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Harris, C., Brummitt, N., Cobbold, C.A., Reeve, R. (2022). Bioclimatic envelopes for global plant species. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/ca339c86-3674-4030-b891-35326e71141e
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Bioclimatic envelopes for global plant species
Bioclimatic envelopes for over 200,000 plant species. The data comprises a single csv file, containing the average value of the climate envelope per species for each of the following variables: Minimum temperature (K), Maximum temperature (K), Average temperature (K), Temperature range (K), Soil temperature level 1 (K), Soil temperature level 2 (K), Soil temperature level 3 (K), Soil temperature level 4 (K), Soil water volume level 1 (m^3 / m^3), Soil water volume level 2 (m^3 / m^3), Soil water volume level 3 (m^3 / m^3), Soil water volume level 4 (m^3 / m^3), Solar radiation (J / m^2), Total precipitation (mm).
Also included is taxonomic information for each species, including the phylum, class, order, family and genus, as well as the number of occurrence records that informed the envelope.
Also included is taxonomic information for each species, including the phylum, class, order, family and genus, as well as the number of occurrence records that informed the envelope.
Publication date: 2022-06-22
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Format
Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
- Study area
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- Spatial representation type
- Tabular (text)
- Spatial reference system
- WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator
Provenance & quality
These envelopes were extracted using data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting and Global Biodiversity Information Facility. For each plant occurrence record in the last century we extracted the range of climates it was exposed to at that location, for the preceding year. On the species level, we corrected for bias in global plant sampling using Enhanced Vegetation Index from Modis as a proxy for plant density.
Further details can be found in our Julia package at https://github.com/boydorr/ClimatePref.jl - the DOI for the latest release is at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6452065
Further details can be found in our Julia package at https://github.com/boydorr/ClimatePref.jl - the DOI for the latest release is at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6452065
Supplemental information
Package containing code for 'Strong phylogenetic signals in global plant climate envelopes'
Julia package
Correspondence/contact details
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0852-2340 Other contacts
- Rights holder
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University of Glasgow
- Custodian
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
- Publisher
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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centreinfo@eidc.ac.uk
Additional metadata
- Topic categories
- biota
environment - INSPIRE theme
- Environmental Monitoring Facilities
- Keywords
- Bioclimatic envelopes , Climate and climate change , Global , Plant traits
- Funding
- Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/T010355/1, NE/T004193/1
Economic and Social Research Council Award: EP/M506539/1 - Last updated
- 08 February 2024 17:36