LIFEPLAN: A worldwide biodiversity sampling design

sites that are relatively undisturbed and representative of the local environment. At the National level, we sample in Madagascar as well as the Nordic countries of Sweden, Norway and Finland (Fig 4). Nested design To study hierarchical patterns of community structure in space, we have created a Nested sam- pling design with increasing distance between sites (Fig 5). We originally searched for sites in a Fig 3. Comparisons within site pairs. (A) Differences in elevation (metres above sea level) within natural/urban site pairs. (B) Differences in Human Footprint Index within natural/urban site pairs. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313353.g003 Fig 4. Locations of sites in the National design. Black points show National design sites in Madagascar (left) and the Nordic countries (right). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313353.g004 PLOS ONE LIFEPLAN: A worldwide biodiversity sampling design PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313353 December 31, 2024 6 / 15