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

Authors

• Lawrence N. Hudson, The Natural History Museum, London
• Tim Newbold, United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• Sara Contu, The Natural History Museum, London
• Samantha L.L. Hill, The Natural History Museum, London
• Igor Lysenko, Imperial College London
• Adriana De Palma, The Natural History Museum, London
• Helen R.P. Phillips, The Natural History Museum, London
• Tamera I. Alhusseini, Imperial College London
• Felicity E. Bedford, University of Cambridge
• Dominic J. Bennett, Imperial College London
• Hollie Booth, United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• Victoria J. Burton, The Natural History Museum, London
• Charlotte W.T. Chng, Imperial College London
• Argyrios Choimes, The Natural History Museum, London
• David L.P. Correia, Université Laval
• Julie Day, Imperial College London
• Susy Echeverría-Londoño, The Natural History Museum, London
• Susan R. Emerson, The Natural History Museum, London
• Di Gao, The Natural History Museum, London
• Morgan Garon, Imperial College London
• Michelle L.K. Harrison, Imperial College London
• Daniel J. Ingram, University of Sussex
• Martin Jung, University of Sussex
• Victoria Kemp, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences Queen Mary University of London
• Lucinda Kirkpatrick, University of Stirling
• Callum D. Martin, Royal Holloway, University of London
• Yuan Pan, The University of Sheffield
• Gwilym D. Pask-Hale, The Natural History Museum, London
• Edwin L. Pynegar, Prifysgol Bangor
• Alexandra N. Robinson, Imperial College London
• Katia Sanchez-Ortiz, University College London
• Rebecca A. Senior, The University of Sheffield
• Christopher A. Williams, Clark UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

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.

Corrigendum: In the recent article by Hudson et al. (2017), the authors would like to update the URL for the PREDICTS project which is included in the Abstract and Discussion sections as follow:

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts.html

The article has been corrected online.

Publication Title

Ecology and Evolution

Publication Date

2017

Volume

7

Issue

1

First Page

145

Last Page

188

ISSN

2045-7758

DOI

10.1002/ece3.2579

Keywords

data sharing, global biodiversity modeling, global change, habitat destruction, land use

Repository Citation

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.; and Williams, Christopher A., "The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project" (2017). Geography. 881.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_geography/881

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