UnitedSixSoilMoss - Six cosmopolite Mediterranean soil moss species global distribution dataset

Dataset of publicly available biodiversity information of mosses records of six different species. The selected species are Tortella squarrosa (Brid.) Limpr., Dicranum scoparium Hedw., Syntrichia ruralis (Hedw.) F.Weber & D.Mohr, Ptychostomum capillare (Hedw.) D.T.Holyoak & N.Pedersen, Homalothecium aureum (Spruce) H.Rob. and Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw. The dataset contains 322,595 occurrences result of the compilation, cleaning, enrichment and validation from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF; Downloaded in January 2019 from their occurrence website). This database was elaborated to develope species distribution models and make predictions of their future geographical distribution based on different climate change scenarios.