Laura H. Antao Faye Moyes Amanda E. Bates Anne E. Magurran Dusan Adam Asem A. Akhmetzhanova Ward Appeltans Jose Manuel Arcos Haley Arnold Narayanan Ayyappan Gal Badihi Andrew H. Baird Miguel Barbosa Tiago Egydio Barreto Claus Bassler Alecia Bellgrove Jonathan Belmaker Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi Brian J. Bett Anne D. Bjorkman Magdalena Blazewicz Shane Blowes Christopher P. Bloch Timothy C. Bonebrake Susan Boyd Matt Bradford Andrew J. Brooks James H. Brown Helge Bruelheide Phaedra E. Budy Fernando Carvalho Edward Castaneda-Moya Chaolun Allen Chen John F. Chamblee Tory J. Chase Laura Siegwart Collier Sharon K. Collinge Richard Condit Elisabeth J. Cooper J. Hans C. Cornelissen Unai Cotano Shannan Kyle Crow Gabriella Damasceno Claire H. Davies Robert A. Davis Frank P. Day Steven Degraer Tim S. Doherty Timothy E. Dunn Giselda Durigan J. Emmett Duffy Dor Edelist Graham Edgar Robin Elahi Sarah C. Elmendorf Anders Enemar S. K. Morgan Ernest Reuben Escribano Marc Estiarte Brian S. Evans Tung-Yung Fan Fabiano Turini Farah Luiz Loureiro Fernandes Fabio Z. Farneda Alessandra Fidelis Robert Fitt Anna Maria Fosaa Geraldo Antonio Daher Correa Franco Grace E. Frank William R. Fraser Hernando Garcia Roberto Cazzolla Gatti Or Givan Elizabeth Gorgone-Barbosa William A. Gould Corrina Gries Gary D. Grossman Julio R. Gutierrez Stephen Hale Mark E Harmon John Harte Gary Haskins Henshaw Donald L. Luise Hermanutz Pamela Hidalgo Pedro Higuchi Andrew Hoey Gert Van Hoey Annika Hofgaard Kristen T. Holeck Robert D. Hollister Richard Holmes Mia Hoogenboom Chih-hao Hsieh Steven P. Hubbell Falk Huettmann Christine L. Huffard Allen H. Hurlbert Natalia Macedo Ivanauskas David Janik Ute Jandt Anna Jazdzewska Tore Johannessen Jill F. Johnstone Julia Jones Faith A. M. Jones Jungwon Kang Tasrif Kartawijaya Erin C. Keeley Douglas A. Kelt Rebecca Kinnear Kari Klanderud Halvor Knutsen Christopher C. Koenig Alessandra R. Kortz Kamil Kral Linda A. Kuhnz Chao-Yang Kuo David J. Kushner Claire Laguionie-Marchais Lesley T. Lancaster Cheol Min Lee Jonathan S. Lefcheck Esther Levesque David A. Lightfoot Francisco Lloret John D. Lloyd Adria Lopez-Baucells Maite Louzao Joshua S. Madin Borgbor Magnusson Shahar Malamud Iain Matthews Kent P. McFarland Brian J. McGill Diane M. McKnight William O. McLarney Jason Meador Peter L. Meserve Daniel J. Metcalfe Christoph F. J. Meyer Anders Michelsen Nataliya Milchakova Tom Moens Even Moland Jon A. Moore Carolina Mathias Moreira Jorg Muller Grace Murphy Isla H. Myers-Smith Randall W. Myster Andrew Naumov Francis Neat James A. Nelson Michael Paul Nelson Stephen F. Newton Natalia Norden Jeffrey C. Oliver Esben M. Olsen Vladimir G. Onipchenko Krzysztof Pabis Robert J. Pabst Alain Paquette Sinta Pardede David M. Paterson Raphael Pelissier Josep Penuelas Alejandro Perez-Matus Oscar Pizarro Pomati. Francesco Eric Post Herbert H.T. Prins John C. Priscu Pieter Provoost Kathleen L. Prudic Erkki Pulliainen B. R. Ramesh Olivia Mendivil Ramos Andrew Rassweiler Jose Eduardo Rebelo Daniel C. Reed Peter B. Reich Suzanne M. Remillard Anthony J. Richardson J. Paul Richardson Itai van Rijn Ricardo Rocha Victor H. Rivera-Monroy Christian Rixen Kevin P. Robinson Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues Denise de Cerqueira Rossa-Feres Lars G. Rudstam Henry Ruhl Catalina S. Ruz Erica M. Sampaio Nancy