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BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and improving a database of biodiversity time series
Dornelas, Maria; Antão, Laura H.; Bates, Amanda E.; Brambilla, Viviana; Chase, Jonathan M.; Chow, Cher F. Y.; Fontrodona‐Eslava, Ada; Magurran, Anne E.; Martins, Inês S.; Moyes, Faye; Sagouis, Alban; Adu‐Acheampong, Samuel; Acquah‐Lamptey, Daniel; Adam, Dušan; Ajani, Penelope A.; Albaina, Aitor; Almaraz, Pablo; An, Jeongseop; Anderson, Roger Sigismund; Anderson, Madelaine Jean Robertson; Antunes, Alexsander Z.; Arismendi, Ivan; Armbrecht, Linda; Aros‐Mardones, Pedro; Ashtamoorthy, Sreejith Kalpuzha; Ayyappan, Narayanan; Badihi, Gal; Bailey, Joseph J.; Baird, Andrew H.; Baird, Mark Edward; Balakrishnan, Sreekumar Vadakkethil; Barão‐Nóbrega, José António L.; Barash, Adi; Barbosa, Miguel; Barlow, Jos; Bässler, Claus; Beaumont, Matthieu; Beenaerts, Natalie; Begot, Tiago Octavio; Beiroz, Wallace; Beldade, Ricardo; Bell, David M.; Bellgrove, Alecia; Belmaker, Jonathan; Benedetti‐Cecchi, Lisandro; Benkwitt, Cassandra E.; Berkum, Pamela Medina‐van; Bestelmeyer, Brandon T.; Betts, Matthew G.; Billah, Maxwell Kelvin; Bjorkman, Anne D.; Błażewicz, Magdalena; Bloch, Christopher P.; Blowes, Shane A.; Bode, Antonio; Bogoni, Juliano A.; Bolger, Thomas; Bonebrake, Timothy C.; Bonsdorff, Erik; Bottarin, Roberta; Brokensha, Luke N.; Brooker, Rob W.; Brooks, Andrew J.; Bruelheide, Helge; Bueno, Thiago Almeida; Laguionie, Claire; Campagnoli, Mariana Lopes; Cant, James; Caramaschi, Erica Pellegrini; Caron, Alexandre; Carroll, Tadhg; Caruso, Tancredi; Carvajal‐Quintero, Juan; Castaldelli, Giuseppe; Castañeda‐Moya, Edward; Castilho, Pedro V.; Cechin, Sonia Zanini; Chaikin, Shahar; Chandrashekara, Uchangi Manjunatha; Chase, Tory J.; Chen, Chaolun Allen; Cherem, Jorge José; Choi, Sei‐Woong; Christensen, Erica M.; Christianini, Alexander V.; Chu, Jackson Wing Four; Coad, Peter; Van Colen, Carl; Comte, Lise; Cooper, Elisabeth J.; Cornelissen, J. Hans C.; Cosson, Eddy; Cotano, Unai; Crevecoeur, Luc; Crow, Shannan Kyle; Cumming, Graeme S.; Daga, Vanessa S.; Damasceno, Gabriella; Daskalova, Gergana N.; Davies, Claire H.; Davis, Robert A.; Day, Frank P.; De‐La‐Zerda, Sussy; Deacon, Amy Elizabeth; de Castro‐Arrazola, Indradatta; Degraer, Steven; Deonarinesingh, Kharran; Diaz‐Ricaurte, Juan C.; Dickman, Christopher R.; Dirilgen, Tara; Dolan, Ciaran John; Duffy, J. Emmett; Dunn, Timothy E.; Durigan, Giselda; Dwyer, Ciara; Earl, Stevan; Edelist, Dor; Edgar, Graham John; Edmondson, Sally; Elgin, Ashley K.; Ellingsen, Kari Elsa; Elmendorf, Sarah C.; Eriksen, Ruth S.; Ernest, S. K. Morgan; Escribano, Ruben; Eterovick, Paula Cabral; Evans, Brian S.; Everett, Jason D.; Evtimova, Vesela; Exton, Dan A.; Fairbairn, Andrew J.; Fantacini, Felipe Moreli; Farah, Fabiano Turini; Farneda, Fábio Zanella; Favila, Mario E.; Fernandez‐Fournier, Philippe; Fernández‐Zapata, Braulio; Ferreira, Diogo F.; Ferronato, Carola; du Feu, Christopher R.; Fidelis, Alessandra; Fifield, David A.; Filho, Vilmar Picinatto; Filho, Walter Mesquita; Fitt, Robert N. L.; Flechtmann, Carlos A. H.; Fraser, William R.; Fraser, Donna L.; Freixas, Lídia; Fryxell, John; Fundakowski, Garrett J.; Gabara, Scott Stanley; Gallois, Elise; Criado, Mariana García; García‐Berthou, Emili; Garrabou, Joaquim; Gates, Andrew R.; Gatti, Roberto Cazzolla; Gavioli, Anna; Gavriel, Tal; Gendreau‐Berthiaume, Benoit; Giam, Xingli; Gjerdrum, Carina; Glemnitz, Michael; Godbold, Jasmin Annica; Gómez‐Gras, Daniel; Gonçalves, Rodrigo Barbosa; Goold, Andy; Gordon, Richard R.; Goren, Menachem; Goulart, Fernando Vilas Boas; Gould, William A.; Grabowski, Meagan M.; Graham, Nicholas A. J.; Graipel, Maurício Eduardo; Grange, Laura J.; Greenville, Aaron C.; Grossman, Gary D.; Guinder, Valeria A.; Haase, Peter; Haskins, Gary N.; Havstad, Kris; Hermanutz, Luise; Hickford, Michael Julian Hames; Hidalgo, Pamela; Higuchi, Pedro; Hoey, Andrew S.; Van Hoey, Gert; Hofgaard, Annika; Holeck, Kristen T.; Hollister, Robert D.; Holmes, Richard T.; Hoogenboom, Mia Odell; Hortal, Joaquín; Horton, Tammy; Hsieh, Chih‐hao; Huffard, Christine L.; Huikkon
In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. Blackwell Science: Oxford. ISSN 1466-822X; e-ISSN 1466-8238
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Keyword
    Biodiversity
Author keywords
    assemblage | community | database | ecoinformatics | species | taxa | time
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  • Beenaerts, N.
  • Van Colen, C.
  • Degraer, S.
  • Vanaverbeke, J.
  • Van Hoey, G.
  • Van Landuyt, W.
  • Van Ryckegem, G.
  • Stevens, M.
  • Knockaert, C.
  • Lembrechts, J.
  • Moens, T.
  • Provoost, P
Abstract

