Case study data of the paper: A methodological guide to observe local-scale geodiversity for biodiversity research and management

Current global environmental change calls for comprehensive and complementing approaches for biodiversity conservation. According to recent research, consideration of the diversity of Earth’s abiotic features (i.e., geodiversity) could provide new insights and applications into the investigation and management of biodiversity. However, methods to map and quantify geodiversity at local scale have not been developed although this scale is important for conservation planning. Here, we introduce a field methodology for observing plot-scale geodiversity, pilot the method in an Arctic-alpine tundra environment, provide empirical evidence on the plot-scale biodiversity-geodiversity relationship and give guidance for practitioners on the implementation of the method.
The field method is based on observation of geofeatures, i.e., elements of geology, geomorphology, and hydrology, from a given area surrounding a location of species observations. As a result, the method provides novel information ...

当前全球环境变化亟需兼顾全面性与互补性的生物多样性保护路径。最新研究表明，对地球非生物特征的多样性——即地质多样性（geodiversity）——的考量，可为生物多样性的调查与管理提供全新视角与应用方向。然而，尽管局域尺度对保护规划至关重要，但目前仍未开发出适用于该尺度的地质多样性制图与量化方法。为此，本研究提出一种面向样地尺度地质多样性观测的野外方法，在北极-高山苔原环境中开展方法试点，提供样地尺度下生物多样性与地质多样性关系的实证证据，并为从业者提供该方法的实施指南。
该野外方法以物种观测点位周边指定区域内的地质特征（即地质学、地貌学与水文学要素）观测为基础。据此，本方法可提供新颖的信息……