Title
The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses
Author(s)
Clements, Hayley S.;Do Linh San, Emmanuel;Hempson, Gareth;Linden, Birthe;Maritz, Bryan;Monadjem, Ara;Reynolds, Chevonne;Siebert, Frances;Stevens, Nicola;Biggs, Reinette;De Vos, Alta;Blanchard, Ryan;Child, Matthew;Esler, Karen J.;Hamann, Maike;Loft, Ty;Reyers, Belinda;Selomane, Odirilwe;Skowno, Andrew L.;Tshoke, Tshegofatso;Abdoulaye, Diarrassouba;Aebischer, Thierry;Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Jesús;Alexander, Graham J.;Ali, Abdullahi H.;Allan, David G.;Amoako, Esther E.;Angedakin, Samuel;Aruna, Edward;Avenant, Nico L.;Badjedjea, Gabriel;Bakayoko, Adama;Bamba-kaya, Abraham;Bates, Michael F.;Bates, Paul J. J.;Belmain, Steven R.;Bennitt, Emily;Bradley, James;Brewster, Chris A.;Brown, Michael B.;Brown, Michelle;Bryja, Josef;Butynski, Thomas M.;Carvalho, Filipe;Channing, Alan;Chapman, Colin A.;Cohen, Callan;Cords, Marina;Cramer, Jennifer D.;Cronk, Nadine;Cunneyworth, Pamela M. K.;Dalerum, Fredrik;Danquah, Emmanuel;Davies-Mostert, Harriet T.;de Blocq, Andrew D.;De Jong, Yvonne A.;Demos, Terrence C.;Denys, Christiane;Djagoun, Chabi A. M. S.;Doherty-Bone, Thomas M.;Drouilly, Marine;du Toit, Johan T.;Ehlers Smith, David A.;Ehlers Smith, Yvette C.;Eiseb, Seth J.;Fashing, Peter J.;Ferguson, Adam W.;Fernández-García, José M.;Finckh, Manfred;Fischer, Claude;Gandiwa, Edson;Gaubert, Philippe;Gaugris, Jerome Y.;Gibbs, Dalton J.;Gilchrist, Jason S.;Gil-Sánchez, Jose M.;Githitho, Anthony N.;Goodman, Peter S.;Granjon, Laurent;Grobler, J. Paul;Gumbi, Bonginkosi C.;Gvozdik, Vaclav;Harvey, James;Hauptfleisch, Morgan;Hayder, Firas;Hema, Emmanuel M.;Herbst, Marna;Houngbédji, Mariano;Huntley, Brian J.;Hutterer, Rainer;Ivande, Samuel T.;Jackson, Kate;Jongsma, Gregory F. M.;Juste, Javier;Kadjo, Blaise;Kaleme, Prince K.;Kamugisha, Edwin;Kaplin, Beth A.;Kato, Humphrey N.;Kiffner, Christian;Kimuyu, Duncan M.;Kityo, Robert M.;Kouamé, N’goran G.;Kouete T, Marcel;le Roux, Aliza;Lee, Alan T. K.;Lötter, Mervyn C.;Lykke, Anne Mette;MacFadyen, Duncan N.;Macharia, Gacheru P.;Madikiza, Zimkitha J. K.;Mahlaba, Themb’alilahlwa A. M.;Mallon, David;Mamba, Mnqobi L.;Mande, Claude;Marchant, Rob A.;Maritz, Robin A.;Markotter, Wanda;McIntyre, Trevor;Measey, John;Mekonnen, Addisu;Meller, Paulina;Melville, Haemish I.;Mganga, Kevin Z.;Mills, Michael G. L.;Minnie, Liaan;Missoup, Alain Didier;Mohammad, Abubakr;Moinde, Nancy N.;Moise, Bakwo Fils E.;Monterroso, Pedro;Moore, Jennifer F.;Musila, Simon;Nago, Sedjro Gilles A.;Namoto, Maganizo W.;Niang, Fatimata;Nicolas, Violaine;Nkenku, Jerry B.;Nkrumah, Evans E.;Nono, Gonwouo L.;Norbert, Mulavwa M.;Nowak, Katarzyna;Obitte, Benneth C.;Okoni-Williams, Arnold D.;Onongo, Jonathan;O’Riain, M. Justin;Osinubi, Samuel T.;Parker, Daniel M.;Parrini, Francesca;Peel, Mike J. S.;Penner, Johannes;Pietersen, Darren W.;Plumptre, Andrew J.;Ponsonby, Damian W.;Porembski, Stefan;Power, R. John;Radloff, Frans G. T.;Rambau, Ramugondo V.;Ramesh, Tharmalingam;Richards, Leigh R.;Rödel, Mark-Oliver;Rollinson, Dominic P.;Rovero, Francesco;Saleh, Mostafa A.;Schmiedel, Ute;Schoeman, M. Corrie;Scholte, Paul;Serfass, Thomas L.;Shapiro, Julie Teresa;Shema, Sidney;Siebert, Stefan J.;Slingsby, Jasper A.;Sliwa, Alexander;Smit-Robinson, Hanneline A.;Sogbohossou, Etotepe A.;Somers, Michael J.;Spawls, Stephen;Streicher, Jarryd P.;Swanepoel, Lourens;Tanshi, Iroro;Taylor, Peter J.;Taylor, William A.;te Beest, Mariska;Telfer, Paul T.;Thompson, Dave I.;Tobi, Elie;Tolley, Krystal A.;Turner, Andrew A.;Twine, Wayne;Van Cakenberghe, Victor;Van de Perre, Frederik;van der Merwe, Helga;van Niekerk, Chris J. G.;van Wyk, Pieter C. V.;Venter, Jan A.;Verburgt, Luke;Veron, Geraldine;Vetter, Susanne;Vorontsova, Maria S.;Wagner, Thomas C.;Webala, Paul W.;Weber, Natalie;Weier, Sina M.;White, Paula A.;Whitecross, Melissa A.;Wigley, Benjamin J.;Willems, Frank J.;Winterbach, Christiaan W.;Woodhouse, Galena M.
Published
2024
Publisher
Scientific Data
Abstract
Sub-Saharan Africa is under-represented in global biodiversity datasets, particularly regarding the impact of land use on species’ population abundances. Drawing on recent advances in expert elicitation to ensure data consistency, 200 experts were convened using a modified-Delphi process to estimate ‘intactness scores’: the remaining proportion of an ‘intact’ reference population of a species group in a particular land use, on a scale from 0 (no remaining individuals) to 1 (same abundance as the reference) and, in rare cases, to 2 (populations that thrive in human-modified landscapes). The resulting bii4africa dataset contains intactness scores representing terrestrial vertebrates (tetrapods: ±5,400 amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals) and vascular plants (±45,000 forbs, graminoids, trees, shrubs) in sub-Saharan Africa across the region’s major land uses (urban, cropland, rangeland, plantation, protected, etc.) and intensities (e.g., large-scale vs smallholder cropland). This dataset was co-produced as part of the Biodiversity Intactness Index for Africa Project. Additional uses include assessing ecosystem condition rectifying geographic/taxonomic biases in global biodiversity indicators and maps and informing the Red List of Ecosystems.
Keywords
agroecology; biodiversity; conservation biology; plant ecology; restoration ecology
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