Global livestock area

land use

Gridded Livestock of the World (GLW) database, reflecting the most recently compiled and harmonized subnational livestock distribution data for 2010.

Details

This dataset downscales national and subnational statistics based on the spatial variability of gridded data on environmental and socio-economic drivers. This is achieved through a Random Forest modeling framework, and results on several layers with per-pixel densities of individual types of livestock, such as cattle, horses, and chickens. The dataset also provides the original statitical data in gridded form.

Subdatasets

cattle | Cattle density (nr. per km2)
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value_range 0…n
buffalos | Buffalo density (nr. per km2)
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value_range 0…n
sheep | Sheep density (nr. per km2)
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value_range 0…n
goats | Goats density (nr. per km2)
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value_range 0…n
pigs | Pigs density (nr. per km2)
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value_range 0…n
chickens | Chicken density (nr. per km2)
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value_range 0…n
ducks | Duck density (nr. per km2)
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value_range 0…n

masDMT query

# data call without specifying subdataset and resolution
list_data("GLW_aw")

# data call for specific subdataset 
list_data("GLW_aw/cattle")

# data call to subdataset with a specific resolution
list_data("GLW_aw/cattle/10km")

References

(bibtex)

[1] Gilbert, Nicolas, Cinardi, Van Boeckel, Vanwambeke, Wint, and Robinson (2018)