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Date of publication: December 8, 2022

Version 2

Date of publication: December 8, 2022

Type of change: Metadata

Description: update some attributes

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Global forest cover 2000

by Florian Wolf

Mean percentage of global tree canopy cover in the year 2000, defined as canopy closure for all vegetation taller than 5m in height. The original dataset from Hansen et al. (2013) has been aggregated to a cell size of 900m. ...(continue reading)

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Metadata: ACDD (JSON) | EML (XML)

Forest coverMean percentage

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The title of the dataset. Global forest cover 2000
The date on which this version of the data was created in YYYY-MM-DD format.
A paragraph describing the dataset.
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Mean percentage of global tree canopy cover in the year 2000, defined as canopy closure for all vegetation taller than 5m in height. The original dataset from Hansen et al. (2013) has been aggregated to a cell size of 900m.
Provide the DOI number of associated publications. Click Plus to add DOIs.
https://doi.org/
10.1126/science.1244693
The method of production of the original data.
Hover to see a suggestion for a minimum description. Calculated from the tree cover maps produced by Hansen et al. (2013). Original data accessed via https://www.globalforestwatch.org. The original dataset was upscaled from a 30m resolution to a 900m resolution.
The coverage content type describes the general content type of the resource (multiple selection possible).
The name of the Project.
The URL from the project website. https://www.globalforestwatch.org
The name of the person or other creator type principally responsible for creating this data.
The email of the person or other creator type principally responsible for creating this data. florian.wolf@idiv.de
florian.wolf@idiv.de
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Essential Biodiversity Variables

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Genetic composition
Intraspecific genetic diversity
Genetic differentiation
Effective population size
Inbreeding
Other
Species populations
Species distributions
Species abundances
Other
Species traits
Morphology
Physiology
Phenology
Movement
Other
Community composition
Community abundance
Taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity
Trait diversity
Interaction diversity
Other
Ecosystem functioning
Primary productivity
Ecosystem phenology
Ecosystem disturbances
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Ecosystem structure
Live cover fraction
Ecosystem distribution
Ecosystem Vertical Profile
Other
Ecosystem services
Pollination
Other
Cross-cutting

Biological entity

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Species
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Ecosystems
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The reference as a URL. N/A

Metric

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Scenario

Spatial domain

Global
Continental/Regional
National
Sub-national/Local
degree
southWest lat: -60, lon: -180
northEast lat: 80, lon: 180

Temporal domain

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decadal
annually
monthly
weekly
daily
Other
Irregular
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Environmental domain *

Terrestrial
Marine
Freshwater
Miscellaneous information about the data, not captured elsewhere. N/A