*** Spatio-temporal patterns of an invasive species Mimosa bimucronata under different climate scenarios in China ***
Authors: Chunping Xie, Meng Li, C. Y. Jim, Dawei Liu
College of Sciences, Qiongtai Normal University, Haikou 571127, China
Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Department of Social Sciences, Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China
Nanjing Forest Police College, Nanjing 210023, China
Contact Information:
cyjim@eduhk.hk
Department of Social Sciences, Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China
***General Introduction***
This dataset contains data collected during MaxEnt modelling experiments at Qiongtai Normal University, as part of Platform for the use of tropical biodiversity resources (November 2022):
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It is being made public both to act as supplementary data for publications and in order for other researchers to use this data in their own work.
The data in this data set was collected in the Biology Laboratory of the Qiongtai Normal University, between August 2020 and October 2022.
This research project was made possible by a grant from Tropical Biodiversity and Bioresource Utilization Laboratory, Qiongtai Normal University.
***Purpose of the test campaign***
The purpose of these experiments was to (1) identify and assess the significant climatic factors influencing the current distribution of Mimosa bimucronata; (2) predict the possible regions for future growth of Mimosa bimucronata based on its current distribution data; and (3) the forecast the future changing climatic trends of the possible regions for Mimosa bimucronata growth under various climate-change scenarios., as detailed in "Mimosa bimucronata_DATA.csv"
***Test equipment***
The geographical distribution data of Mimosa bimucronata were obtained from field investigations, local flora, and database platforms. The databases include the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF, www.gbif.org), National Specimen Information Infrastructure (NSII, http: //www.nsii.org.cn/), and Chinese Virtual Herbarium (CVH, http: //www.cvh .ac.cn/). Some data were collected from CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) and Scopus.
***Description of the data in this data set***
A total of 967 initial records were obtained. They were screened to ascertain whether they were natural or cultivated and to remove the repeated, incomplete and inaccurate records. Finally, 125 high-quality and reliable records were kept. The records' geographical coordinates were acquired from Google Earth and saved in .csv format.
