Published August 5, 2025 | Version 1.0
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Dataset geographical patterns in the distribution of naturalized plants in Central America

Creators

  • 1. Universidad de Costa Rica
  • 2. Herbario Nacional, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
  • 3. University of Connecticut
  • 4. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras
  • 5. ROR icon Universidad de Panamá
  • 6. York College of Pennsylvania
  • 7. ROR icon Asociación Jardín Botánico La Laguna
  • 8. Universidad de El Salvador
  • 9. Instituto Interamericano para la Investigación del Cambio Global, Panama

Description

Geographical patterns in the distribution of naturalized plants in Central America

 

Description of the data and file structure

The dataset includes three files. Two raster files that summarize the occurrence records in a resolution of 5 minutes for naturalized plant species in Central America in a projection WGS84.

The TIF file "Ocurrences_Naturalized_Plantas_in_America_Central.tif" is the number of observations by cell obtained from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility after being filtered following the workflow by Seebens and Kaplan (2022).

Seebens H, Kaplan E (2022) DASCO: A workflow to downscale alien species checklists using occurrence records and to re-allocate species distributions across realms. NeoBiota 74: 75-91 74: 75–91. https://doi.org/10.3897/NEOBIOTA.74.81082  

The TIF file "No_Species_Naturalized_Plantas_in_America_Central.tif" is the number of species by cell obtained from the previous file.

The TXT file [Species_Naturalized_CentralAmerica.txt] is a dataset containing the number of occurrences by country and species, based on the data obtained from GBIF for the Naturalized Plant species searched.

Files and variables

File: Ocurrences_Naturalized_Plantas_in_America_Central.tif

Description: Number of records by cell of naturalized plant species in Central America in a 5-minute resolution and a WGS84 projection.

File: No_Species_Naturalized_Plantas_in_America_Central.tif

Description: Number of species by cell of naturalized plant species in Central America in a 5-minute resolution and a WGS84 projection.

File: Species_Naturalized_CentralAmerica.txt

Description: number of occurrences by country and species, based on the data obtained from GBIF for the Naturalized Plant species searched.

Variables

  • ID: IF row, each row is a naturalized species reported in a Central American country

  • Species: Species scientific name of a naturalized plant

  • Country: A Central American country

  • Occurrences: number of occurrences by country and species

Access information

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Data was derived from the following sources:

 

Files

No_Species_Naturalized_Plantas_in_America_Central.tif

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Additional details

Funding

U.S. National Science Foundation
Collaborative Research: Superinvaders: testing a general hypothesis of forest invasions by woody species across the Americas 2331278
Universidad de Costa Rica
Especies Exóticas América Central C2019-24