, additional, Nöske, Nicole M., additional, O'Dea, Niall, additional, Oduro, William, additional, Ofori‐Boateng, Caleb, additional, Oke, Chris O., additional, Osgathorpe, Lynne M., additional, Paritsis, Juan, additional, Parra‐H, Alejandro, additional, Pelegrin, Nicolás, additional, Peres, Carlos A., additional, Persson, Anna S., additional, Petanidou, Theodora, additional, Phalan, Ben, additional, Philips, T. Keith, additional, Poveda, Katja, additional, Power, Eileen F., additional, Presley, Steven J., additional, Proença, Vânia, additional, Quaranta, Marino, additional, Quintero, Carolina, additional, Redpath‐Downing, Nicola A., additional, Reid, J. Leighton, additional, Reis, Yana T., additional, Ribeiro, Danilo B., additional, Richardson, Barbara A., additional, Richardson, Michael J., additional, Robles, Carolina A., additional, Römbke, Jörg, additional, Romero‐Duque, Luz Piedad, additional, Rosselli, Loreta, additional, Rossiter, Stephen J., additional, Roulston, T'ai H., additional, Rousseau, Laurent, additional, Sadler, Jonathan P., additional, Sáfián, Szabolcs, additional, Saldaña‐Vázquez, Romeo A., additional, Samnegård, Ulrika, additional, Schüepp, Christof, additional, Schweiger, Oliver, additional, Sedlock, Jodi L., additional, Shahabuddin, Ghazala, additional, Sheil, Douglas, additional, Silva, Fernando A. B., additional, Slade, Eleanor M., additional, Smith‐Pardo, Allan H., additional, Sodhi, Navjot S., additional, Somarriba, Eduardo J., additional, Sosa, Ramón A., additional, Stout, Jane C., additional, Struebig, Matthew J., additional, Sung, Yik‐Hei, additional, Threlfall, Caragh G., additional, Tonietto, Rebecca, additional, Tóthmérész, Béla, additional, Tscharntke, Teja, additional, Turner, Edgar C., additional, Tylianakis, Jason M., additional, Vanbergen, Adam J., additional, Vassilev, Kiril, additional, Verboven, Hans A. F., additional, Vergara, Carlos H., additional, Vergara, Pablo M., additional, Verhulst, Jort, additional, Walker, Tony R., additional, Wang, Yanping, additional, Watling, James I., additional, Wells, Konstans, additional, Williams, Christopher D., additional, Willig, Michael R., additional, Woinarski, John C. Z., additional, Wolf, Jan H. D., additional, Woodcock, Ben A., additional, Yu, Douglas W., additional, Zaitsev, Andrey S., 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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2014
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33. Traditional Natural Resources Management Practices and Biodiversity Conservation in Ghana: A Review of Local Concepts and Issues on Change and Sustainability

Author

Sarfo-Mensah, Paul and Oduro, William

Subjects
forest, sacred groves, traditional beliefs, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, biodiversity conservation, savanna transition, change and sustainability
Abstract

This paper reviews the importance of traditional natural resources management practices in Ghana. It highlights the roles of traditional beliefs, taboos and rituals in the management and conservation of key natural resources in the country. The paper is based on desk studies undertaken as part of anthropological studies conducted in the forest-savanna transitional agroecological zone of Ghana to study the spirituality of forests and conservation. Among the major conclusions of the paper is that although the potential of traditional natural resources management for biodiversity conservation in Ghana is enormous, the sustainability of these practices is seriously threatened. This stems from the rapid changes in the belief systems. Both biophysical and socio-economic factors were found to underlie these changes. The breakdown of traditional beliefs and associated taboos which underpin traditional natural resources management practices were found to be the greatest threat to the sustainability of these practices. The paper recommends that more anthropological research should investigate local perceptions of forest space and landscape, biodiversity conservation and traditional beliefs, and their significance for natural resources management. Such studies would provide valuable insights into the changing values of local people in relation to protected areas such as sacred groves and forest reserves and the management of other natural resources.

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2007
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35. PERCEPTION OF FARMERS AND NON-FARMERS AROUND BUI NATIONAL PARK TOWARD THE MANAGEMENT OF PROBLEM WILDLIFE

Author

Oduro, William and N.K. Bonsu, Fransis

Abstract

Farmers and non-farmers in 10 fringe communities around Bui National Park were surveyed to examine perceptions of human-wildlife conflicts and their management. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) and Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) tools were used to gather information. The response groups tended to attribute different degrees of depredation to certain wildlife species. In choosing control methods to manage wildlife conflicts, both farmer and non-farmer groups tended to prefer lethal methods. Most farmers (84.0%) and non-farmers (68.3%) believed baboons were the most severe or frequent source of crop depreciation followed by bush fowl and patas monkey in descending order of severity of depredation. Approximately 86.0% of farmers and 72.0% of non-farmers felt hunting reduced the depredation-related problems, but non-farmers were approximately three times as likely as farmers to prefer non-lethal control techniques for warthogs. The fact that there is no disparity in perceptions of crop depredation wildlife makes it easier for development of a management plan for the park. On the contrary, the existence of disparities in perceptions of control techniques for depredation wildlife is a potential source of conflict in the development of a management plan for Bui National Park. However, residents of fringe communities of the park agreed to suggested use of non-lethal means of control only if they would be compensated for crop and livestock losses. Local people also suggested their involvement in the protection and management of the park.&nbsp

