DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.23500710.v1
title: Mosses occurrences dataset from the temperate region of the north hemisphere: tempNorthBryo.

description: Dataset of publicly available biodiversity information of mosses records from the temperate region of the Northern Hemisphere. It contains 9,195,062 occurrences result of the compilation, cleaning, enrichment and validation from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF 2021; phylum=Bryophyta), the Botanical Information and Ecology Network (BIEN), Consortium of North American Bryophyte Herbaria (CNABH) and the Integrated digitized biocollections (iDigBio). This database was created to assess and quantify how the application of different filters and taxonomic standardization databases affect the spatial patterns of species richness. Format: txt file with tab field separators and UTF-8 encoding Spatial coverage: lat = 20.000 -90.000; long = -180.000 - 180.000 Temporal coverage start=1600; end=2021 <br> Detail description of each of the 34 fields contained in the dataset. <br> ID Number(Integer) Unique Identifier of records <br> id Number(Integer) Unique Identifier of cell associated to study area grid. <br> source Text(String) Name of the original database of the record: Global Biodiversity Information Facility "GBIF", Botanical Information and Ecology Network "BIEN", Consortium of North American Bryophyte Herbaria "CNABH", Integrated Digitized Biocollections "iDigBio" <br> region Text(String) 2 letters code corresponding to one of the three regions established for the study: Europe and North Africa "eu", North America "am" and Asia "as". <br> decimalLongitude Darwin Core term. Number(Float) Geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location. Accepted values lie between -180 and 180, inclusive. <br> decimalLatitude Darwin Core term. Number(Float) Geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location. Accepted values lie between -90 and 90, inclusive. <br> countryCode Darwin Core term. Text(String) 2 letters standard code for the country in which the record was colleted for GBIF database. <br> country Text(String) Name of the country associated to the record's position in idigBio, CNABH or BIEN database. <br> GADM_Location Text(String) Name (in lowercase) of the administrative unit at level 0 associated to the coordinates location by their position. 'sea' correspond to those coordinates located out of any polygon in the shapefile. <br> Coastal_Country Text(String) Name (in lowercase) of the nearest administrative unit at level 0 associated to the coordinates location by their position in a 0.1º buffer. <br> scientificName Darwin Core term. Text(String) Full scientific name of the organism, to the lowest level taxonomic rank that is possible to supply, and including authorship and year of the name where applicable. <br> sppName Text(String) Scientific name (genus + epithet specific) accepted by at least 3 of the taxonomic sources evaluated (GBIF backbone, The Plant List, World Flora Online, Tropicos or Taxonomic Name resolution Service) <br> consensusValue Number(Integer) Number of taxonomic sources considered to generate the species name of the record ('sppName' field). Values accepted: 5, 4 or 3. <br> gbif_species Text(String) Scientific name (genus + epithet specific) obtained after taxonomic standardization with GBIF backbone using script 2. <br> gbif_status Text(String) Taxonomical status of the species name in 'gbif_species' field based on GBIF backbone. Values: "ACCEPTED" "SYNONYM" "DOUBTFUL" <br> TPL_species Text(String) Scientific name (genus + epithet specific) obtained after taxonomic standardization with The Plant List using script 2. <br> TPL_taxonStatus Text(String) Taxonomical status of the species name in 'TPL_species' field based on The Plant List. Values: "accepted" or "unresolved" <br> tnrs_species_noauthors Text(String) Scientific name (genus + epithet specific) obtained after taxonomic standardization with Taxonomic Name resolution Service using script 2. <br> tnrs_status Text(String) Taxonomical status of the species name in 'tnrs_species_noauthors' field based on Taxonomic Name resolution Service. Values: "Accepted", "Synonym", "No opinion" <br> Tropicos_Accepted_species Text(String) Scientific name (genus + epithet specific) obtained after taxonomic standardization with Tropicos using script 2. <br> Tropicos_taxonomic_status Text(String) Taxonomical status of the species name in 'Tropicos_Accepted_species' field based on Tropicos. Values: "Accepted", "Synonym", "No opinion" <br> wfo.species Text(String) Scientific name (genus + epithet specific) obtained after taxonomic standardization with World Flora Online using script 2. <br> wfo_taxonomicStatus Text(String) Taxonomical status of the species name in 'wfo.species' field based on GBIF backbone. Values: "accepted" or "unchecked" <br> basisOfRecord Darwin Core term. Text(String) Darwin Core dataset element. The specific nature of the data record. <br> basisOfRecordRev Text(String) Revised and unified information of 'basisOfRecord' field. Allowed values: ‘PRESERVED_SPECIMEN’; ‘HUMAN_OBSERVATION’; ‘UNKNOWN’; 'LITERATURE'; 'plot'; 'LIVING_SPECIMEN'; 'MATERIAL_SAMPLE'. <br> day Darwin Core term. Number(Integer) Darwin Core dataset element. The integer day of the month on which the Event occurred. <br> month Darwin Core term. Number(Integer) Darwin Core dataset element. The ordinal month in which the Event occurred. <br> year Darwin Core term. Number(Integer) Darwin Core dataset element. The four-digit year in which the Event occurred, according to the Common Era Calendar. <br> eventDate Darwin Core term. Idate Date-time or interval during which the record was collected. <br> dayRev Number(Integer) Revised 'day' field deleting values up to 31 <br> monthRev Number(Integer) Revised 'month' field deleting values up to 12 <br> date Text(String) Valid date of collection. Obtained by concatenating ('/') 'dayRev' + 'monthRev' + 'year' fields. <br> recordedBy Darwin Core term. Text(String) A list (concatenated and separated) of names of people, groups, or organizations responsible for recording the original Occurrence. <br> recBy_Rev Text(String) Manually revised 'recorderBy' field. Strings to lower and delete extra white space.