ZooGeoData: a global census of animal geomorphic agents and their effects

This data set provides a global inventory of reported animal geomorphic agents and their effects, created by systematically reviewing the published research on animal impacts on landforms and landscapes. Full details on the systematic review process are provided in the accompanying publication Harvey GL, Khan Z, Alberston LK, Coombes M, Johnson MF, Rice SP and Viles HA, Global diversity and energy of animals shaping the Earth's surface, PNAS, which presents analyses of these data (see Related Works).

This record contains: a README file, a full bibliography of papers derived from systematic literature review, species inventory of animal geomorphic agents, species occurrence data (where available) downloaded from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), average body size data and number of species for each genus, code used to download and map species occurrence data and code used to produce biomass and energy calculations. All calculations and figures in the accompanying publication (see Related Works) are based on data shared here.

Gemma Harvey and Zareena Khan were supported by the Leverhulme Trust via a Leverhulme Research Fellowship (grant number RF-2022-284\4 for the project: Nature's engineers: uncovering signatures of life in landscapes).