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Datasets Datasets

Biological Datasets

Natur conservation

• DiverReef: A global database of the behavior of recreational divers and their interactions with reefs over 20 years: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.4519
• Global Roadkill Data: a dataset on terrestrial vertebrate mortality caused by collision with vehicles: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-04207-x
• SNAPSHOT USA 2019–2023: The First Five Years of Data From a Coordinated Camera Trap Survey of the United States: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.13941
• CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.4299
• The Breeding Bird Survey of the United Kingdom: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.13943
• Integrated evidence-based extent of occurrence for North American bison (Bison bison) since 1500 CE and before: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.3864

Biology

• Palmer Penguins (trait data): https://allisonhorst.github.io/palmerpenguins/articles/intro.html
• Hawks: contained in the Stat2DataR package (https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Stat2Data/index.html)
• Count data of harbour seal counts in the Elbe Estuary: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.907670
• Small mammals from the Caatinga: A dataset for the Brazilian semiarid biome: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.3879
• A bird species occurrence dataset from passive audio recordings across dense urban areas in Gothenburg, Sweden: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-05481-z
• Long-term observation of the egg and chick size in the nests of Larus ichthyaetus in Lake Chany, Russia: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01454-8

Forestry

• DFG research training group RTG2300: Enrichment of European beech forests with conifers
  • Relative location and diameter of a full tree inventory on 8 studyplots: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.932023
  • The study plots, where the trees were recorded: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.923125
  • Abundance and taxonomic data of forest arthropods, collected on the plots from above: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.923125
• Tree inventory data from permanent plots in French forest reserves: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.4324

Genetics

• Environmental DNA analysis of cephalopods off the Azores: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.926840

Taxnomy, Traits

• OpenRefine Training Dataset based on a subset of the BGBM Herbarium: https://zenodo.org/records/14918375. Some ideas howto work with the data: https://zenodo.org/records/14732682.
• Ecological traits for 1374 arthropod species collected in a German grassland: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.70077
  •  Jena Experiment
• Images of 175 individual animals of five distinct taxonomic groups: camels, penguins, goats, tortoises and toads: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.967637

Animal Tracking

• HomeRange: A global database of mammalian home ranges: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/geb.13625
• The body size and temperature dependence of organismal locomotion: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.3114

Time Series

• Nutrient and stoichiometric time series measurements of decomposing coarse detritus in freshwaters: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.4114
• Annual biomass spatial data for southern California (2001–2021): Above- and belowground, standing dead, and litter: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.4031
• Long-term monitoring of Mount St. Helens micrometeorology: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.3950

Spatial Data

• https://data.fdz.ioer.de/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.71830/6ILS40 with a tutorial https://training.fdz.ioer.info/intro.html#.

Environmental Datasets

Land cover

• EGLC: Ensemble Global Land Cover Reference Dataset (2000-2022): https://zenodo.org/records/15594682

Other Collections

• A collection of vegetation and zoological data sets: https://www.davidzeleny.net/anadat-r/doku.php/en:data
• The Humanitarian Data Exchange: https://data.humdata.org/

List of references (to be deleted after citations are distributed - style Journal of Applied Ecology):

Ammer, C., Annighöfer, P., Balkenhol, N., Hertel, D., Leuschner, C., Polle, A., Lamersdorf, N., Scheu, S., & Glatthorn, J. (2020). RTG 2300—Study design, location, topography and climatic conditions of research plots in 2020 (p. 470 data points) [Text/tab-separated-values]. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.923125
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin. (2025). OpenRefine Training Dataset based on a subset of the BGBM Herbarium (Version 1.0) [Dataset]. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Berlin. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.14918375
Bröcher, M., Meyer, S. T., Leher, A. G., & Ebeling, A. (2025). Ecological traits for 1374 arthropod species collected in a German grassland. Ecology, 106(4), e70077. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70077
Broekman, M. J. E., Hoeks, S., Freriks, R., Langendoen, M. M., Runge, K. M., Savenco, E., Ter Harmsel, R., Huijbregts, M. A. J., & Tucker, M. A. (2023). HomeRange: A global database of mammalian home ranges. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32(2), 198–205. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13625
Bundesanstalt Für Gewässerkunde. (2019). Harbour seal counts in the Elbe Estuary, Germany, between Wedel and Cuxhaven in 2018/2019 (p. 451 data points) [Text/tab-separated-values]. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.907670
Cateau, E., Debaive, N., Drapier, N., Chantreau, F., Gilg, O., Laroche, F., Morin, X., Demets, V., Pimenta, R., Thompson, L., & Paillet, Y. (2024). Tree inventory data from permanent plots in F rench forest reserves. Ecology, 105(7), e4324. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4324
Che‐Castaldo, C., & Crisafulli, C. M. (2023). Long‐term monitoring of M ount St. H elens micrometeorology. Ecology, 104(3), e3950. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3950
Cloyed, C. S., & Dell, A. I. (2020). The body size and temperature dependence of organismal locomotion. Ecology, 101(10), e03114. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3114
Da Costa‐Pinto, A. L., Bovendorp, R. S., Bocchiglieri, A., Caccavo, A., Delciellos, A. C., Malhado, A. C., De Almeida, A. K. R., Braga, C., Loretto, D., Câmara, E. M. V. C., Menezes, F. H., Guilhon, G., Paise, G., Sobral, G., Varjão, I. C. G., Ferreira, J. V. A., Da Silva Oliveira, L., Geise, L., Pereira, L. C. M., … Ladle, R. J. (2023). Small mammals from the C aatinga: A dataset for the B razilian semiarid biome. Ecology, 104(1), e3879. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3879
Fichtmueller, D. (2025). OpenRefine—Hands On. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.14732682
Fruhner, M., Tapken, H., & Stroetmann, E. (2024). Images of 175 individual animals of five distinct taxonomic groups: Camels, penguins, goats, tortoises and toads (ZooMix ID) (p. 3356 data points) [Text/tab-separated-values]. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.967637
Giglio, V. J., Adelir‐Alves, J., Balzaretti Merino, N., Bravo‐Olivas, M. L., Camp, E. F., Casoli, E., Chávez‐Dagostino, R. M., Ferretti, E., Fraser, D., Grillo, A. C., Jiménez‐Guiérrez, S., Leite, K. L., Lucrezi, S., Luiz, O. J., Luna‐Pérez, B., McBride, J., Milanese, M., Moity, N., Pinheiro, J. V., … Ferreira, C. E. L. (2025). DiverReef: A global database of the behavior of recreational divers and their interactions with reefs over 20 years. Ecology, 106(2), e4519. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4519
Glatthorn, J., & Parth, A. (2021). RTG 2300—Tree census data—Winter 2017/2018 (p. 112643 data points) [Text/tab-separated-values]. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932023
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Martin, J. M., Short, R. A., Plumb, G. E., Markewicz, L., Van Vuren, D. H., Wehus‐Tow, B., Otárola‐Castillo, E., & Hill, M. E. (2023). Integrated evidence‐based extent of occurrence for North American bison ( Bison bison ) since 1500 CE and before. Ecology, 104(1), e3864. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3864
Massimino, D., Baillie, S. R., Balmer, D. E., Bashford, R. I., Gregory, R. D., Harris, S. J., Heywood, J. J. N., Kelly, L. A., Noble, D. G., Pearce‐Higgins, J. W., Raven, M. J., Risely, K., Woodcock, P., Wotton, S. R., & Gillings, S. (2025). The Breeding Bird Survey of the United Kingdom. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(1), e13943. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13943
Mendes, C. P., Albert, W. R., Amir, Z., Ancrenaz, M., Ash, E., Azhar, B., Bernard, H., Brodie, J., Bruce, T., Carr, E., Clements, G. R., Davies, G., Deere, N. J., Dinata, Y., Donnelly, C. A., Duangchantrasiri, S., Fredriksson, G., Goossens, B., Granados, A., … Luskin, M. S. (2024). CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies. Ecology, 105(6), e4299. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4299
Robbins, C. J., Norman, B. C., Halvorson, H. M., Manning, D. W. P., Bastias, E., Biasi, C., Dodd, A. K., Eckert, R. A., Gossiaux, A., Jabiol, J., Mehring, A. S., & Pastor, A. (2023). Nutrient and stoichiometric time series measurements of decomposing coarse detritus in freshwaters. Ecology, 104(8), e4114. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4114
Rooney, B., Kays, R., Cove, M. V., Jensen, A., Goldstein, B. R., Pate, C., Castiblanco, P., Abell, M. E., Adley, J., Agenbroad, B., Ahlers, A. A., Alexander, P. D., Allen, D., Allen, M. L., Alston, J. M., Alyetama, M., Anderson, T. L., Andrade, R., Anhalt‐Depies, C., … McShea, W. J. (2025). SNAPSHOT USA 2019–2023: The First Five Years of Data From a Coordinated Camera Trap Survey of the United States. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(1), e13941. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13941
Schrader‐Patton, C. C., Underwood, E. C., & Sorenson, Q. M. (2023). Annual biomass spatial data for southern California (2001–2021): Above‐ and belowground, standing dead, and litter. Ecology, 104(5), e4031. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4031
Visser, F., Merten, V., Bayer, T., Oudejans, M. G., de Jonge, D., Puebla, O., Reusch, T. B. H., Fuss, J., & Hoving, H.-J. T. (2021). Environmental DNA analysis of cephalopods off the Azores (p. 10 data points) [Text/tab-separated-values]. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.926840
Yurlov, A. K., Yurlova, N. I., Garyushkina, M. Yu., Selivanova, M. A., & Doi, H. (2022). Long-term observation of the egg and chick size in the nests of Larus ichthyaetus in Lake Chany, Russia. Scientific Data, 9(1), 372. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01454-8