ThePREDICTSdatabase: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts
Authors: Hudson Lawrence N. , Newbold Tim , Contu Sara , Hill Samantha L. L. , Lysenko Igor , De Palma Adriana , Phillips Helen R. P. , Senior Rebecca A. , Bennett Dominic J. , Booth Hollie , Choimes Argyrios , Correia David L. P. , Day Julie , Echeverría‐Londoño Susy , Garon Morgan , Harrison Michelle L. K. , Ingram Daniel J. , Jung Martin , Kemp Victoria , Kirkpatrick Lucinda , Martin Callum D. , Pan Yuan , White Hannah J. , Aben Job , Abrahamczyk Stefan , Adum Gilbert B. , Aguilar‐Barquero Virginia , Aizen Marcelo A. , Ancrenaz Marc , Arbeláez‐Cortés Enrique , Armbrecht Inge , Azhar Badrul , Azpiroz Adrián B. , Baeten Lander , Báldi András , Banks John E. , Barlow Jos , Batáry Péter , Bates Adam J. , Bayne Erin M. , Beja Pedro , Berg Åke , Berry Nicholas J. , Bicknell Jake E. , Bihn Jochen H. , Böhning‐Gaese Katrin , Boekhout Teun , Boutin Céline , Bouyer Jérémy , Brearley Francis Q. , Brito Isabel , Brunet Jörg , Buczkowski Grzegorz , Buscardo Erika , Cabra‐García Jimmy , Calviño‐Cancela María , Cameron Sydney A. , Cancello Eliana M. , Carrijo Tiago F. , Carvalho Anelena L. , Castro Helena , Castro‐Luna Alejandro A. , Cerda Rolando , Cerezo Alexis , Chauvat Matthieu , Clarke Frank M. , Cleary Daniel F. R. , Connop Stuart P. , D'Aniello Biagio , da Silva Pedro Giovâni , Darvill Ben , Dauber Jens , Dejean Alain , Diekötter Tim , Dominguez‐Haydar Yamileth , Dormann Carsten F. , Dumont Bertrand , Dures Simon G. , Dynesius Mats , Edenius Lars , Elek Zoltán , Entling Martin H. , Farwig Nina , Fayle Tom M. , Felicioli Antonio , Felton Annika M. , Ficetola Gentile F. , Filgueiras Bruno K. C. , Fonte Steven J. , Fraser Lauchlan H. , Fukuda Daisuke , Furlani Dario , Ganzhorn Jörg U. , Garden Jenni G. , Gheler‐Costa Carla , Giordani Paolo , Giordano Simonetta , Gottschalk Marco S. , Goulson Dave , Gove Aaron D. , Grogan James , Hanley Mick E. , Hanson Thor , Hashim Nor R. , Hawes Joseph E. , Hébert Christian , Helden Alvin J. , Henden John‐André , Hernández Lionel , Herzog Felix , Higuera‐Diaz Diego , Hilje Branko , Horgan Finbarr G. , Horváth Roland , Hylander Kristoffer , Isaacs‐Cubides Paola , Ishitani Masahiro , Jacobs Carmen T. , Jaramillo Víctor J. , Jauker Birgit , Jonsell Mats , Jung Thomas S. , Kapoor Vena , Kati Vassiliki , Katovai Eric , Kessler Michael , Knop Eva , Kolb Annette , Kőrösi Ádám , Lachat Thibault , Lantschner Victoria , Le Féon Violette , LeBuhn Gretchen , Légaré Jean‐Philippe , Letcher Susan G. , Littlewood Nick A. , López‐Quintero Carlos A. , Louhaichi Mounir , Lövei Gabor L. , Lucas‐Borja Manuel Esteban , Luja Victor H. , Maeto Kaoru , Magura Tibor , Mallari Neil Aldrin , Marin‐Spiotta Erika , Marshall E. J. P. , Martínez Eliana , Mayfield Margaret M. , Mikusinski Grzegorz , Milder Jeffrey C. , Miller James R. , Morales Carolina L. , Muchane Mary N. , Muchane Muchai , Naidoo Robin , Nakamura Akihiro , Naoe Shoji , Nates‐Parra Guiomar , Navarrete Gutierrez Dario A. , Neuschulz Eike L. , Noreika Norbertas , Norfolk Olivia , Noriega Jorge Ari , Nöske Nicole M. , O'Dea Niall , Oduro William , Ofori‐Boateng Caleb , Oke Chris O. , Osgathorpe Lynne M. , Paritsis Juan , Parra‐H Alejandro , Pelegrin Nicolás , Peres Carlos A. , Persson Anna S. , Petanidou Theodora , Phalan Ben , Philips T. Keith , Poveda Katja , Power Eileen F. , Presley Steven J. , Proença Vânia , Quaranta Marino , Quintero Carolina , Redpath‐Downing Nicola A. , Reid J. Leighton , Reis Yana T. , Ribeiro Danilo B. , Richardson Barbara A. , Richardson Michael J. , Robles Carolina A. , Römbke Jörg , Romero‐Duque Luz Piedad , Rosselli Loreta , Rossiter Stephen J. , Roulston T'ai H. , Rousseau Laurent , Sadler Jonathan P. , Sáfián Szabolcs , Saldaña‐Vázquez Romeo A. , Samnegård Ulrika , Schüepp Christof , Schweiger Oliver , Sedlock Jodi L. , Shahabuddin Ghazala , Sheil Douglas , Silva Fernando A. B. , Slade Eleanor M. , Smith‐Pardo Allan H. , Sodhi Navjot S. , Somarriba Eduardo J. , Sosa Ramón A. , Stout Jane C. , Struebig Matthew J. , Sung Yik‐Hei , Threlfall Caragh G. , Tonietto Rebecca , Tóthmérész Béla , Tscharntke Teja , Turner Edgar C. , Tylianakis Jason M. , Vanbergen Adam J. , Vassilev Kiril , Verboven Hans A. F. , Vergara Carlos H. , Vergara Pablo M. , Verhulst Jort , Walker Tony R. , Wang Yanping , Watling James I. , Wells Konstans , Williams Christopher D. , Willig Michael R. , Woinarski John C. Z. , Wolf Jan H. D. , Woodcock Ben A. , Yu Douglas W. , Zaitsev Andrey S. , Collen Ben , Ewers Rob M. , Mace Georgina M. , Purves Drew W. , Scharlemann Jörn P. W. , Purvis Andy 
Published: December 2014

Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species’ threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that support computation of a range of biodiversity indicators, is necessary to enable better understanding of historical declines and to project – and avert – future declines. We describe and assess a new database of more than 1.6 million samples from 78 countries representing over 28,000 species, collated from existing spatial comparisons of local‐scale biodiversity exposed to different intensities and types of anthropogenic pressures, from terrestrial sites around the world. The database contains measurements taken in 208 (of 814) ecoregions, 13 (of 14) biomes, 25 (of 35) biodiversity hotspots and 16 (of 17) megadiverse countries. The database contains more than 1% of the total number of all species described, and more than 1% of the described species within many taxonomic groups – including flowering plants, gymnosperms, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, beetles, lepidopterans and hymenopterans. The dataset, which is still being added to, is therefore already considerably larger and more representative than those used by previous quantitative models of biodiversity trends and responses. The database is being assembled as part of thePREDICTSproject (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems –https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts.html). We make site‐level summary data available alongside this article. The full database will be publicly available in 2015.