High correlation between species‐level environmental data estimates extracted from IUCN expert range maps and from GBIF occurrence data

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) expert range maps and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) species occurrence data are commonly used to estimate species’ geographic range. Macroecological studies often cross‐reference geographic range data with a climate dataset, to extract the mean environmental conditions encountered by a species within its geographic range. We aimed to assess the consistency of the environmental data estimates derived from IUCN versus GBIF geographic range data, and to test whether such differences may affect estimates of ecogeographical relationships, such as Bergmann's rule.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Journal of Biogeography

• Publication date

  2019-06-05

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/jbi.13619
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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