The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project
Authors: Hudson Lawrence N. , Newbold Tim , Contu Sara , Hill Samantha L. L. , Lysenko Igor , De Palma Adriana , Phillips Helen R. P. , Alhusseini Tamera I. , Bedford Felicity E. , Bennett Dominic J. , Booth Hollie , Burton Victoria J. , Chng Charlotte W. T. , Choimes Argyrios , Correia David L. P. , Day Julie , Echeverría‐Londoño Susy , Emerson Susan R. , Gao Di , Garon Morgan , Harrison Michelle L. K. , Ingram Daniel J. , Jung Martin , Kemp Victoria , Kirkpatrick Lucinda , Martin Callum D. , Pan Yuan , Pask‐Hale Gwilym D. , Pynegar Edwin L. , Robinson Alexandra N. , Sanchez‐Ortiz Katia , Senior Rebecca A. , Simmons Benno I. , White Hannah J. , Zhang Hanbin , Aben Job , Abrahamczyk Stefan , Adum Gilbert B. , Aguilar‐Barquero Virginia , Aizen Marcelo A. , Albertos Belén , Alcala E. L. , del Mar Alguacil Maria , Alignier Audrey , Ancrenaz Marc , Andersen Alan N. , Arbeláez‐Cortés Enrique , Armbrecht Inge , Arroyo‐Rodríguez Víctor , Aumann Tom , Axmacher Jan C. , Azhar Badrul , Azpiroz Adrián B. , Baeten Lander , Bakayoko Adama , Báldi András , Banks John E. , Baral Sharad K. , Barlow Jos , Barratt Barbara I. P. , Barrico Lurdes , Bartolommei Paola , Barton Diane M. , Basset Yves , Batáry Péter , Bates Adam J. , Baur Bruno , Bayne Erin M. , Beja Pedro , Benedick Suzan , Berg Åke , Bernard Henry , Berry Nicholas J. , Bhatt Dinesh , Bicknell Jake E. , Bihn Jochen H. , Blake Robin J. , Bobo Kadiri S. , Bóçon Roberto , Boekhout Teun , Böhning‐Gaese Katrin , Bonham Kevin J. , Borges Paulo A. V. , Borges Sérgio H. , Boutin Céline , Bouyer Jérémy , Bragagnolo Cibele , Brandt Jodi S. , Brearley Francis Q. , Brito Isabel , Bros Vicenç , Brunet Jörg , Buczkowski Grzegorz , Buddle Christopher M. , Bugter Rob , Buscardo Erika , Buse Jörn , Cabra‐García Jimmy , Cáceres Nilton C. , Cagle Nicolette L. , Calviño‐Cancela María , Cameron Sydney A. , Cancello Eliana M. , Caparrós Rut , Cardoso Pedro , Carpenter Dan , Carrijo Tiago F. , Carvalho Anelena L. , Cassano Camila R. , Castro Helena , Castro‐Luna Alejandro A. , Rolando Cerda B. , Cerezo Alexis , Chapman Kim Alan , Chauvat Matthieu , Christensen Morten , Clarke Francis M. , Cleary Daniel F.R. , Colombo Giorgio , Connop Stuart P. , Craig Michael D. , Cruz‐López Leopoldo , Cunningham Saul A. , D'Aniello Biagio , D'Cruze Neil , da Silva Pedro Giovâni , Dallimer Martin , Danquah Emmanuel , Darvill Ben , Dauber Jens , Davis Adrian L. V. , Dawson Jeff , de Sassi Claudio , de Thoisy Benoit , Deheuvels Olivier , Dejean Alain , Devineau Jean‐Louis , Diekötter Tim , Dolia Jignasu V. , Domínguez Erwin , Dominguez‐Haydar Yamileth , Dorn Silvia , Draper Isabel , Dreber Niels , Dumont Bertrand , Dures Simon G. , Dynesius Mats , Edenius Lars , Eggleton Paul , Eigenbrod Felix , Elek Zoltán , Entling Martin H. , Esler Karen J. , de Lima Ricardo F. , Faruk Aisyah , Farwig Nina , Fayle Tom M. , Felicioli Antonio , Felton Annika M. , Fensham Roderick J. , Fernandez Ignacio C. , Ferreira Catarina C. , Ficetola Gentile F. , Fiera Cristina , Filgueiras Bruno K. C. , Fırıncıoğlu Hüseyin K. , Flaspohler David , Floren Andreas , Fonte Steven J. , Fournier Anne , Fowler Robert E. , Franzén Markus , Fraser Lauchlan H. , Fredriksson Gabriella M. , Freire Geraldo B. , Frizzo Tiago L. M. , Fukuda Daisuke , Furlani Dario , Gaigher René , Ganzhorn Jörg U. , García Karla P. , Garcia‐R Juan C. , Garden Jenni G. , Garilleti Ricardo , Ge Bao‐Ming , Gendreau‐Berthiaume Benoit , Gerard Philippa J. , Gheler‐Costa Carla , Gilbert Benjamin , Giordani Paolo , Giordano Simonetta , Golodets