Published
2000

36. West Africa - A Safe Haven for Frogs? A Sub-Continental Assessment of the Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)

Author

Penner, Johannes, primary, Adum, Gilbert B., additional, McElroy, Matthew T., additional, Doherty-Bone, Thomas, additional, Hirschfeld, Mareike, additional, Sandberger, Laura, additional, Weldon, Ché, additional, Cunningham, Andrew A., additional, Ohst, Torsten, additional, Wombwell, Emma, additional, Portik, Daniel M., additional, Reid, Duncan, additional, Hillers, Annika, additional, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, additional, Oduro, William, additional, Plötner, Jörg, additional, Ohler, Annemarie, additional, Leaché, Adam D., additional, and Rödel, Mark-Oliver, additional

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2013
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39. Students’ Satisfaction of Blended Problem-Based Learning: An Academic Experience at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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A. Okyere, Gabriel, A. Saah, Albert, Oduro, William, B. Achamfour, James, and Amoako, Samuel

Abstract

Implementation of problem-based learning has been a challenge in most African institutions of higher learning including Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) due to deficiencies in the secondary education system. This article seeks to investigate the effect of blended problem-based learning (BPBL) practices on students’ satisfaction at KNUST during the Enhancing Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability in Higher Education in Africa (EEISHEA) 2019–2022 project. In line with this objective, a survey instrument was prepared and validated and a multistage sampling technique with an effective sample size of 1,304 students (621 female and 883 males), 71 lecturers, and 16 technicians across the six colleges of KNUST were obtained. The generalized linear models, simple and multiple logistic regression, were estimated from the data to compare effect of teacher-centered and BPBL paradigms on students’ satisfaction. To prevent overfitting, a cross-validation was performed on the fitted models. Receiver operating curve and area under curve were employed to ascertain the predictive power of the models. Results indicate about 67.35% of students posited that lecturers have incorporated some problem-based learning (PBL) elements into their course delivery. About 72.13% of respondents submitted that the integration of the PBL ignited their self-directed and collaborative learning and improved learner’s problem-solving skills. Furthermore, the fitted models suggest that BPBL, gender, level of program, and college influence students’ satisfaction. The odds of satisfaction of an individual in the BPBL group is 7.4 times higher than respondents in the traditional group with a confidence interval for the odds ratio (OR), (OR 7.4, 95% CI: 4.31–13.16).

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2023
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50. West Africa - A Safe Haven for Frogs? A Sub-Continental Assessment of the Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis).

Author

Penner, Johannes, Adum, Gilbert B., McElroy, Matthew T., Doherty-Bone, Thomas, Hirschfeld, Mareike, Sandberger, Laura, Weldon, Ché, Cunningham, Andrew A., Ohst, Torsten, Wombwell, Emma, Portik, Daniel M., Reid, Duncan, Hillers, Annika, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Oduro, William, Plötner, Jörg, Ohler, Annemarie, Leaché, Adam D., and Rödel, Mark-Oliver

Subjects
FROGS, BATRACHOCHYTRIUM dendrobatidis, AMPHIBIAN declines, RAIN forests, RIPARIAN ecology, MACROECOLOGY, AQUATIC ecology
Abstract

A putative driver of global amphibian decline is the panzootic chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). While Bd has been documented across continental Africa, its distribution in West Africa remains ambiguous. We tested 793 West African amphibians (one caecilian and 61 anuran species) for the presence of Bd. The samples originated from seven West African countries - Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone - and were collected from a variety of habitats, ranging from lowland rainforests to montane forests, montane grasslands to humid and dry lowland savannahs. The species investigated comprised various life-history strategies, but we focused particularly on aquatic and riparian species. We used diagnostic PCR to screen 656 specimen swabs and histology to analyse 137 specimen toe tips. All samples tested negative for Bd, including a widespread habitat generalist Hoplobatrachus occipitalis which is intensively traded on the West African food market and thus could be a potential dispersal agent for Bd. Continental fine-grained (30 arc seconds) environmental niche models suggest that Bd should have a broad distribution across West Africa that includes most of the regions and habitats that we surveyed. The surprising apparent absence of Bd in West Africa indicates that the Dahomey Gap may have acted as a natural barrier. Herein we highlight the importance of this Bd-free region of the African continent - especially for the long-term conservation of several threatened species depending on fast flowing forest streams (Conraua alleni (“Vulnerable”) and Petropedetes natator (“Near Threatened”)) as well as the “Critically Endangered” viviparous toad endemic to the montane grasslands of Mount Nimba (Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2013
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