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

Hayley S. Clements (1, 2) , Emmanuel Do Linh San (3) , Gareth Hempson (4, 5) , Birthe Linden (6) , Bryan Maritz (7) , Ara Monadjem (8, 9) , Chevonne Reynolds (4) , Frances Siebert (10) , Nicola Stevens (11) , Reinette Biggs (1, 12) , Alta de Vos (1, 13) , Ryan Blanchard (1, 14) , Matthew Child (15) , Karen J. Esler (1) , Maike Hamann (1, 16) , Ty Loft (17) , Belinda Reyers (18) , Odirilwe Selomane (1, 9) , Andrew L. Skowno (15, 19) , Tshegofatso Tshoke (1) , Diarrassouba Abdoulaye (20) , Thierry Aebischer (21) , Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez (17) , Graham J. Alexander (4) , Abdullahi H. Ali (22) , David G. Allan (23) , Esther E. Amoako (24) , Samuel Angedakin (25) , Edward Aruna (26) , Nico L. Avenant (27, 28) , Gabriel Badjedjea (29) , Adama Bakayoko (30) , Abraham Bamba-kaya (31, 32) , Michael F. Bates (27, 28) , Paul J. J. Bates (33) , Steven R. Belmain (34) , Emily Bennitt (35, 36) , James Bradley (37) , Chris A. Brewster (38) , Michael B. Brown (39) , Michelle Brown (40) , Josef Bryja (41) , Thomas M. Butynski (42) , Filipe Carvalho (3, 43, 44) , Alan Channing (45) , Colin A. Chapman (46) , Callan Cohen (19, 47) , Marina Cords (48) , Jennifer D. Cramer (49) , Nadine Cronk (4) , Pamela M. K. Cunneyworth (50) , Fredrik Dalerum (9, 51, 12) , Emmanuel Danquah (52) , Harriet T. Davies-Mostert (9, 53) , Andrew D. de Blocq (54) , Yvonne A. de Jong (42) , Terrence C. Demos (55, 56) , Christiane Denys (57) , Chabi A. M. S. Djagoun (58) , Thomas M. Doherty-Bone (59) , Marine Drouilly (19) , Johan T. du Toit (60, 9) , David A. Ehlers Smith (61) , Yvette C. Ehlers Smith (61, 62) , Seth J. Eiseb (63) , Peter J. Fashing (64) , Adam W. Ferguson (65) , José M. Fernández-García (66) , Manfred Finckh (67, 68) , Claude Fischer (69) , Edson Gandiwa (70) , Philippe Gaubert (71) , Jerome Y. Gaugris (72) , Dalton J. Gibbs (38) , Jason S. Gilchrist (73) , Jose M. Gil-Sánchez (74) , Anthony N. Githitho (75) , Peter S. Goodman (76) , Laurent Granjon (77) , J. Paul Grobler (27) , Bonginkosi C. Gumbi (78) , Vaclav Gvozdik (41, 79) , James Harvey (80) , Morgan Hauptfleisch (81) , Firas Hayder (3) , Emmanuel M. Hema (82) , Marna Herbst (83) , Mariano Houngbédji (84) , Brian J. Huntley (85) , Rainer Hutterer (86) , Samuel T. Ivande (87, 88) , Kate Jackson (89) , Gregory F. M. Jongsma (90) , Javier Juste (91, 92) , Blaise Kadjo (93) , Prince K. Kaleme (94) , Edwin Kamugisha (95) , Beth A. Kaplin (96) , Humphrey N. Kato (97) , Christian Kiffner (98, 99) , Duncan M. Kimuyu (100) , Robert M. Kityo (25) , N’goran G. Kouamé (101) , Marcel Kouete T (102) , Aliza Le Roux (27) , Alan T. K. Lee (61) , Mervyn