Indicative distribution maps for Ecosystem Functional Groups - Level 3 of IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology
- 1. University of New South Wales
- 2. Deakin University
Contributors
Researchers:
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Bishop, Melanie J.1
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Polidoro, Beth A.2
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Ramirez-Llodra, Eva3
- Tozer, Mark G.4
- Nel, Jeanne L.5
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Mac Nally, Ralph6
- Gregr, Edward J.7
- Watermeyer, Kate E.8
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Essl, Franz9
- Faber-Langendoen, Don10
- Giller, Paul S.11
- Robson, Belinda J.12
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Franklin, Janet13
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Lehmann, Caroline E. R.14
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Etter, Andres15
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Roux, Dirk J.16
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Stark, Jonathan S.17
- Rowland, Jessica A.8
- Brummitt, Neil A.18
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Fernandez-Arcaya, Ulla C.19
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Suthers, Iain M.20
- Iliffe,Thomas M.21
- Gerovasileiou,Vasilis22
- Sakihara,Troy S.23
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Wiser, Susan K.24
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Donohue, Ian25
- Jackson, Leland J.26
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Pennington, R. Toby27
- Linardich, Christy2
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Pettorelli, Nathalie28
- Andrade, Angela29
- Kontula, Tytti30
- Lindgaard, Arild31
- Tahvanainen, Teemu32
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Terauds, Aleks17
- Venter, Oscar33
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Watson, James E. M.34
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Chadwick, Michael A.35
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Murray, Nicholas J.36
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Moat, Justin37
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Pliscoff, Patricio38
- Corlett,Richard T.39
- Young, Kenneth R.40
- McGlone, Matthew S.24
- Williams, Richard T.41
- Loidi, Javier42
- Russell-Smith, Jeremy43
- Gibson, David44
- Eldridge, David J.20
- Anesio, Alexandre M. B.45
- Körner, Christian H.46
- Harper, Richard12
- Bogaart, Patrick W.47
- Bhanumati, P.48
- Sharma, Monica49
- Hose, Grant C.1
- Gonzalez, Brett C.50
- Brankovits, David21
- Martínez García, Alejandro51
- Lamson, Megan52
- Seidel, Barbara53
- Sedar, Dena M.54
- Santos, Scott55
- Havird, Justin56
- Catford, J.A.57
- Rains, M.C.58
- Irvine, Kenneth59
- Arthington, Angela H.60
- Kelly-Quinn, Mary61
- Bertilsson, Stefan62
- Hollibaugh, J. Tim63
- Channing, A.64
- Siegert, Martin J.65
- Liermann, Catherine Reidy66
- Beveridge, Malcom67
- Bianchi, Thomas S.68
- Woodland, Ryan J.69
- Dafforn, Katherine A.1
- McSweeney, Sarah L.70
- Cutler, Nick A.71
- Orth, Robert J.72
- Altieri, Andrew H.68
- Rossi, Serio73
- Sheppard, Charles R. C.74
- Swearer, Stephen E.70
- Rykaczewski, Ryan R.75
- Shannon, Lynne J.76
- Priede, Imants G.77
- Sutton, Tracey T.78
- Claisse, Jeremy T.79
- Acosta, Alicia T. R.80
- Carnell, Paul E.8
- Crowe, Tasman P.61
- Firth, Louise B.81
- 1. Macquarie University
- 2. Arizona State University
- 3. Norwegian Institute for Water Research
- 4. NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
- 5. Nelson Mandela University
- 6. University of Canberra
- 7. University of British Columbia
- 8. Deakin University
- 9. University of Vienna
- 10. NatureServe
- 11. University College Cork
- 12. Murdoch University
- 13. University of California
- 14. University of Edinburgh
- 15. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
- 16. South African National Parks
- 17. Australian Antarctic Division
- 18. Natural History Museum, London
- 19. Instituto Español de Oceanografía
- 20. University of New South Wales
- 21. Texas A&M University
- 22. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
- 23. Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii
- 24. Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
- 25. Trinity College Dublin
- 26. University of Calgary
- 27. University of Exeter
- 28. Zoological Society of London
- 29. Conservation International Colombia
- 30. Finnish Environment Institute
- 31. Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre
- 32. University of Eastern Finland
- 33. University of Northern British Columbia
- 34. Wildlife Conservation Society
- 35. King's College London
- 36. James Cook University
- 37. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
- 38. Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile
- 39. Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
- 40. University of Texas
- 41. CSIRO
- 42. University of the Basque Country
- 43. Charles Darwin University
- 44. Southern Illinois University
- 45. Aarhus University
- 46. University of Basel
- 47. United Nations Statistics Division
- 48. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
- 49. Consultant to the United Nations
- 50. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- 51. Italian National Research Council
- 52. University of Hawaii
- 53. The Nature Conservancy
- 54. Hawaii State Parks
- 55. Auburn University
- 56. Colorado State University
- 57. Kings College London
- 58. University of South Florida
- 59. IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
- 60. Griffith University
- 61. University College Dublin
- 62. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- 63. University of Georgia
- 64. Cardiff University
- 65. Imperial College London
- 66. Western Washington University
- 67. University of Stirling
- 68. University of Florida
- 69. University of Maryland
- 70. The University of Melbourne
- 71. Newcastle University
- 72. Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- 73. Università del Salento
- 74. University of Warwick
- 75. NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
- 76. University of Cape Town
- 77. University of Aberdeen
- 78. Nova Southeastern University
- 79. California State Polytechnic University
- 80. Università Roma
- 81. University of Plymouth
- 82. Provita
Description
This dataset includes the current version of the indicative distribution maps and profiles for Ecosystem Functional Groups - Level 3 of IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (v2.1). Please refer to Keith et al. (2020) and Keith et al. (2022).
The descriptive profiles provide brief summaries of key ecological traits and processes for each functional group of ecosystems to enable any ecosystem type to be assigned to a group.
Maps are indicative of global distribution patterns and are not intended to represent fine-scale patterns. The maps show areas of the world containing major (value of 1, coloured red) or minor occurrences (value of 2, coloured yellow) of each ecosystem functional group. Minor occurrences are areas where an ecosystem functional group is scattered in patches within matrices of other ecosystem functional groups or where they occur in substantial areas, but only within a segment of a larger region. Most maps were prepared using a coarse-scale template (e.g. ecoregions), but some were compiled from higher resolution spatial data where available (see details in profiles). Higher resolution mapping is planned in future publications.
We emphasise that spatial representation of Ecosystem Functional Groups does not follow higher-order groupings described in respective ecoregion classifications. Consequently, when Ecosystem Functional Groups are aggregated into functional biomes (Level 2 of the Global Ecosystem Typology), spatial patterns may differ from those of biogeographic biomes. Differences reflect the distinctions between functional and biogeographic interpretations of the term, “biome”.
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References
- Keith, David et al. (Eds.) (2020) 'The IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology v2.0: Descriptive profiles for Biomes and Ecosystem Functional Groups'. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Gland. DOI:10.2305/IUCN.CH.2020.13.en.
- Keith, David et al. (2022) 'A function-based typology for Earth's ecosystems'. Nature DOI:10.1038/s41586-022-05318-4