Carly , Gomes Laurens G. L. , Gould Rachelle K. , Goulson Dave , Gove Aaron D. , Granjon Laurent , Grass Ingo , Gray Claudia L. , Grogan James , Gu Weibin , Guardiola Moisès , Gunawardene Nihara R. , Gutierrez Alvaro G. , Gutiérrez‐Lamus Doris L. , Haarmeyer Daniela H. , Hanley Mick E. , Hanson Thor , Hashim Nor R. , Hassan Shombe N. , Hatfield Richard G. , Hawes Joseph E. , Hayward Matt W. , Hébert Christian , Helden Alvin J. , Henden John‐André , Henschel Philipp , Hernández Lionel , Herrera James P. , Herrmann Farina , Herzog Felix , Higuera‐Diaz Diego , Hilje Branko , Höfer Hubert , Hoffmann Anke , Horgan Finbarr G. , Hornung Elisabeth , Horváth Roland , Hylander Kristoffer , Isaacs‐Cubides Paola , Ishida Hiroaki , Ishitani Masahiro , Jacobs Carmen T. , Jaramillo Víctor J. , Jauker Birgit , Hernández F. Jiménez , Johnson McKenzie F. , Jolli Virat , Jonsell Mats , Juliani S. Nur , Jung Thomas S. , Kapoor Vena , Kappes Heike , Kati Vassiliki , Katovai Eric , Kellner Klaus , Kessler Michael , Kirby Kathryn R. , Kittle Andrew M. , Knight Mairi E. , Knop Eva , Kohler Florian , Koivula Matti , Kolb Annette , Kone Mouhamadou , Kőrösi Ádám , Krauss Jochen , Kumar Ajith , Kumar Raman , Kurz David J. , Kutt Alex S. , Lachat Thibault , Lantschner Victoria , Lara Francisco , Lasky Jesse R. , Latta Steven C. , Laurance William F. , Lavelle Patrick , Le Féon Violette , LeBuhn Gretchen , Légaré Jean‐Philippe , Lehouck Valérie , Lencinas María V. , Lentini Pia E. , Letcher Susan G. , Li Qi , Litchwark Simon A. , Littlewood Nick A. , Liu Yunhui , Lo‐Man‐Hung Nancy , López‐Quintero Carlos A. , Louhaichi Mounir , Lövei Gabor L. , Lucas‐Borja Manuel Esteban , Luja Victor H. , Luskin Matthew S. , MacSwiney G M Cristina , Maeto Kaoru , Magura Tibor , Mallari Neil Aldrin , Malone Louise A. , Malonza Patrick K. , Malumbres‐Olarte Jagoba , Mandujano Salvador , Måren Inger E. , Marin‐Spiotta Erika , Marsh Charles J. , Marshall E. J. P. , Martínez Eliana , Martínez Pastur Guillermo , Moreno Mateos David , Mayfield Margaret M. , Mazimpaka Vicente , McCarthy Jennifer L. , McCarthy Kyle P. , McFrederick Quinn S. , McNamara Sean , Medina Nagore G. , Medina Rafael , Mena Jose L. , Mico Estefania , Mikusinski Grzegorz , Milder Jeffrey C. , Miller James R. , Miranda‐Esquivel Daniel R. , Moir Melinda L. , Morales Carolina L. , Muchane Mary N. , Muchane Muchai , Mudri‐Stojnic Sonja , Munira A. Nur , Muoñz‐Alonso Antonio , Munyekenye B. F. , Naidoo Robin , Naithani A. , Nakagawa Michiko , Nakamura Akihiro , Nakashima Yoshihiro , Naoe Shoji , Nates‐Parra Guiomar , Navarrete Gutierrez Dario A. , Navarro‐Iriarte Luis , Ndang'ang'a Paul K. , Neuschulz Eike L. , Ngai Jacqueline T. , Nicolas Violaine , Nilsson Sven G. , Noreika Norbertas , Norfolk Olivia , Noriega Jorge Ari , Norton David A. , Nöske Nicole M. , Nowakowski A. Justin , Numa Catherine , O'Dea Niall , O'Farrell Patrick J. , Oduro William , Oertli Sabine , Ofori‐Boateng Caleb , Oke Christopher Omamoke , Oostra Vicencio , Osgathorpe Lynne M. , Otavo Samuel Eduardo , Page Navendu V. , Paritsis Juan , Parra‐H Alejandro , Parry Luke , Pe'er Guy , Pearman Peter B. , Pelegrin Nicolás , Pélissier Raphaël , Peres Carlos A. , Peri Pablo L. , Persson Anna S. , Petanidou Theodora , Peters Marcell K. , Pethiyagoda Rohan S. , Phalan Ben , Philips T. Keith , Pillsbury Finn C. , Pincheira‐Ulbrich Jimmy , Pineda Eduardo , Pino Joan , Pizarro‐Araya Jaime , Plumptre A. J. , Poggio Santiago L. , Politi Natalia , Pons Pere , Poveda Katja , Power Eileen F. , Presley Steven J. , Proença Vânia , Quaranta Marino , Quintero Carolina , Rader