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Expanding OBIS beyond species occurrences
An OBIS workshop explored the options of biodiversity data standards to create new combined oceanic datasets.
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Fire-resistance in a hotter future
Fire-resistant traits may help tree communities survive a warmer climate in which wildfires are expected to increase in frequency.
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No bats, no tequila: Prompting party people to protect pollinators
Save our bats, save our tequila: Industry and science join forces to help bats and agaves
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New World burying beetle resurrected
Evidence from molecular data and breeding trials divides burying beetle species into two groups
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RAINBIO – a compilation of tropical African vascular plants
In this data paper, researchers present a comprehensive database of vascular plants in tropical sub-Saharan Africa compiled from 13 different datasets
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Experts underestimate climatic tolerance of plants
A comparison of plant climatic tolerances derived from expert estimates versus occurrence records
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You say tomato, I say potato
A new approach to determining ancestral ranges and identifying biogeographical events illustrated using the nightshade family
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Climate change shifts grass phenology
The flowering time of grass species can be adjusted according to climate, but will it be enough to cope with warmer climates of the future?
Event
Citizen Science 2017
Citizen science practitioners and researchers from around the world converge on St Paul, Minnesota, USA.
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Citizen science and global biodiversity monitoring
What is the impact of citizen science on biodiversity monitoring as measured by EBVs and GBIF data contributions?