Integrating multiple data sources to develop range and area of habitat maps tailored for local contexts

作者：Andrés Felipe Suárez‐Castro, Orlando Acevedo‐Charry, Luis Hernando Romero Jiménez, Elkin A. Noguera‐Urbano, Fernando Ayerbe‐Quiñones, Natalia Ocampo‐Peñuela · 发表于：Diversity and Distributions · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1111/ddi.13917 · 被引用次数：8 · 研究领域：Species Distribution and Climate Change、Wildlife Ecology and Conservation、Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Abstract Aim Global species distribution maps tend to be limited to a reduced number of species or are too coarse to inform ecological research and conservation actions at local scales. We developed a workflow to generate species range and area of habitat (AOH) maps tailored to local contexts based on expert information, community science observations and an ecoregion approach. We also developed a workflow to increase transparency in range maps and map the areas of uncertainty at the species and community levels using community science data. Location North‐Western South America. Methods We combined expert knowledge, community science observations, a new map of ecoregions for Colombia and national maps of land cover to produce species range and AOH maps for 94% of the terrestrial resident birds of Colombia (1633 species). We used community science records to validate the range maps and produce a species‐specific layer of uncertainty by calculating the distance between pixels classified as habitat and species occurrence points. Results Compared to previous efforts, the new maps have higher species coverage and produced better validation scores for more than 50% of the species analysed. In addition, the produced maps also show macroecological patterns that follow natural boundaries, significantly improving the arbitrary patterns observed in previous mapping efforts. Uncertainty maps illustrate the spatial resolution and the extent at which these maps can be used with the highest...