Hi Rob, did you consider WorldClim and BioClim? These are rasterized climate data for the globe; Then you would still have to average by ecoregion. You could get that from FAO and use a GIS.
http://www.worldclim.org/bioclim, http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?id=1007 Regards, Martin Am 2012-09-13 um 13:03 schrieb Salguero-Gomez, Roberto: > Dear ecologgers, > > Some colleagues and I are carrying out a comparative demographic analyses > with hundreds of plant species and are interested in correlating our findings > with abiotic factors such as mean annual temperature and precipitation, > frequency of disturbance, or degree of abiotic stochasticity. Unfortunately > we do not have access to these type of data for the study sites where the > data in our database was censused. Instead, we have classified those sites > following Olson et al. BioSci 2001's ecoregions*. We've tried to find a > publication that offers global values for P, T, degree of disturbance, degree > of stochasticity, etc at this ecoregion or similar classification level but > have not succeeded. We would very much appreciate if some ecologger could > suggest some references. My email contact is salguero AT demogr.mpg.de. > > Many thanks in advance! > Rob et al. > > *Olson's ecoregions are: > - Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest > - Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest > - Tropical and subtropical coniferous forest > - Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest > - Temperate coniferous forest > - Boreal forest/Taiga > - Tropical and subtropical grassland, savanna, and shrubland > - Temperate grassland, savanna and shrubland > - Flooded grassland and savanna > - Tundra > - Mediterranean forest, woodland and scrub > - Desert and xeric shrubland > - Mangrove > > -- > > "Aliud iter ad prosperitatem nos est: id est omnibus rebus vincere" > .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > Rob Salguero-Gómez, PhD > Postdoctoral fellow > Address: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, room 310 > Konrad-Zuse-Str. 1. 18057 Rostock, Germany > Office phone: +49 (0) 381.2081-267 (ext. 236) > Fax: +49 (0) 381.2081-567 > Email: [email protected] > Skype: robertosalguerogomez > Website: http://sites.google.com/site/RobResearchSite/ > -------| http://sci.martinkoechy.de | [email protected] |--------- Dr. Martin Köchy (Koechy) Telefon: +49-531-596-5324 * Telefax: +49-531-596-5399 vCard: http://sci.martinkoechy.de/Koechy.vcf Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut -Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei- Institut für Marktanalyse und Agrarhandelspolitik Johann Heinrich von Thuenen Institute -Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries- Institute for Market Analysis and Agricultural Trade Policy vTI-MA * Bundesallee 50 * 38116 Braunschweig * GERMANY Telefon: +49-531-596-5324 * Telefax: +49-531-596-5399 http://www.vti.bund.de/de/startseite/institute/ma.html --------------------------\ Projects /----------------------------------- MACSUR: http://www.macsur.eu GLOWA Jordan River: http://www.glowa-jordan-river.de COCOS: http://www.cocos-carbon.org
