The International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) revisited: Data availability and global ecological representativity

Aim The International Tree‐Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) is the most comprehensive database of tree growth. To evaluate its usefulness and improve its accessibility to the broad scientific community, we aimed to: (a) quantify its biases, (b) assess how well it represents global forests, (c) develop tools t...

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Published in:Journal of biogeography 2019-02, Vol.46 (2), p.355-368
Main Authors: Zhao, Shoudong, Pederson, Neil, D'Orangeville, Loïc, HilleRisLambers, Janneke, Boose, Emery, Penone, Caterina, Bauer, Bruce, Jiang, Yuan, Manzanedo, Rubén D.
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Language:English
Subjects:
animals
Arid climates
Aridity
bias analysis
big data
Biodiversity
Biodiversity and Ecology
Conifers
Coverage
data accessibility
Data banks
data collection
Data points
Data retrieval
Datasets
Dendrochronology
dendroecology
Environmental Sciences
Flowers & plants
Forest management
Forests
growth rings
Identification methods
Meta-analysis
North America
Plant diversity
RESEARCH PAPER
semiarid zones
Species
species diversity
tree growth
Trees
tree‐ring research
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