GMBA Mountain Definition: Ruggedness & Bioclimatic Belts Data

This folder contains the GMBA mountain definition_V1.1 data.

• The file "General info GMBA mountain definition_V1.1.txt" provides general information about the various files, including version, resolution, labels, and formats.
• To download all the available files at once, please chose the zipped folder entitled "GMBA mountain definition_V1.1"
• To download all necessary GIS files, please chose the zipped folder entitled "GMBA mountain definition_V1.1(GIS)" 
• For information about the methods please see Körner et al (2011) Alp Bot.pdf

Note: the version V1.1 was uploaded on 01.05.2017. The data have not changed but some minor errors in the general information file were removed and the climatic belt layers were relabeled.

When using the GMBA ruggedness data, please cite Körner C, Paulsen J, Spehn E (2011) A definition of mountains and their bioclimatic belts for global comparisons of biodiversity data. Alpine Botany 121(2): 73-78 and the dataset DOI: 10.7892/boris.83486. 

For additional information, please contact gmba@ips.unibe.ch