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- Title
The Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot: A Comprehensive Dataset for the Mira-Mataje Binational Basins.
- Authors
Yánez-Muñoz, Mario H.; Jarrín-V., Pablo; Brito M., Jorge; Román-RR, Roberto; Astorquiza, Juranny M.; Baca, Aida E.; Baker, Paul A.; Bejarano-Muñoz, Patricia; Cuesta R., Eric Y.; Freire, Efraín; Garzón, César; Gómez-Paredes, Jorge; Klinger, William; Lagos, Luz E.; Medina, Wilderson; Mena-Valenzuela, Patricio; Mosquera R., Luis J.; Mosquera M., Robinson S.; Murillo, Yirsela; Murillo A., Yiscar D.
- Abstract
We present a flora and fauna dataset for the Mira-Mataje binational basins. This is an area shared between southwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador, where both the Chocó and Tropical Andes biodiversity hotspots converge. We systematized data from 120 sources in the Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) standard and geospatial vector data format for geographic information systems (GIS) (shapefiles). Sources included natural history museums, published literature, and citizen science repositories across 13 countries. The resulting database has 33,460 records from 6,821 species, of which 540 have been recorded as endemic, and 612 as threatened. The diversity represented in the dataset is equivalent to 10% of the total plant species and 26% of the total terrestrial vertebrate species in both hotspots. The dataset can be used to estimate and compare biodiversity patterns with environmental parameters and provide value to ecosystems, ecoregions, and protected areas. The dataset is a baseline for future assessments of biodiversity in the face of environmental degradation, climate change, and accelerated extinction processes.
- Subjects
ECUADOR; COLOMBIA; GEOGRAPHIC information systems; GEOSPATIAL data; VECTOR data; BIODIVERSITY; NATURAL history museums; DATABASES
- Publication
Scientific Data, 2024, Vol 11, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2052-4463
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41597-024-03463-1