Regime shifts database – large persistent changes in ecosystem services

Oonsie Biggs

The regime shifts database collects and synthesise information about regime shifts around the world. Regime shifts are large, persistent changes in the function and structure of ecosystems. Currently over 30 regime shifts are described, over 300 case studies by reviewing over 1000 scientific papers.

References

Biggs R, Peterson GD, Rocha JC. (2018): The Regime Shifts Database: a framework for analyzing regime shifts in social-ecological systems. Ecology and Society 23(3):9. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10264-230309

Rocha JC, Peterson G, Bodin Ö, Levin S. (2018): Cascading regime shifts within and across scales. Science. 362, 1379–1383. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat7850

Rocha JC, Peterson GD, Biggs R. (2015): Regime Shifts in the Anthropocene: Drivers, Risks, and Resilience. PLOS ONE 10(8):e0134639. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134639

Data description

The dataset is included in one zip archive, containing comma separated value (csv) files.

Comments

The dataset archived is the same version used in Rocha et al. (2018). Thus, the version of the database is as 2017. The database is under continuous development and future version might look different from the archived one. To access the latest version of the database, you can download it from www.regimeshifts.org.

Data citation at figshare: Rocha, Juan; D. Peterson, Garry; Bodin, Örjan; Levin, Simon (2018): Cascading regime shifts within and across scales. figshare. Fileset. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7265096.v1

An earlier version, as used in Rocha et al. (2015), is also available at figshare. Citation: Rocha, Juan; Biggs, Reinette; Garry Peterson (2015): Regime Shifts in the Anthropocene Dataset. figshare. Fileset. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1472951.v1