open access publication

Article, 2024

The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses

Scientific Data, ISSN 2052-4463, Volume 11, 1, Page 191, 10.1038/s41597-023-02832-6

Contributors

Clements, Hayley Susan 0000-0002-7015-6532 (Corresponding author) [1] [2] Do Linh San, Emmanuel 0000-0002-6513-5665 [3] Hempson, Gareth P 0000-0001-8055-4895 [4] [5] Linden, Birthe 0000-0003-0789-9920 [6] Maritz, Bryan 0000-0003-2537-1222 [7] Monadjem, Ara 0000-0003-1906-4023 [8] [9] Reynolds, Chevonne 0000-0002-2345-7017 [5] Siebert, Frances 0000-0001-5549-8211 [10] Stevens, Nicola [11] Biggs, Reinette Oonsie 0000-0003-0300-4149 [2] [12] De Vos, Alta 0000-0002-9085-4012 [2] [13] Blanchard, Ryan [2] [14] Child, Matthew F 0000-0003-1718-4638 [15] Esler, Karen Joan 0000-0001-6510-727X [2] Hamann, Maike H 0000-0003-2906-4043 [2] [16] Loft, Ty [11] Reyers, Belinda 0000-0002-2194-8656 [9] Selomane, Odirilwe 0000-0002-6892-4221 [2] [9] Skowno, Andrew Luke 0000-0002-2726-7886 [15] [17] Tshoke, Tshegofatso [2] Abdoulaye, Diarrassouba [18] Aebischer, Thierry [19] Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Jesús 0000-0001-9190-3229 [11] Alexander, Graham J. [5] Ali, Abdullahi Hussein 0000-0002-2065-2802 [20] Allan, David G. [21] Amoako, Esther Ekua 0000-0002-5115-5032 [22] Angedakin, Samuel [23] Aruna, Edward [24] Avenant, Nico L 0000-0002-5390-9010 [25] [26] Badjedjea, Gabriel B [27] Bakayoko, Adama [28] Bamba-kaya, Abraham [29] Bates, Michael F [25] [26] Bates, Paul Jeremy James 0000-0003-3630-739X [30] Belmain, Steven R 0000-0002-5590-7545 [31] Bennitt, Emily [32] Bradley, James [33] Brewster, Chris A. [34] Brown, Michael B. [35] Brown, Michelle [36] Bryja, Josef 0000-0003-0516-7742 [37] Butynski, Thomas M [38] Carvalho, Filipe 0000-0003-2161-5293 [3] [39] Channing, Alan [10] Chapman, Colin Austin 0000-0002-8827-8140 [40] Cohen, Callan [17] Cords, Marina [41] Cramer, Jennifer D. [42] Cronk, Nadine [5] Cunneyworth, Pamela M K [43] Dalerum, Fredrik 0000-0001-9737-8242 [9] [12] [44] Danquah, Emmanuel [45] Davies-Mostert, Harriet T 0000-0001-7824-4863 [9] [46] De Blocq, Andrew Dirk [47] De Jong, Yvonne A 0000-0002-8677-3738 [38] Demos, Terrence C 0000-0003-0522-3708 [48] Denys, Christiane [49] Djagoun, Chabi Adéyèmi Marc Sylvestre [50] Doherty-Bone, Thomas M [51] Drouilly, Marine [17] [52] Du Toit, Johan T 0000-0003-0705-7117 [9] [53] Ehlers Smith, David A 0000-0002-6357-0751 [54] Ehlers Smith, Yvette C [54] [55] Eiseb, Seth J 0000-0002-0408-4999 [56] Fashing, Peter J [57] Ferguson, Adam Wesley 0000-0002-6931-6420 [48] Fernández-García, José M. [58] Finckh, Manfred 0000-0003-2186-0854 [59] Fischer, Claude [60] Gandiwa, Edson 0000-0003-0708-350X [61] Gaubert, Philippe 0000-0002-1375-9935 [62] Gaugris, Jerome Yves 0000-0002-6606-060X [63] Gibbs, Dalton J. [64] Gilchrist, Jason S 0000-0001-8216-5893 [65] Gil-Sánchez, Jose María 0000-0002-7052-8332 [66] Githitho, Anthony N [67] Goodman, Peter S. [68] Granjon, Laurent 0000-0003-1182-3793 [69] Grobler, Johannes Paul 0000-0002-5913-7031 [26] Gumbi, Bonginkosi C [70] Gvoždík, Václav 0000-0002-4398-4076 [37] [71] Harvey, James [72] Hauptfleisch, Morgan Lindo 0000-0003-0654-0887 [73] Hayder, Firas [3] Hema, Emmanuel Midibahaye [74] Herbst, Marna 0000-0001-7803-2190 [75] Houngbédji, Mariano G [76] Huntley, Brian J. [39] Hutterer, Rainer [77] Ivande, Samuel Tertese 0000-0003-4949-1376 [78] Jackson, Kate [79] Jongsma, Gregory F M 0000-0001-8790-2610 [80] Juste, Javier 0000-0003-1383-8462 [81] [82] Kadjo, Blaise [83] Kaleme, Prince K [84] Kamugisha, Edwin [85] Kaplin, Beth Ann 0000-0001-5396-5445 [86] Kato, Humphrey N. [87] Kiffner, Christian 0000-0002-7475-9023 [88] [89] Kimuyu, Duncan Maingi 0000-0001-6077-4970 [90] Kityo, Robert M [23] Kouamé, N'Goran Germain [91] Kouete T, Marcel [92] [93] Le Roux, Aliza 0000-0002-9869-2580 [26] Lee, Alan Tristram Kenneth 0000-0002-5858-9351 [54] Lötter, Mervyn Charles 0000-0002-4767-9079 [5] Lykke, Anne Mette 0000-0002-4337-8607 [94] Macfadyen, Duncan Neil [95] Macharia, Gacheru P. [96] Madikiza, Zimkitha J. K. [5] Mahlaba, Themb'Alilahlwa A M [8] Mallon, David P [97] Mamba, Mnqobi L 0000-0002-2696-3230 [8] Mande, Claude 0000-0002-9851-3677 [27] Marchant, Rob A [98] Maritz, Robin A [7] [99] Markotter, Wanda 0000-0002-7550-0080 [9] Mcintyre, Trevor 0000-0001-8395-7550 [100] Measey, John G 0000-0001-9939-7615 [2] [101] [102] Mekonnen, Addisu Dagnaw 0000-0001-8403-1071 [103] Meller, Paulina [59] Melville, Haemish I [100] Mganga, Kevin Zowe 0000-0002-7908-7561 [104] Mills, Michael G L [105] Minnie, Liaan 0000-0002-9922-4295 [105] [106] Missoup, Alain Didier [107] Mohammad, Abubakr [108] Moinde, Nancy N. [67] Moïse, Bakwo Fils Eric 0000-0001-7878-8158 [109] Monterroso, Pedro Seabra 0000-0002-7911-3651 [39] [110] Moore, Jennifer F. [111] Musila, Simon [67] Nago, Sedjro Gilles Armel [112] Namoto, Maganizo W. [113] Niang, Fatimata [114] Nicolas, Violaine 0000-0001-5384-7529 [49] Nkenku, Jerry B. [115] Nkrumah, Evans Ewald 0000-0001-6032-7775 [45] Nono, Gonwouo L. [116] Norbert, Mulavwa M. [117] Nowak, Katarzyna 0000-0002-4992-7910 [118] Obitte, Benneth Chigozie 0000-0001-5785-892X [119] [120] Okoni-Williams, Arnold D [121] Onongo, Jonathan [122] O'Riain, Mannus Justin 0000-0001-5233-8327 [17] Osinubi, Samuel Temidayo 0000-0002-5143-6985 [118] Parker, Daniel Matthew 0000-0001-7555-5674 [105] Parrini, Francesca 0000-0002-5517-3123 [5] Peel, Mike J S 0000-0003-1284-3665 [5] [100] [123] Penner, Johannes 0000-0001-8166-5992 [124] [125] Pietersen, Darren William 0000-0002-7592-8319 [9] Plumptre, Andrew J 0000-0002-9333-4047 [126] Ponsonby, Damian Winter 0000-0002-7248-2171 [5] Porembski, Stefan 0000-0003-2889-7174 [127] Power, R. John [128] Radloff, Frans G T 0000-0001-5309-1506 [129] Rambau, Ramugondo Victor 0000-0001-5855-7969 [2] Ramesh, Tharmalingam 0000-0001-6477-4425 [130] Richards, Leigh R. [131] Rödel, Mark-Oliver [132] Rollinson, Dominic Paul [17] Rovero, Francesco 0000-0001-6688-1494 [133] Saleh, Mostafa A. [134] Schmiedel, Ute Schoeman, Martinus Corrie 0000-0003-3736-0264 [54] Scholte, Paul [135] Serfass, Thomas L [136] Shapiro, Julie Teresa 0000-0002-4539-650X [137] Shema, Sidney 0000-0003-1395-4957 [67] Siebert, Stefan John 0000-0001-5135-6718 [10] Slingsby, Jasper A 0000-0003-1246-1181 [14] [17] Sliwa, Alexander [138] Smit-Robinson, Hanneline A [100] [139] Sogbohossou, Etotépé Aïkpémi [50] Somers, Michael J. [9] Spawls, Stephen [140] Streicher, Jarryd P 0000-0001-6229-820X [54] Swanepoel, Lourens Hendrik 0000-0002-9955-8076 [6] Tanshi, Iroro 0000-0002-0226-4929 [120] [141] Taylor, Peter J. [26] Taylor, William A. [142] Te Beest, Mariska 0000-0003-3673-4105 [106] [143] Telfer, Paul T. [144] Thompson, Dave I 0000-0001-9498-8424 [5] [145] Tobi, Elie [146] Tolley, Krystal A 0000-0002-7778-1963 [15] Turner, Andrew A [7] [147] Twine, Wayne C 0000-0002-4163-198X [5] Van Cakenberghe, Victor 0000-0003-1354-2442 [148] [149] Van De Perre, Frederik 0000-0002-0692-2060 [149] Van Der Merwe, Helga 0000-0002-7677-5123 [17] [150] van Niekerk, Chris J. G. [10] van Wyk, Pieter C. V. [75] Venter, Jan Albert 0000-0002-4548-2571 [106] Verburgt, Luke [9] Veron, Géraldine [102] Vetter, Susanne [13] Vorontsova, Maria Sergeevna [151] Wagner, Thomas C 0000-0002-0457-367X [152] Webala, Paul Waswa 0000-0003-0576-8935 [153] Weber, Natalie 0000-0003-0390-1229 [154] [155] Weier, Sina Monika 0000-0003-3922-1495 [6] White, Paula A 0000-0002-1814-6265 [89] Whitecross, Melissa A 0000-0001-5267-8137 [5] [156] Wigley, Benjamin J [106] [157] [158] Willems, Frank J. [159] Winterbach, Christiaan W [160] Woodhouse, Galena M. [161]

Affiliations

  1. [1] University of Helsinki
    2. [NORA names: Finland; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  2. [2] Stellenbosch University
    3. [NORA names: South Africa; Africa];
  3. [3] University of Fort Hare
    4. [NORA names: South Africa; Africa];
  4. [4] University of Glasgow
    5. [NORA names: United Kingdom; Europe, Non-EU; OECD];
  5. [5] University of the Witwatersrand
    6. [NORA names: South Africa; Africa];

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

Africa, Africa project, Red, Red List, Red List of Ecosystems, abundance, advances, bias, biodiversity, biodiversity datasets, biodiversity indicators, cases, co-produced, conditions, consistency, data, data consistency, dataset, ecosystem, ecosystem conditions, elicitation, estimation, expert elicitation, experts, global biodiversity indicators, group, impact, impact of land use, indicators, intact scores, intactness, intensity, land, land use, major land, maps, modified-Delphi process, plants, population, population abundance, process, project, proportion, rare case, reference population, region, scores, species, species groups, species' population abundances, sub-Saharan, sub-Saharan Africa, terrestrial vertebrates, use, vascular plants, vertebrates

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