biodiversity_intactness_index_resource: Biodiversity Intactness Index

In mapme-initiative/mapme.biodiversity: Efficient Monitoring of Global Biodiversity Portfolios

Biodiversity Intactness Index

Description

The variable is the modelled average abundance of originally-present species, relative to their abundance in an intact ecosystem. Please refer to Newbold et al. (2016) for all details, and please cite it when using these data.

Usage

get_biodiversity_intactness_index(path = NULL)

Arguments

path	A character vector to the biodiversity intactness index ASCII file.

Details

To use this data in mapme workflows, you will have to manually download the global data set and point towards the file path on your local machine. Please find the available data under the source link given below.

Value

A function that returns an sf footprints object.

References

Tim Newbold; Lawrence Hudson; Andy Arnell; Sara Contu et al. (2016). Global map of the Biodiversity Intactness Index, from Newbold et al. (2016) Science [Data set]. Natural History Museum. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("https://doi.org/10.5519/0009936")}

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