Interoperability of Biodiversity Databases: Biodiversity Information on Every Desktop

Edwards, John A.; Lane, Meredith A.; Nielsen, E. Steemann

doi:10.1126/science.289.5488.2312

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“…The more detailed the information (both on spatial location and habitat description), the more useful for the monitoring and conservation of regional biodiversity (Austin 1998). Many initiatives are now devoted to gather extensive distribution data of organisms (among other information; see Edwards et al 2000;Graham et al 2004), making large amounts of information on a growing number of species and higher taxa available. The compilation of all the information on species now disseminated in the literature and Natural History collections will make an enormous source of information available.…”

Section: Could Available Species Data Account For Biodiversity Variatmentioning

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A synecological framework for systematic conservation planning

Hortal

Lobo

2006

Biodiv. Inf.

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Abstract.− Biodiversity conservation design, though difficult with fragmentary or insufficient biological data, can be planned and evaluated with several methods. One of them, the complementarity criterion, is commonly used to account for the distributions of a number of species (i.e., an autoecological approach). At the same time, the patchiness and spatial bias of available distribution data has also been dealt with through distribution modelling. However, both the uncertainty of the ranges estimated and the changes in species' distributions in response to changing climates, limit the potential of single-species distributions as the biodiversity attribute to be used in complementarity strategies. Several technical and theoretical advantages of composite biodiversity variables (i.e., a synecological approach) may, however, make them ideal biodiversity indicators for conservation area selection. The drawbacks associated with current biodiversity data are discussed herein, along with the possible advantages and disadvantages of conservation planning through a synecological or autoecological approach.

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Section: Could Available Species Data Account For Biodiversity Variatmentioning

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A synecological framework for systematic conservation planning

Hortal

Lobo

2006

Biodiv. Inf.

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“…To support the worldwide sharing of various collections of biodiversity data [2], a number of large scale initiatives emerged in recent years, either at global -e.g., GBIF [3], OBIS [4], VertNet [5], Catalogue of Life [6] -or at a regional level -e.g., speciesLink [7] and List of Species of the Brazilian Flora [8]. Moreover, standards for data sharing have been promoted by establishing appropriate interest groups, e.g., the Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG -the Taxonomic Databases Working Group).…”

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Supporting biodiversity studies with the EUBrazilOpenBio Hybrid Data Infrastructure

Amaral

Badía

Blanquer

et al. 2014

Concurrency and Computation

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Abstract-EUBrazilOpenBio is a collaborative initiative addressing strategic barriers in biodiversity research by integrating open access data and user-friendly tools widely available in Brazil and Europe. The project deploys the EU-Brazil Hybrid Data Infrastructure that allows the sharing of hardware, software and data on-demand. This infrastructure provides access to several integrated services and resources to seamlessly aggregate taxonomic, biodiversity and climate data, used by processing services implementing checklist cross-mapping and ecological niche modelling. A Virtual Research Environment was created to provide users with a single entry point to processing and data resources. This article describes the architecture, demonstration use cases and experimental results.

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“…Additionally, researchers have been developing the interfaces of portals to achieve the highest possible user friendliness and interactivity. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility portal (GBIF; http://www.gbif.org), is certainly one of the most outstanding initiatives in terms of biodiversity information networks (see Edwards et al 2000;Gilman et al, 2009 In this paper, we present the Azorean Biodiversity Portal (ABP, http://www.azoresbioportal.angra.uac.pt/), and compare its features to similar initiatives. We discuss its strengths and limitations considering the mainstream issues in the modern frames of scientific communication.…”

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“…These challenges mainly include the compilation and treatment (e.g. nomenclature updating, georeferencing) of label information from the millions of specimens deposited in thousands of public collections worldwide (Soberón et al, 1996;Edwards et al, 2000).…”

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The Azorean Biodiversity Portal: An internet database for regional biodiversity outreach

Borges¹,

Gabriel²,

Arroz³

et al. 2010

Systematics and Biodiversity

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There is a growing interest in academia to provide biodiversity data to both the scientific community and the public. We present an internet database of the terrestrial lichens, bryophytes, vascular plants, molluscs, arthropods, vertebrates and coastal invertebrates of the Azores archipelago (Portugal, North Atlantic): the Azorean Biodiversity Portal (ABP, http://www.azoresbioportal.angra.uac.pt/). This is a unique resource for fundamental research in systematics, biodiversity, education and conservation management. The ABP was based on a regional species database (ATLANTIS), comprised of grid-based spatial incidence information for c. 5000 species. Most of the data rely on a comprehensive literature survey (dating back to the 19th century) as well as unpublished records from recent field surveys in the Azores. The ABP disseminates the ATLANTIS database to the public, allowing universal, unrestricted access to much of its data. Complementarily, the ABP includes additional information of interest to the general public (e.g. literature on Macaronesian biodiversity) together with images from collections and/or live specimens for many species. In this contribution we explain the implementation of a regional biodiversity database, its architecture, achievements and outcomes, strengths and limitations; we further include a number of suggestions in order to implement similar initiatives.

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Interoperability of Biodiversity Databases: Biodiversity Information on Every Desktop

Cited by 229 publications

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A synecological framework for systematic conservation planning

A synecological framework for systematic conservation planning

Supporting biodiversity studies with the EUBrazilOpenBio Hybrid Data Infrastructure

The Azorean Biodiversity Portal: An internet database for regional biodiversity outreach

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