C. Lötter (4) , Anne Mette Lykke (103) , Duncan N. MacFadyen (104) , Gacheru P. Macharia (105) , Zimkitha J. K. Madikiza (4) , Themb’alilahlwa A. M. Mahlaba (8) , David Mallon (106) , Mnqobi L. Mamba (8) , Claude Mande (29) , Rob A. Marchant (107) , Robin A. Maritz (7) , Wanda Markotter (9) , Trevor McIntyre (108) , John Measey (1, 109, 110, 111) , Addisu Mekonnen (112) , Paulina Meller (67, 68) , Haemish I. Melville (108) , Kevin Z. Mganga (113, 114) , Michael G. L. Mills (115) , Liaan Minnie (115, 116, 117) , Alain Didier Missoup (118) , Abubakr Mohammad (119) , Nancy N. Moinde (75) , Bakwo Fils E. Moise (120) , Pedro Monterroso (121, 43, 44, 21) , Jennifer F. Moore (122) , Simon Musila (75) , Sedjro Gilles A. Nago (123) , Maganizo W. Namoto (124) , Fatimata Niang (125) , Violaine Nicolas (57) , Jerry B. Nkenku (126) , Evans E. Nkrumah (52) , Gonwouo L. Nono (127) , Mulavwa M. Norbert (128) , Katarzyna Nowak (129, 130) , Benneth C. Obitte (131, 132) , Arnold D. Okoni-Williams (133) , Jonathan Onongo (134) , M. Justin O’Riain (19) , Samuel T. Osinubi (129, 130) , Daniel M. Parker (115) , Francesca Parrini (4) , Mike J. S. Peel (4, 135, 108) , Johannes Penner (136) , Darren W. Pietersen (9) , Andrew J. Plumptre (137) , Damian W. Ponsonby (4) , Stefan Porembski (138) , R. John Power (45) , Frans G. T. Radloff (139) , Ramugondo V. Rambau (1) , Tharmalingam Ramesh (140) , Leigh R. Richards (61) , Mark-Oliver Rödel (141, 142) , Dominic P Rollinson (19, 47) , Francesco Rovero (143) , Mostafa A. Saleh (144) , Ute Schmiedel (38) , M. Corrie Schoeman (61) , Paul Scholte (145, 146) , Thomas L. Serfass (147) , Julie Teresa Shapiro (148) , Sidney Shema (75) , Stefan J. Siebert (45) , Jasper A. Slingsby (14, 19) , Alexander Sliwa (149) , Hanneline A. Smit-Robinson (54, 108) , Etotepe A. Sogbohossou (58) , Michael J. Somers (9) , Stephen Spawls (150) , Jarryd P. Streicher (61) , Lourens Swanepoel (6) , Iroro Tanshi (151) , Peter J. Taylor (27) , William A. Taylor (152) , Mariska te Beest (116, 14) , Paul T. Telfer (153) , Dave I. Thompson (4, 14) , Elie Tobi (154) , Krystal A. Tolley (15) , Andrew A. Turner (7, 155) , Wayne Twine (4) , Victor van Cakenberghe (156, 157) , Frederik van de Perre (156) , Helga van der Merwe (19, 15) , Chris J. G. van Niekerk (45) , Pieter C. V. van Wyk (158) , Jan A. Venter (116) , Luke Verburgt (9) , Geraldine Veron (57) , Susanne Vetter (13) , Maria S. Vorontsova (159) , Thomas C. Wagner (160) , Paul W. Webala (161) , Natalie Weber (162, 163) , Sina M. Weier (6) , Paula A. White (99) , Melissa A. Whitecross (4, 54) , Benjamin J. Wigley (164, 116, 165) , Frank J. Willems (166) , Christiaan W. Winterbach (163) , Galena M. Woodhouse (167)

