Contributors: Stellenbosch University; Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki; University of Fort Hare; University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg (WITS); University of Glasgow; University of Venda South Africa (UNIVEN); University of the Western Cape (UWC); University of Eswatini; University of Pretoria South Africa; North-West University South Aftrica (NWU); University of Oxford; Stockholm University; Rhodes University, Grahamstown; South African Environmental Observation Network Pretoria (SAEON); South African National Biodiversity Institute; Centre for Geography and Environmental Science (CGES); University of Exeter; Environmental Change Institute; Centre for Environmental Studies Pretoria; University of Cape Town; Office ivoirien des parcs et réserves (OIPR); African Parks (AP); Hirola Conservation Programme; Durban Natural Science Museum; University for Development Studies (UDS); Makerere University Kampala, Ouganda (MAK); Biodiversity Conservation, Reptile and Amphibian Program (RAP-SL); University of the Free State South Africa (UFS); National Museum, Bloemfontein; Université de Kisangani; Université Nangui Abrogoua (UNA); Centre national de la recherche scientifique et technologique (CENAREST); Institut de Recherche Agronomique et Forestière (IRAF); Harrison Institute; University of Greenwich; University of Botswana; Okavango Research Institute; Kalahari Research and Conservation; Auteur indépendant; Giraffe Conservation Foundation; University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMN); University of Minnesota System (UMN); Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IVB / CAS); Czech Academy of Sciences Prague (CAS); Eastern Africa Primate Diversity and Conservation Program; CIBIO-InBIO - Universidade do Porto; Universidade do Porto = University of Porto; Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning (BIOPOLIS); North-West University Potchefstroom (NWU); Vancouver Island University; FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology; University of Cape Town-DST-NRF Centre of Excellence; Columbia University New York; University of Rochester USA; Colobus Conservation; Research Unit of Biodiversity (CSIC, UO, PA), Mieres, Spain; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST); Conserve Global; BirdLife South Africa; University of Chicago; The Field Museum; U. Chicago; Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB ); Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE); Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA); Université d’Abomey-Calavi = University of Abomey Calavi (UAC); Royal Zoological Society of Scotland; Zoological Society of London; University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban, Afrique du Sud (UKZN); Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife; University of Namibia (UNAM); California State University Fullerton (CSU); Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, USA; Hazi Foundation; University of Hamburg; Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology; University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland; Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority; Zimbabwe Parks; Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB); Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3); Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Flora Fauna and Man Ecological Services Ltd.; Edinburgh Napier University; Universidad de Granada = University of Granada (UGR); National Museums of Kenya (NMK); Wildlife Conservation Solutions; Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (UMR CBGP); Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud )-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier; Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM); University of California Riverside (UC Riverside); University of California (UC); Národní muzeum Praha, Česká republika = National Museum Prague, Czech Republic = Musée national Prague, République tchèque
نبذة مختصرة : International audience ; Sub-Saharan Africa is under-represented in global biodiversity datasets, particularly regarding the impact of land use on species' population abundances. Drawing on recent advances in expert elicitation to ensure data consistency, 200 experts were convened using a modified-Delphi process to estimate 'intactness scores': the remaining proportion of an 'intact' reference population of a species group in a particular land use, on a scale from 0 (no remaining individuals) to 1 (same abundance as the reference) and, in rare cases, to 2 (populations that thrive in human-modified landscapes). The resulting bii4africa dataset contains intactness scores representing terrestrial vertebrates (tetrapods: ±5,400 amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals) and vascular plants (±45,000 forbs, graminoids, trees, shrubs) in sub-Saharan Africa across the region's major land uses (urban, cropland, rangeland, plantation, protected, etc.) and intensities (e.g., large-scale vs smallholder cropland). This dataset was co-produced as part of the Biodiversity Intactness Index for Africa Project. Additional uses include assessing ecosystem condition; rectifying geographic/ taxonomic biases in global biodiversity indicators and maps; and informing the Red List of Ecosystems.
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