B. Rybicki Andrew L. Rypel Sofia Sal Beatriz Salgado Flavio A. M. Santos Ana Paula Savassi-Coutinho Sara E. Scanga Jochen Schmidt Robert L. Schooley Fakhrizal Setiawan Kwang-Tsao Shao Gaius R. Shaver Sally Sherman Thomas W. Sherry Jacek Sicinski Caya Sievers Ana Carolina da Silva Fernando Rodrigues da Silva Fabio L. Silveira Jasper Slingsby Tracey Smart Sara J. Snell Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia Gabriel B. G. Souza Flaviana Maluf Souza Vinicius Castro Souza Christopher D. Stallings Rowan Stanforth Emily H. Stanley Jose Mauro Sterza Maarten Stevens Rick D. Stuart-Smith Yzel Rondon Suarez Sarah Supp Jorge Yoshio Tamashiro Sukmaraharja Tarigan Gary P. Thiede Simon Thorn Anne Tolvanen Maria Theresa Zugliani Toniato Orjan Totland Robert R. Twilley Gediminas Vaitkus Nelson Valdivia Martha Isabel Vallejo Thomas J. Valone Carl Van Colen Jan Vanaverbeke Fabio Venturoli Hans M. Verheye Marcelo Vianna Rui P. Vieira Tomas Vrska Con Quang Vu Lien Van Vu Robert B. Waide Conor Waldock Dave Watts Sara Webb Tomasz Wesolowski Ethan P. White Claire E. Widdicombe Dustin Wilgers Richard S. Williams Stefan B. Williams Mark Williamson Michael R. Willig Trevor J. Willis Sonja Wipf Kerry D. Woods Eric J. Woehler Kyle Zawada Michael L. Zettler Maria Dornelas 2018 <h3 id="geb12729-sec-1001-title" class="article-section__sub-title section">Motivation</h3><p>The BioTIME database contains raw data on species identities and abundances in ecological assemblages through time. These data enable users to calculate temporal trends in biodiversity within and amongst assemblages using a broad range of metrics. BioTIME is being developed as a community-led open-source database of biodiversity time series. Our goal is to accelerate and facilitate quantitative analysis of temporal patterns of biodiversity in the Anthropocene.</p><h3 id="geb12729-sec-1002-title" class="article-section__sub-title section">Main types of variables included</h3><p>The database contains 8,777,413 species abundance records, from assemblages consistently sampled for a minimum of 2 years, which need not necessarily be consecutive. In addition, the database contains metadata relating to sampling methodology and contextual information about each record.</p><h3 id="geb12729-sec-1003-title" class="article-section__sub-title section">Spatial location and grain</h3><p>BioTIME is a global database of 547,161 unique sampling locations spanning the marine, freshwater and terrestrial realms. Grain size varies across datasets from 0.0000000158 km²<span>&nbsp;</span>(158 cm²) to 100 km²<span>&nbsp;</span>(1,000,000,000,000 cm²).</p><h3 id="geb12729-sec-1004-title" class="article-section__sub-title section">Time period and grain</h3><p>BioTIME records span from 1874 to 2016. The minimal temporal grain across all datasets in BioTIME is a year.</p><h3 id="geb12729-sec-1005-title" class="article-section__sub-title section">Major taxa and level of measurement</h3><p>BioTIME includes data from 44,440 species across the plant and animal kingdoms, ranging from plants, plankton and terrestrial invertebrates to small and large vertebrates.</p><h3 id="geb12729-sec-1006-title" class="article-section__sub-title section">Software format</h3><p>.csv and .SQL.</p> application/pdf 10.1111/geb.12729 en Wiley BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene article