GalliForm, a database of Galliformes occurrence records from the Indo-Malay and Palaearctic, 1800-2008

Sammanfattning

Historical as well as current species distribution data are needed to track changes in biodiversity. Species distribution data are found in a variety of sources, each of which has its own distinct bias toward certain taxa, time periods or places. We present GalliForm, a database that comprises 186687 galliform occurrence records linked to 118907 localities in Europe and Asia. Records were derived from museums, peer-reviewed and grey literature, unpublished field notes, diaries and correspondence, banding records, atlas records and online birding trip reports. We describe data collection processes, georeferencing methods and quality-control procedures. This database has underpinned several peer-reviewed studies, investigating spatial and temporal bias in biodiversity data, species' geographic range changes and local extirpation patterns. In our rapidly changing world, an understanding of long-term change in species' distributions is key to predicting future impacts of threatening processes such as land use change, over-exploitation of species and climate change. This database, its historical aspect in particular, provides a valuable source of information for further studies in macroecology and biodiversity conservation.

Publicerad i

Scientific Data
2020, volym: 7, nummer: 1, artikelnummer: 344
Utgivare: NATURE RESEARCH

SLU författare

• Auffret, Alistair

  • Institutionen för ekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Zoological Society of London

Globala målen (SDG)

SDG13 Bekämpa klimatförändringarna
SDG15 Ekosystem och biologisk mångfald

UKÄ forskningsämne

Ekologi
Zoologi

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00690-0

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/109468