Species guilds

This product is made of ~2500 species habitat suitability maps developed using the N-SDM pipeline (Adde et al., 2023), averaged  at the level of 26 ecological guilds (table 1), representing potential quality for 26 main habitat types in Switzerland based on TypoCH classification.

Each zipped folder corresponds to one ecological guild. See table 2 for contents of each folder.

Table 1

Number

NAME[FR]
NAME[DE]
NAME[EN]

1
sources, suintements et petits ruisseaux
Quelle, Riesenfluren, kleine Bäche
Spring, giant rivers, small streams

2
cours d'eau dynamiques et leurs rives
Dynamische Fliessgewässer und ihre Ufer
Dynamic watercourses and their banks

3
gravières, sablières
Kies- und Sandgruben
Gravel and sand pits

4
eaux lentes (epipotamon) et dormantes (zones littorales des lacs)
Langsam fliessende und stehende Gewässer (Uferzone) und ihre Ufer
Slow-flowing and stagnant waters (riparian zone) and their banks

5
petits plans d'eau et végétation pionnière
Kleine Stillgewässer, Teiche
Small still waters, ponds

6
roselière terrestre, bas-marais, prés à litière; saulaie buissonnante
Landröhrichte, Flachmoore, Streuwiesen; Moor-Weidengebüsche
Reedbeds, fens, litter meadows; bog willow scrub

7
prairies humides eutrophes
Nährstoffreiche Nasswiesen
Nutrient-rich wet meadows

8
forêts alluviales
Auenwälder
Floodplain forests

9
haut- et bas-marais
Hochmoore und Zwischenmoore
Raised bogs and intermediate bogs

10
friches et adventices (agriculture)
Brachen und Unkrautfluren (Landwirtschaft)
Fallow land and weed meadows (agriculture)

11
vergers
Hochstamm und Obstgärten
Standard trees and orchards

12
vignes riches en espèces 
Artenreiche Rebberge
Species-rich vineyards

13
haies, bosquets, bocage; arbres isolés
Hecken, Haine und Gehölze; isolierte Bäume
Hedges, groves and copses; isolated trees

14
prairies et pâturages secs; prairies grasses riches en espèces
Trockenwiesen und -weiden und artenreiche Fettwiesen
Dry meadows and pastures and species-rich meadows

15
lisières (et clairières)
Waldränder (und Lichtungen)
Forest edges (and clearings)

16
forêts xéro-thermophiles
Trockenwarme Laubwälder
Dry and warm deciduous forests

17
forêts mésophiles de feuillus
Laubwälder mittlerer Verhältnisse
Deciduous forests of medium conditions

18
landes et aulnaies vertes
Zwergstrauchheiden, Hochstaudenfluren, Grünerlengebüsche
Dwarf shrub heaths, tall herbaceous meadows, green alder scrub

19
forêts de conifères de montagne
Gebirgs-Nadelwälder
Mountain coniferous forests

20
pelouses d'altitude
Gebirgs-Magerrasen
Mountain nutrient-poor grasslands

21
rochers et falaises; éboulis
Felsen und Geröllfluren
Rocks and screes

22
milieux rudéraux (friches industrielles, gare de triage)
Ruderalflur im Siedlungs- und Industriegebiet (inkl. Verkehrsflächen)
Ruderal meadows in residential and industrial areas (incl. traffic areas)

23
parcs arborés
Parks mit Bäumen
Parks with trees

24
espèces inféodées aux bâtiments pendant la période de reproduction
Gebäude nutzende Arten zur Fortpflanzungszeit
Species using buildings during the breeding season

25
paysages agricoles extensifs et richement structurés
Strukturreiche, extensive Kulturlandschaften
Structurally rich, extensive cultivated landscapes

26
zones humides interconnectées en forêt et terres agricoles
Vernetzte Feuchtflächen im Wald und im Kulturland
Networked wetlands in forests and cultivated land

Table 2:  Folders' file descriptions

Name
Description
File name
Format

Guild aggregates - averages
average maps for the indicated guild (i.e. group of species with similar ecological needs)
e.g.: "hsv_GUILDE_1_cur.tif"
GeoTIFF

Guild aggregataes - standard deviation
standard deviation of the average for the indicated guild
e.g.: "hsv_GUILDE_1_sd_cur.tif"
GeoTIFF

Species information
model performance information for 7041 species, as well as guild attribution 
"species_info_7041.xlsx"
Excel table

Species taxons and ID
taxon information and unique identifier per model
"species.xlsx"
Excel table

Guilds
correspondence table with guilds numbers and denominations in French and German
"guilds.xlsx"
Excel table

ODMAP protocol
ODMAP protocol for species distribution models
"ODMAP.docx"
Word document

User guide
user guide for the use of guilds aggregates
"ValPar.CH_utilisation_SDM.pdf"
Pdf document

References: 

https://www.valpar.ch

Adde, A., Rey, P.-L., Brun, P., Külling, N., Fopp, F., Altermatt, F., Broennimann, O., Lehmann, A., Petitpierre, B., Zimmermann, N. E., Pellissier, L., & Guisan, A. (2023). N-SDM: A high-performance computing pipeline for Nested Species Distribution Modelling. Ecography, 2023(6), e06540. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06540