EcoregionsTreeFinder – a global dataset documenting observations of 48,129 tree species in 828 terrestrial ecoregions

Check this article for a description of the methods used to develop the EcoregionsTreeFinder. Together with the citation for this Zenodo archive, it is the suggested citation for the database. Kindt, R. and Pedercini, F. (2025), EcoregionsTreeFinder—A Global Dataset Documenting the Abundance of Observations of >45,000 Tree Species in 828 Terrestrial Ecoregions. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70064. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70064 Use this shinyapp to filter native tree species for a particular ecoregion or to see ecoregions where a species is expected to be native: https://patspo.shinyapps.io/EcoregionsTreeFinder/ The database was created from observation records filtered from: GBIF.org (16 March 2021) GBIF Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.77gcvq Funding Development of the EcoregionsTreeFinder was supported by the Bezos Earth Fund via the Quality Tree Seed for Africa project, by Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative via the Provision of Adequate Tree Seed Portfolio in Ethiopia (PATSPO) project, by the Darwin Initiative via project DAREX001 of Developing a Global Biodiversity Standard certification for tree-planting and restoration, by the Green Climate Fund via the Readiness proposal Burkina Faso and TREPA projects, and by the International Climate Initiative via the Right Tree for the Right Place and Right Purpose (RTRPRP) project.