1 Stellenbosch University
2 Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki
3 University of Fort Hare
4 WITS - University of the Witwatersrand [Johannesburg]
5 University of Glasgow
6 UNIVEN - University of Venda [South Africa]
7 UWC - University of the Western Cape
8 University of Eswatini
9 University of Pretoria [South Africa]
10 NWU - North-West University [South Aftrica]
11 University of Oxford
12 Stockholm University
13 Rhodes University, Grahamstown
14 SAEON - South African Environmental Observation Network [Pretoria]
15 South African National Biodiversity Institute
16 CGES - Centre for Geography and Environmental Science
17 Environmental Change Institute
18 Centre for Environmental Studies [Pretoria]
19 University of Cape Town
20 OIPR - Office ivoirien des parcs et réserves
21 AP - African Parks
22 Hirola Conservation Programme
23 Durban Natural Science Museum
24 UDS - University for Development Studies
25 MAK - Makerere University [Kampala, Ouganda]
26 RAP-SL - Biodiversity Conservation, Reptile and Amphibian Program
27 UFS - University of the Free State [South Africa]
28 National Museum, Bloemfontein
29 Université de Kisangani
30 UNA - Université Nangui Abrogoua
31 CENAREST - Centre national de la recherche scientifique et technologique
32 IRAF - Institut de Recherche Agronomique et Forestière
33 Harrison Institute
34 University of Greenwich
35 University of Botswana
36 Okavango Research Institute
37 Kalahari Research and Conservation
38 Auteur indépendant
39 Giraffe Conservation Foundation
40 UMN - University of Minnesota [Twin Cities]
41 IVB / CAS - Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
42 Eastern Africa Primate Diversity and Conservation Program
43 CIBIO-InBIO - Universidade do Porto
44 BIOPOLIS - Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning
45 NWU - North-West University [Potchefstroom]
46 Vancouver Island University
47 FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
48 Columbia University [New York]
49 University of Rochester [USA]
50 Colobus Conservation
51 Research Unit of Biodiversity (CSIC, UO, PA), Mieres, Spain
52 KNUST - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
53 Conserve Global
54 BirdLife South Africa
55 University of Chicago
56 The Field Museum
57 ISYEB - Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité
58 UAC - Université d’Abomey-Calavi = University of Abomey Calavi
59 Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
60 Zoological Society of London
61 UKZN - University of KwaZulu-Natal [Durban, Afrique du Sud]
62 Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife
63 UNAM - University of Namibia
64 CSU - California State University [Fullerton]
65 Field Museum of Natural History [Chicago, USA]
66 Hazi Foundation
67 University of Hamburg
68 Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology
69 University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland
70 Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority
71 EDB - Evolution et Diversité Biologique
72 Flora Fauna and Man Ecological Services Ltd.
73 Edinburgh Napier University
74 UGR - Universidad de Granada = University of Granada
75 NMK - National Museums of Kenya
76 Wildlife Conservation Solutions
77 UMR CBGP - Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations
78 UC Riverside - University of California [Riverside]
79 Národní muzeum [Praha, Česká republika] = National Museum [Prague, Czech Republic] = Musée national [Prague, République tchèque]
80 Harvey Ecological
81 NUST - Namibia University of Science and Technology
82 UDDG - Université de Dédougou
83 South African National Parks
84 Organisation pour le Développement Durable et la Biodiversité
85 CIBIO - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos [Vairao]
86 Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig
87 University of Jos [Nigeria]
88 A. P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute
89 Whitman College
90 New Brunswick Museum
91 EBD - Estación Biológica de Doñana
92 CIBER de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER)
93 UFHB - Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny
94 CRSN - Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles [Lwiro, Congo]
95 Nature Tanzania
96 UR-CE - University of Rwanda
97 MUST - Mbarara University of Science and Technology [Mbarara]
98 Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology [Leipzig]
99 UCLA - University of California [Los Angeles]
100 Karatina University
101 UJloG - Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé
102 Florida Museum of Natural History [Gainesville]
103 Aarhus University [Aarhus]
104 Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation
105 Species and Sites Program
106 MMU - Manchester Metropolitan University
107 University of York [York, UK]
108 UNISA - University of South Africa
109 Centre for Invasion Biology
110 Yunnan University
111 MECADEV - Mécanismes Adaptatifs et Evolution
112 University of Calgary
113 Universiteit Utrecht / Utrecht University [Utrecht]
114 Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences
115 UMP - University of Mpumalanga
116 Nelson Mandela University [Port Elizabeth]
117 Centre for African Conservation Ecology
118 Université de Douala
119 The Conflict and Environmental Observatory
120 University of Ebolowa
121 Universidade do Porto = University of Porto
122 Moore Ecological Analysis and Management, LLC
123 UP - Université de Parakou = University of Parakou
124 Forestry Research Institute of Malawi
125 UCAD - Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar [Sénégal]
126 UNIKIN - University of Kinshasa
127 UY1 - Université de Yaoundé I
128 Center for Research in Ecology and Forestry
129 UW - University of Warsaw
130 Bialowieza Geobotanical Station
131 Small Mammal Conservation Organization
132 TTU - Texas Tech University [Lubbock]
133 USL - University of Sierra Leone
134 Nature Uganda
135 Agricultural Research Council
136 University of Freiburg [Freiburg]
137 BirdLife International
138 University of Rostock
139 CPUT - Cape Peninsula University of Technology
140 Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History
141 Museum für Naturkunde [Berlin]
142 Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
143 UniFI - Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence = Université de Florence
144 Al-Azhar University [Cairo, Egypt]
145 GIZ - German Corporation for International Cooperation = Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
146 AAU - Addis Ababa University
147 Frostburg State University
148 CIRI - Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie
149 University of Cologne
150 Chercheur indépendant
151 University of Washington [Seattle]
152 Endangered Wildlife Trust
153 WCS - Wildlife Conservation Society
154 Gabon Biodiversity Program
155 CapeNature
156 UA - University of Antwerp
157 AfricanBats NPC [Pretoria, South Africa]
158 Richtersveld Desert Botanical Gardens
159 Royal Botanic Gardens [Kew]
160 TUM - Technische Universität Munchen - Technical University Munich - Université Technique de Munich
161 MMAU - Maasai Mara University
162 Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
163 Independent Consultant
164 University of Bayreuth
165 South African National Parks (SANParks)
166 Kigelia Solutions
167 Edin. - University of Edinburgh

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.

Mots clés: Agroecology; Biodiversity; Conservation biology; Plant ecology; Restoration ecology

Domaines: Base de données [cs.DB]; Génétique des populations [q-bio.PE]

Hayley S. Clements, Emmanuel Do Linh San, Gareth Hempson, Birthe Linden, Bryan Maritz, et al.. The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses. Scientific Data , 2024, 11, pp.191. ⟨10.1038/s41597-023-02832-6⟩. ⟨hal-04484669⟩