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Date of publication: February 28, 2024

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Americas species richness by macrogroup

by Lea Schulte

This dataset focuses on the Americas. Specifically, Southern Canada to South America. Maps show species richness per macrogroup in the Americas, utilizing terrestrial ecosystem data on macrogroup level and Area of Habitat (AOH) data for mammals and birds. Four maps available with values per macrogroup: (1) total species (2) threatened species (3) macrogroup-associated species (4) Conservation Priorization Index ...(continue reading)

DOI 10.25829/ja2s47
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Schulte, L., Valdez, J., Luise, Q. (2024). Americas species richness by macrogroup (Version 1) [Dataset]. German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research. https://doi.org/10.25829/ja2s47

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This dataset focuses on the Americas. Specifically, Southern Canada to South America. Maps show species richness per macrogroup in the Americas, utilizing terrestrial ecosystem data on macrogroup level and Area of Habitat (AOH) data for mammals and birds. Four maps available with values per macrogroup: (1) total species (2) threatened species (3) macrogroup-associated species (4) Conservation Priorization Index
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Hover to see a suggestion for a minimum description. This dataset covers Southern Canada to South America. Natural terrestrial ecosystem types were defined at the macrogroup level according to the International Vegetation Classification (IVC), utilizing (~2010) data (Comer et al. 2020). Area of Habitat (AOH) data for birds and mammals was obtained from Lumbierres et al. (2022). The obtained AOH maps were overlaid with the macrogroup ecosystem maps to associate the data spatially to determine the average species richness for each ecosystem type. Macrogroup-association of species, was defined as a minimum of 50% of their AOH being in one macrogroup. Threatened species were determined using International Union for Conservation (IUCN) Red List data. Further, data on protected areas, obtained from the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA), was overlayed with macrogroup data, to determine the average protection of each macrogroup. Projected land-use change of each macrogroup until 2030 was estimated using projections of future land-use of Chen et al. 2020. Finally, a Conservation Index was created, based on (1) threatened species (2) macrogroup-associated species (3) percent protection (4) projected land-use change.
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southWest lat: -56.4, lon: -137.9
northEast lat: 65.2, lon: -22.7

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