Counts of Species Occurrence Records in Forested and Non-forested Areas 1970-2022

This collection contains counts of species occurrence records from the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), between 1970 and 2022, for flora and fauna in forested and non-forested areas in Australia. These datasets informed analyses of forest-dwelling species for Australia’s State of the Forests Report. Lineage: All species occurrence data aggregated by the ALA as of 2022-12-31 were downloaded and filtered using the galah R package to include only records:• passing the ALA general data quality profile (https://support.ala.org.au/support/solutions/articles/6000240256-getting-started-with-the-data-quality-filters)• occurring between the years 1970 and 2022• with spatial coordinates• included within the Kingdom Plantae or the Phylum Chordata• identified to at least species level Spatial coordinates of these records were then cross-referenced against the 2018 Forests of Australia continental dataset of forest extent to determine, at the species level, the number of records falling within forested and non-forested areas. Two derived datasets were created based on this: • national_counts.csv• state_counts.csvnational_counts.csv aggregates species-level counts of records in forested and non-forested areas across Australia, and state_counts.csv facets the counts based on the state/territory corresponding the the spatial coordinates of each record. The derived datasets include the following columns:• ALA species ID• Species scientific name• Kingdom• Phylum• Class• Order• Family• Genus• Vernacular name• State or territory (only in state_counts.csv)• Count of records in forested areas• Count of records in non-forested areas• Total count of records• Percentage of records in forested areas The data_sources.csv file includes information on the source datasets within the Atlas of Living Australia that contributed to this collection.