IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology

descriptive profiles for biomes and ecosystem functional groups

Versions

Version 1.0 was available as an internal report, does not have a permanent url/id.

Version 2.0 is available as an IUCN report (Keith et al. 2020).

Version 2.1 is available as supplementary material to the journal article (Keith et al. 2022).

Related resources

The WebApp is available at https://global-ecosystems.org/.

Multiple data and code repositories are consolidated in an OSF project (Ferrer-Paris 2023).

Additional webpages with information about maps.

Citation counts

Alternative metrics

Metrics from PlumX

References

Ferrer-Paris, José R. 2023. “IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology: Resources, Code and Data for Mapping Global Ecosystems.” OSF. osf.io/68syg.

Keith, David A., Jose R. Ferrer-Paris, Emily Nicholson, and Richard T. Kingsford, eds. 2020. IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology 2.0: Descriptive Profiles for Biomes and Ecosystem Functional Groups. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature. https://doi.org/10.2305/iucn.ch.2020.13.en.

Keith, David A., José R. Ferrer-Paris, Emily Nicholson, Melanie J. Bishop, Beth A. Polidoro, Eva Ramirez-Llodra, Mark G. Tozer, et al. 2022. “A Function-Based Typology for Earth’s Ecosystems.” Nature 610: 513–18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05318-4.