quarter Mean temperature of warmest Mean temperature of warmest quarter quarter Mean temperature of coldest Mean temperature of coldest quarter quarter Total annual precipitation Total annual precipitation Precipitation of wettest month Maximum monthly precipitation rate Precipitation of driest month Minimum monthly precipitation rate Precipitation Seasonality Coefficient of variation of monthly precipitation Precipitation of Wettest Quarter Maximum quarterly precipitation rate Precipitation of Driest Quarter Minimum quarterly precipitation rate Precipitation of Warmest Precipitation rate in warmest month Quarter Precipitation of Coldest Quarter Precipitation rate in coldest month Table 2 Bioclimatic variables frequently used in correlative species models following Hijmans et al. (2005) Dataset Source Relevant Spatial Temporal Temporal Climate Resolution Coverage Resolution Variables GSOD Meteorological Temperature, Point 1901 – Daily Stations (via wind, locations present WMO) precipitation, with snow depth distribution varying through time CRU TS3.1 Interpolated Temperature, ~55km Monthly observations precipitation, from WMO WorldClim Interpolated Varying from 1950 – 2000 Monthly observations 1km to climatology from WMO ~19km and other national sources GPCP TRMM FEWSNET Adaptation strategies in biodiversity conservation One of the main science-policy related issues that the new Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is likely to address is
quarter Mean temperature of warmest quarter Mean temperature of warmest quarter Mean temperature of coldest quarter Mean temperature of coldest quarter Total annual precipitation Total annual precipitation Precipitation of wettest month Maximum monthly precipitation rate Precipitation of driest month Minimum monthly precipitation rate Precipitation Seasonality Coefficient of variation of monthly precipitation Precipitation of Wettest Quarter Maximum quarterly precipitation rate Precipitation of Driest Quarter Minimum quarterly precipitation rate Precipitation of Warmest Quarter Precipitation rate in warmest month Precipitation of Coldest Quarter Precipitation rate in coldest month Table 2 Bioclimatic variables frequently used in correlative species models following Hijmans et al. (2005) Dataset Source Relevant Climate Variables Spatial Resolution Temporal Coverage Temporal Resolution GSOD Meteorological Stations (via WMO) Temperature, wind, precipitation, snow depth Point locations with distribution varying through time 1901 – present Daily CRU TS3.1 Interpolated observations from WMO Temperature, precipitation, ~55km Monthly WorldClim Interpolated observations from WMO and other national sources Varying from 1km to ~19km 1950 – 2000 Monthly climatology GPCP TRMM FEWSNET Adaptation strategies in biodiversity conservation One of the main science-policy related issues that the new Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is likely to address is
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