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ArticleBiodiversity data journal2020

A grid-based map for the Biogeographical Regions of Europe.

Marco Cervellini, Piero Zannini, Michele Di Musciano, Simone Fattorini, Borja Jiménez-Alfaro, Duccio Rocchini, Richard Field, Ole R Vetaas, Severin D H Irl, Carl Beierkuhnlein and 7 more

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Article in Biodiversity data journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Marco CervelliniDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna Bologna Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0853-2330
Piero ZanniniDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna Bologna Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2466-4402
Michele Di MuscianoDepartment of Life, Health & Environmental Science, University of L'Aquila, Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy Department of Life, Health & Environmental Science, University of L'Aquila Coppito, L'Aquila Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3130-7270
Simone FattoriniDepartment of Life, Health & Environmental Science, University of L'Aquila, Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy Department of Life, Health & Environmental Science, University of L'Aquila Coppito, L'Aquila Italy.
Borja Jiménez-AlfaroResearch Unit of Biodiversity (CSIC/UO/PA), Univ. of Oviedo, Mieres, Principado de Asturias, Spain Research Unit of Biodiversity (CSIC/UO/PA), Univ. of Oviedo Mieres, Principado de Asturias Spain.
Duccio RocchiniDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna Bologna Italy.
Richard FieldUniversity of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom University of Nottingham Nottingham United Kingdom.
Ole R VetaasDepartment of Geography, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway Department of Geography, University of Bergen Bergen Norway.
Severin D H IrlBiogeography and Biodiversity Lab, Institute of Physical Geography, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany Biogeography and Biodiversity Lab, Institute of Physical Geography, Goethe-University Frankfurt Germany.
Carl BeierkuhnleinBiogeography Department, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany Biogeography Department, University of Bayreuth Bayreuth Germany.
Samuel HoffmannBiogeography Department, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany Biogeography Department, University of Bayreuth Bayreuth Germany.
Jan-Christopher FischerBiogeography Department, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany Biogeography Department, University of Bayreuth Bayreuth Germany.
Laura CasellaInstitute for Environmental Protection and Research, Rome, Italy Institute for Environmental Protection and Research Rome Italy.
Pierangela AngeliniInstitute for Environmental Protection and Research, Rome, Italy Institute for Environmental Protection and Research Rome Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5321-9757
Piero GenovesiInstitute for Environmental Protection and Research, Rome, Italy Institute for Environmental Protection and Research Rome Italy.
Juri NascimbeneDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna Bologna Italy.
Alessandro ChiarucciDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna Bologna Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1160-235X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBiogeographical units are widely adopted in ecological research and nature conservation management, even though biogeographical regionalisation is still under scientific debate. The European Environment Agency provided an official map of the European Biogeographical Regions (EBRs), which contains the official boundaries used in the Habitats and Birds Directives. However, these boundaries bisect cells in the official EU 10 km × 10 km grid used for many purposes, including reporting species and habitat data, meaning that 6881 cells overlap two or more regions. Therefore, superimposing the EBRs vector map over the grid creates ambiguities in associating some cells with European Biogeographical Regions. NEW INFORMATION: To provide an operational tool to unambiguously define the boundaries of the eleven European Biogeographical Regions, we provide a specifically developed raster map of Grid-Based European Biogeographical Regions (GB-EBRs). In this new map, the borders of the EBRs are reshaped to coherently match the standard European 10 km × 10 km grid imposed for reporting tasks by Article 17 of the Habitats Directive and used for many other datasets. We assign each cell to the EBR with the largest area within the cell.

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biodiversity monitoringbiogeographical boundariesbiogeographyhabitatredefiningregionalisation.

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PMID32684779
PMCPMC7340631

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