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

Author(s)Hudson, Lawrence N.
Author(s)Newbold, Tim
Author(s)Contu, Sara
Author(s)Hill, Samantha L. L.
Author(s)Lysenko, Igor
Author(s)De Palma, Adriana
Author(s)Phillips, Helen R. P.
Author(s)McCarthy, Jennifer L.
Author(s)McCarthy, Kyle P.
UD AuthorMcCarthy, Jennifer L.en_US
UD AuthorMcCarthy, Kyle P.en_US
Date Accessioned2018-08-07T17:36:52Z
Date Available2018-08-07T17:36:52Z
Copyright DateCopyright © 2016 The Authors.en_US
Publication Date2016-12-16
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AbstractThe 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.en_US
DepartmentUniversity of Delaware. Associate in Arts Degree Program.en_US
DepartmentUniversity of Delaware. Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology.en_US
CitationHudson, L. N., Newbold, T., Contu, S., Hill S. L. L., Lysenko, I., De Palma A., … Purvis, A. (2017), The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution, 7: 145–188. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2579en_US
DOI10.1002/ece3.2579en_US
ISSN2045-7758en_US
URLhttp://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/23663
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PublisherWiley-Blackwellen_US
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dc.sourceEcology and Evolutionen_US
dc.source.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20457758en_US
TitleThe database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) projecten_US
TypeArticleen_US
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