Appearance of species in trade data sources: Supplementary data for The true scale of global wildlife trade is obscured by data gaps
Year: 2026
Type: dataset
Abstract: Data created during the study: Hughes et al., 2026. The true scale of global wildlife trade is obscured by data gaps.The data files each contain a list of traded species and which trade data sources they are detected in (1 - detected, 0 - not present). The data is split into (not mutually exclusive) taxonomic groups: amp = Amphibians, ara = Arachnids, bir = Aves, but = Lepidoptera, fis = Fish, inv = Invertebrates, mam = Mammals, pla = Plants, rep = Reptiles. Columns describe the source of trade detections including CITES Trade database, CITES appendices, LEMIS and LEMIS_noS (i.e., with Scientific purposes removed), TRAFFIC trade data, the FAO, and Research datasets.The first two columns describe the species names (Taxa, corrected). Note as this data was used for the creation of upSet plots it was reduced to remove duplicates in the "corrected" column; therefore the "Taxa" column does not represent the full extent of names found in these datasets. The first as reported in the original data source, the second the corrected name used to describe species totals. The correct process was accomplished using the Taxize R package and was primarily based on the GBIF taxonomic backbone.Data S1 - sourceSpeciesLists.zip contains the species lists from each data source prior to name changes. Within the zip are csv files split by source. amp = Amphibians, ara = Arachnids, bir = Aves, but = Lepidoptera, fis = Fish, inv = Invertebrates, mam = Mammals, pla = Plants, rep = Reptiles, cit = CITES, iuc = IUCN, tra = TRAFFIC, lem = LEMIS. reportedName = the species name present in the original dataset; file = the filename name originates from; {file name column} = a dummy variable indicating trade presence where the column name changes depending on the file.
DOI: 10.26188/33194898
Authors: Alice Hughes, Benjamin Michael Marshall, Daniel W.S. Challender, David P. Edwards, Evan A. Eskew, Julie Lockwood, Oscar Morton, Kelly Malsch, Fukushima, Caroline Sayuri, Amy Hinsley, Vincent Nijman, Shai Meiri, Sharon Baruch-Mordo, Michael F. Tlusty, Rodrigo Oyanedel, Jacqueline Jürgens, Samuel Pironon, Alyson T. Pavitt, Nazli Demirel, Molly R. C. Brown, Oliver J. S. Tallowin, Kim Friedman, Rishi Sharma, Neil D. Burgress
Institutions: The University of Melbourne, University of Sheffield
Language: English
Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7224483971