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T1 - BIOFRAG – a new database for analyzing BIOdiversity responses to forest FRAGmentation
AU - Pfeifer, Marion
AU - Lefebvre, Veronique
AU - Gardner, Toby A.
AU - Arroyo-Rodriguez, Victor
AU - Baeten, L.
AU - Banks-Leite, C.
AU - Barlow, Jos
AU - Betts, Matthew G.
AU - Brunet, Joerg
AU - Cerezo, Alexis
AU - Cisneros, Laura M.
AU - Collard, Stuart
AU - D'Cruze, Neil
AU - Silva Motta, Catarina da
AU - Duguay, Stephanie
AU - Eggermont, Hilde
AU - Eigenbrod, Felix
AU - Hadley, Adam S.
AU - Hanson, Thor R.
AU - Hawes, Joseph E.
AU - Scalley, Tamara Heartsill
AU - Klingbeil, Brian T.
AU - Kolb, Annette
AU - Kormann, Urs
AU - Kumar, Sunil
AU - Lachat, Thibault
AU - Fraser, Poppy Lakeman
AU - Lantschner, Victoria
AU - Laurance, William F.
AU - Leal, Inara R.
AU - Lens, Luc
AU - Marsh, Charles J.
AU - Medina-Rangel, Guido F.
AU - Melles, Stephanie
AU - Mezger, Dirk
AU - Oldekop, Johan A.
AU - Overal, William L.
AU - Owen, Charlotte
AU - Peres, Carlos A.
AU - Phalan, Ben
AU - Pidgeon, Anna M.
AU - Pilia, Oriana
AU - Possingham, Hugh P.
AU - Possingham, Max L.
AU - Raheem, Dinarzarde C.
AU - Ribeiro, Danilo B.
AU - Ribeiro Neto, Jose D.
AU - Robinson, W. Douglas
AU - Robinson, Richard
AU - Rytwinski, Trina
AU - Scherber, Christoph
AU - Slade, Eleanor M.
AU - Somarriba, Eduardo
AU - Stouffer, Philip C.
AU - Struebig, Matthew J.
AU - Tylianakis, Jason M.
AU - Tscharntke, Teja
AU - Tyre, Andrew J.
AU - Urbina Cardona, Jose N.
N1 - © 2014 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Habitat fragmentation studies have produced complex results that are challenging to synthesize. Inconsistencies among studies may result from variation in the choice of landscape metrics and response variables, which is often compounded by a lack of key statistical or methodological information. Collating primary datasets on biodiversity responses to fragmentation in a consistent and flexible database permits simple data retrieval for subsequent analyses. We present a relational database that links such field data to taxonomic nomenclature, spatial and temporal plot attributes, and environmental characteristics. Field assessments include measurements of the response(s) (e.g., presence, abundance, ground cover) of one or more species linked to plots in fragments within a partially forested landscape. The database currently holds 9830 unique species recorded in plots of 58 unique landscapes in six of eight realms: mammals 315, birds 1286, herptiles 460, insects 4521, spiders 204, other arthropods 85, gastropods 70, annelids 8, platyhelminthes 4, Onychophora 2, vascular plants 2112, nonvascular plants and lichens 320, and fungi 449. Three landscapes were sampled as long-term time series (>10 years). Seven hundred and eleven species are found in two or more landscapes. Consolidating the substantial amount of primary data available on biodiversity responses to fragmentation in the context of land-use change and natural disturbances is an essential part of understanding the effects of increasing anthropogenic pressures on land. The consistent format of this database facilitates testing of generalizations concerning biologic responses to fragmentation across diverse systems and taxa. It also allows the re-examination of existing datasets with alternative landscape metrics and robust statistical methods, for example, helping to address pseudo-replication problems. The database can thus help researchers in producing broad syntheses of the effects of land use. The database is dynamic and inclusive, and contributions from individual and large-scale data-collection efforts are welcome.
AB - Habitat fragmentation studies have produced complex results that are challenging to synthesize. Inconsistencies among studies may result from variation in the choice of landscape metrics and response variables, which is often compounded by a lack of key statistical or methodological information. Collating primary datasets on biodiversity responses to fragmentation in a consistent and flexible database permits simple data retrieval for subsequent analyses. We present a relational database that links such field data to taxonomic nomenclature, spatial and temporal plot attributes, and environmental characteristics. Field assessments include measurements of the response(s) (e.g., presence, abundance, ground cover) of one or more species linked to plots in fragments within a partially forested landscape. The database currently holds 9830 unique species recorded in plots of 58 unique landscapes in six of eight realms: mammals 315, birds 1286, herptiles 460, insects 4521, spiders 204, other arthropods 85, gastropods 70, annelids 8, platyhelminthes 4, Onychophora 2, vascular plants 2112, nonvascular plants and lichens 320, and fungi 449. Three landscapes were sampled as long-term time series (>10 years). Seven hundred and eleven species are found in two or more landscapes. Consolidating the substantial amount of primary data available on biodiversity responses to fragmentation in the context of land-use change and natural disturbances is an essential part of understanding the effects of increasing anthropogenic pressures on land. The consistent format of this database facilitates testing of generalizations concerning biologic responses to fragmentation across diverse systems and taxa. It also allows the re-examination of existing datasets with alternative landscape metrics and robust statistical methods, for example, helping to address pseudo-replication problems. The database can thus help researchers in producing broad syntheses of the effects of land use. The database is dynamic and inclusive, and contributions from individual and large-scale data-collection efforts are welcome.
KW - Bioinformatics
KW - data sharing
KW - database
KW - edge effects
KW - forest fragmentation
KW - global change
KW - landscape metrics
KW - matrix contrast
KW - species turnover
U2 - 10.1002/ece3.1036
DO - 10.1002/ece3.1036
M3 - Journal article
VL - 4
SP - 1524
EP - 1537
JO - Ecology and Evolution
JF - Ecology and Evolution
SN - 2045-7758
IS - 9
ER -