Global data on the relationship between urban biodiversity and ecosystem functioning between 2006 and 2023

This database contains documented observations of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in urban areas globally published between 2006 and June 2023. We systematically reviewed publications from Web of Science. To be included, studies needed to explicitly assess how at least one metric of biodiversity related to at least one ecosystem function and must have been conducted in an urban setting (as defined by the study author). We only included studies that explicitly assessed correlations between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning or tested cause/effect models or experiments. We extracted data related to basic study information and methodology, and the ecosystem function assessed, focal taxonomic group, biodiversity metric, and direction of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship.

本数据库收录了2006年至2023年6月间发表的全球城市区域生物多样性与生态系统功能关联的已记录观测数据。我们通过Web of Science系统检索并梳理了相关文献。入选研究需满足两项条件：一是需明确评估至少一项生物多样性指标与至少一项生态系统功能之间的关联；二是研究需在城市区域内开展（城市区域的定义由研究作者自行界定）。本次筛选仅纳入明确评估生物多样性与生态系统功能相关性，或验证因果模型、开展相关实验的研究。我们提取了研究基本信息、研究方法、所评估的生态系统功能、目标分类类群、生物多样性指标以及生物多样性-生态系统功能关联方向等相关数据。