    Motivation

    Here, we make available a second version of the BioTIME database, which compiles records of abundance estimates for species in sample events of ecological assemblages through time. The updated version expands version 1.0 of the database by doubling the number of studies and includes substantial additional curation to the taxonomic accuracy of the records, as well as the metadata. Moreover, we now provide an R package (BioTIMEr) to facilitate use of the database.

    Main Types of Variables Included

    The database is composed of one main data table containing the abundance records and 11 metadata tables. The data are organised in a hierarchy of scales where 11,989,233 records are nested in 1,603,067 sample events, from 553,253 sampling locations, which are nested in 708 studies. A study is defined as a sampling methodology applied to an assemblage for a minimum of 2 years.

    Spatial Location and Grain

    Sampling locations in BioTIME are distributed across the planet, including marine, terrestrial and freshwater realms. Spatial grain size and extent vary across studies depending on sampling methodology. We recommend gridding of sampling locations into areas of consistent size.

    Time Period and Grain

    The earliest time series in BioTIME start in 1874, and the most recent records are from 2023. Temporal grain and duration vary across studies. We recommend doing sample-level rarefaction to ensure consistent sampling effort through time before calculating any diversity metric.

    Major Taxa and Level of Measurement

    The database includes any eukaryotic taxa, with a combined total of 56,400 taxa.

    Software Format

    csv and. SQL.
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