Trait hypervolumes based on natural history collections can detect ecological strategies that are distinct to biogeographic regions

specimen_localities_for_mapping_trait_hypervolumes.csv Point localities of specimens held in natural history collections for a random sample of 575 angiosperm species that all occur in the continent of Africa. Some of the localities were georeferenced as part of this research. Localities were spatially disaggregated using the R package ecospat prior to use in Species Distribution Models that were then used to spatially project biodiversity metrics. Fields: 1. Source How the specimen locality data was obtained: GBIF = from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, TROPICOS = from Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, Taxonomic_literature = specimens cited in published taxonomic literature, Kew_herbarium = specimens seen by authors in the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. RAINBIO = RAINBIO species checklist of tropical African vascular plants, LMA_herbarium = specimens seen by authors in the herbarium of the Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique, Maputo, Mozambique, Kitwe_herbarium = specimens seen by authors in the herbarium of the Division of Forest Research Forestry Department, Kitwe, Zambia, Edinburgh_herbarium = specimens seen by authors in the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Windhoek_herbarium = specimens seen by authors in the herbarium of the National Herbarium of Namibia, UPS_herbarium = specimens seen by authors in the herbarium of the Museum of Evolution, Uppsala, Sweden. 2. Identitiy_number Identity number applied by GBIF to the specimen record 3. scientificName Binomial species name 4. Country Country in which the specimen was made 5. locality Textual description of the locality in which the specimen was made 6. habitat Textual description of the habitat in which the specimen was made 7. day Day of the month on which the specimen was made 8. month Month of the year on which the specimen was made 9. year Year in which the specimen was made 10. recordedBy Person or people who made the specimen 11. rec.Number Number given by collector to collection 12. Error.Diam. Spatial error of georefencing (km) 13. Min_Elev.M. Minimum altitude (m) 14. Max_Elev.M. Maximum altitude (m) 15. decimalLatitude Coordinates of latitude 16. decimalLongitude Coordinates of longitude 17. Label..notes Additional information recorded about the location of specimen collection 18. Georeferenced Whether each specimen record was (1) or was not (0) georeferenced (i.e. coordinates inferred from a textual description of locality) during this research taxonomic_references_from_which_trait_values_obtained.docx Taxonomic publications from which trait values were extracted.