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标题：GalliForm, a database of Galliformes occurrence records from the Indo-Malay and Palaearctic, 1800-2008
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作者：Elizabeth H. Boakes ; Richard A. Fuller ; Georgina M. Mace 等
期刊名称：Scientific Data
电子版ISSN：2052-4463
出版年度：2020
卷号：7
期号：1
页码：1-10
DOI：10.1038/s41597-020-00690-0
语种：English
出版社：Nature Publishing Group
摘要：Historical as well as current species distribution data are needed to track changes in biodiversity. Species distribution data are found in a variety of sources, each of which has its own distinct bias toward certain taxa, time periods or places. We present GalliForm, a database that comprises 186687 galliform occurrence records linked to 118907 localities in Europe and Asia. Records were derived from museums, peer-reviewed and grey literature, unpublished field notes, diaries and correspondence, banding records, atlas records and online birding trip reports. We describe data collection processes, georeferencing methods and quality-control procedures. This database has underpinned several peer-reviewed studies, investigating spatial and temporal bias in biodiversity data, species鈥?geographic range changes and local extirpation patterns. In our rapidly changing world, an understanding of long-term change in species鈥?distributions is key to predicting future impacts of threatening processes such as land use change, over-exploitation of species and climate change. This database, its historical aspect in particular, provides a valuable source of information for further studies in macroecology and biodiversity conservation.