Romina , Ramesh B. R. , Ramirez‐Pinilla Martha P. , Ranganathan Jai , Rasmussen Claus , Redpath‐Downing Nicola A. , Reid J. Leighton , Reis Yana T. , Rey Benayas José M. , Rey‐Velasco Juan Carlos , Reynolds Chevonne , Ribeiro Danilo Bandini , Richards Miriam H. , Richardson Barbara A. , Richardson Michael J. , Ríos Rodrigo Macip , Robinson Richard , Robles Carolina A. , Römbke Jörg , Romero‐Duque Luz Piedad , Rös Matthias , Rosselli Loreta , Rossiter Stephen J. , Roth Dana S. , Roulston T'ai H. , Rousseau Laurent , Rubio André V. , Ruel Jean‐Claude , Sadler Jonathan P. , Sáfián Szabolcs , Saldaña‐Vázquez Romeo A. , Sam Katerina , Samnegård Ulrika , Santana Joana , Santos Xavier , Savage Jade , Schellhorn Nancy A. , Schilthuizen Menno , Schmiedel Ute , Schmitt Christine B. , Schon Nicole L. , Schüepp Christof , Schumann Katharina , Schweiger Oliver , Scott Dawn M. , Scott Kenneth A. , Sedlock Jodi L. , Seefeldt Steven S. , Shahabuddin Ghazala , Shannon Graeme , Sheil Douglas , Sheldon Frederick H. , Shochat Eyal , Siebert Stefan J. , Silva Fernando A. B. , Simonetti Javier A. , Slade Eleanor M. , Smith Jo , Smith‐Pardo Allan H. , Sodhi Navjot S. , Somarriba Eduardo J. , Sosa Ramón A. , Soto Quiroga Grimaldo , St‐Laurent Martin‐Hugues , Starzomski Brian M. , Stefanescu Constanti , Steffan‐Dewenter Ingolf , Stouffer Philip C. , Stout Jane C. , Strauch Ayron M. , Struebig Matthew J. , Su Zhimin , Suarez‐Rubio Marcela , Sugiura Shinji , Summerville Keith S. , Sung Yik‐Hei , Sutrisno Hari , Svenning Jens‐Christian , Teder Tiit , Threlfall Caragh G. , Tiitsaar Anu , Todd Jacqui H. , Tonietto Rebecca K. , Torre Ignasi , Tóthmérész Béla , Tscharntke Teja , Turner Edgar C. , Tylianakis Jason M. , Uehara‐Prado Marcio , Urbina‐Cardona Nicolas , Vallan Denis , Vanbergen Adam J. , Vasconcelos Heraldo L. , Vassilev Kiril , Verboven Hans A. F. , Verdasca Maria João , Verdú José R. , Vergara Carlos H. , Vergara Pablo M. , Verhulst Jort , Virgilio Massimiliano , Vu Lien Van , Waite Edward M. , Walker Tony R. , Wang Hua‐Feng , Wang Yanping , Watling James I. , Weller Britta , Wells Konstans , Westphal Catrin , Wiafe Edward D. , Williams Christopher D. , Willig Michael R. , Woinarski John C. Z. , Wolf Jan H. D. , Wolters Volkmar , Woodcock Ben A. , Wu Jihua , Wunderle Joseph M. , Yamaura Yuichi , Yoshikura Satoko , Yu Douglas W. , Zaitsev Andrey S. , Zeidler Juliane , Zou Fasheng , Collen Ben , Ewers Rob M. , Mace Georgina M. , Purves Drew W. , Scharlemann Jörn P. W. , Purvis Andy 
Published: December 2016

The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems (https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts.html)—has collated from published studies a large, reasonably representative database of comparable samples of biodiversity from multiple sites that differ in the nature or intensity of human impacts relating to land use. We have used this evidence base to develop global and regional statistical models of how local biodiversity responds to these measures. We describe and make freely available this 2016 release of the database, containing more than 3.2 million records sampled at over 26,000 locations and representing over 47,000 species. We outline how the database can help in answering a range of questions in ecology and conservation biology. To our knowledge, this is the largest and most geographically and taxonomically representative database of spatial comparisons of biodiversity that has been collated to date; it will be useful to researchers and international efforts wishing to model and understand the global status of biodiversity.