DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14245005
title: Species guilds

description: This product is made of ~2500 species habitat suitability maps developed using the N-SDM pipeline (Adde et al., 2023), averaged  at the level of 26 ecological guilds (table 1), representing potential quality for 26 main habitat types in Switzerland based on TypoCH classification.

Each zipped folder corresponds to one ecological guild. See table 2 for contents of each folder.

Table 1






Number

 

NAME[FR]
NAME[DE]
NAME[EN]


1
sources, suintements et petits ruisseaux
Quelle, Riesenfluren, kleine Bäche
Spring, giant rivers, small streams


2
cours d'eau dynamiques et leurs rives
Dynamische Fliessgewässer und ihre Ufer
Dynamic watercourses and their banks


3
gravières, sablières
Kies- und Sandgruben
Gravel and sand pits


4
eaux lentes (epipotamon) et dormantes (zones littorales des lacs)
Langsam fliessende und stehende Gewässer (Uferzone) und ihre Ufer
Slow-flowing and stagnant waters (riparian zone) and their banks


5
petits plans d'eau et végétation pionnière
Kleine Stillgewässer, Teiche
Small still waters, ponds


6
roselière terrestre, bas-marais, prés à litière; saulaie buissonnante
Landröhrichte, Flachmoore, Streuwiesen; Moor-Weidengebüsche
Reedbeds, fens, litter meadows; bog willow scrub


7
prairies humides eutrophes
Nährstoffreiche Nasswiesen
Nutrient-rich wet meadows


8
forêts alluviales
Auenwälder
Floodplain forests


9
haut- et bas-marais
Hochmoore und Zwischenmoore
Raised bogs and intermediate bogs


10
friches et adventices (agriculture)
Brachen und Unkrautfluren (Landwirtschaft)
Fallow land and weed meadows (agriculture)


11
vergers
Hochstamm und Obstgärten
Standard trees and orchards


12
vignes riches en espèces 
Artenreiche Rebberge
Species-rich vineyards


13
haies, bosquets, bocage; arbres isolés
Hecken, Haine und Gehölze; isolierte Bäume
Hedges, groves and copses; isolated trees


14
prairies et pâturages secs; prairies grasses riches en espèces
Trockenwiesen und -weiden und artenreiche Fettwiesen
Dry meadows and pastures and species-rich meadows


15
lisières (et clairières)
Waldränder (und Lichtungen)
Forest edges (and clearings)


16
forêts xéro-thermophiles
Trockenwarme Laubwälder
Dry and warm deciduous forests


17
forêts mésophiles de feuillus
Laubwälder mittlerer Verhältnisse
Deciduous forests of medium conditions


18
landes et aulnaies vertes
Zwergstrauchheiden, Hochstaudenfluren, Grünerlengebüsche
Dwarf shrub heaths, tall herbaceous meadows, green alder scrub


19
forêts de conifères de montagne
Gebirgs-Nadelwälder
Mountain coniferous forests


20
pelouses d'altitude
Gebirgs-Magerrasen
Mountain nutrient-poor grasslands


21
rochers et falaises; éboulis
Felsen und Geröllfluren
Rocks and screes


22
milieux rudéraux (friches industrielles, gare de triage)
Ruderalflur im Siedlungs- und Industriegebiet (inkl. Verkehrsflächen)
Ruderal meadows in residential and industrial areas (incl. traffic areas)


23
parcs arborés
Parks mit Bäumen
Parks with trees


24
espèces inféodées aux bâtiments pendant la période de reproduction
Gebäude nutzende Arten zur Fortpflanzungszeit
Species using buildings during the breeding season


25
paysages agricoles extensifs et richement structurés
Strukturreiche, extensive Kulturlandschaften
Structurally rich, extensive cultivated landscapes


26
zones humides interconnectées en forêt et terres agricoles
Vernetzte Feuchtflächen im Wald und im Kulturland
Networked wetlands in forests and cultivated land




Table 2:  Folders' file descriptions




Name
Description
File name
Format


Guild aggregates - averages
average maps for the indicated guild (i.e. group of species with similar ecological needs)
e.g.: "hsv_GUILDE_1_cur.tif"
GeoTIFF


Guild aggregataes - standard deviation
standard deviation of the average for the indicated guild
e.g.: "hsv_GUILDE_1_sd_cur.tif"
GeoTIFF


Species information
model performance information for 7041 species, as well as guild attribution 
"species_info_7041.xlsx"
Excel table


Species taxons and ID
taxon information and unique identifier per model
"species.xlsx"
Excel table


Guilds
correspondence table with guilds numbers and denominations in French and German
"guilds.xlsx"
Excel table


ODMAP protocol
ODMAP protocol for species distribution models
"ODMAP.docx"
Word document


User guide
user guide for the use of guilds aggregates
"ValPar.CH_utilisation_SDM.pdf"
Pdf document




References: 

https://www.valpar.ch

Adde, A., Rey, P.-L., Brun, P., Külling, N., Fopp, F., Altermatt, F., Broennimann, O., Lehmann, A., Petitpierre, B., Zimmermann, N. E., Pellissier, L., & Guisan, A. (2023). N-SDM: A high-performance computing pipeline for Nested Species Distribution Modelling. Ecography, 2023(6), e06540. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06540