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Download Presentation: How to use GBIF.org to obtain biodiversity data Presentation

Presentation: How to use GBIF.org to obtain biodiversity data

This presentation summarizes different ways to obtain biodiversity data using GBIF.org through visual slides which include links to the...

Author(s): González-Talaván, A.
GBIF GNA Profile Reference Guide for Darwin Core Archive, Core Terms and Extensions
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GBIF GNA Profile Reference Guide for Darwin Core Archive, Core Terms and Extensions

This document represents an overview of the terms and data structure proposed as a
simple, text-based data format to support the...

Author(s): Remsen D.P., Döring, M, Robertson, T.
Download GBIF Darwin Core Archive, How-to Guide Document

GBIF Darwin Core Archive, How-to Guide

NOTE: Please be advised that this resource is outdated. It remains available for historical purposes only.


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Author(s): Remsen D, Braak, K, Döring M, Robertson, T
Terms Used in Bionomenclature. The naming of organisms (and plant communities)
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Terms Used in Bionomenclature. The naming of organisms (and plant communities)

This text is a comprehensive a glossary of over 2,100 terms used in biological nomenclature - the naming of whole organisms of all...

Author(s): David L. Hawksworth
Download Guide to Best Practices for Generalising Sensitive Species Occurrence Data Document

Guide to Best Practices for Generalising Sensitive Species Occurrence Data

A guide to the best practices for generalising primary species-ocurrence data (sensitive species).

Author(s): A.D. Chapman, Oliver Grafton
rgbif: an interface to the GBIF API for the R statistical programming environment Tool

rgbif: an interface to the GBIF API for the R statistical programming environment

rgbif is an R package from rOpenSci that allows searching and retrieving data from GBIF. rgbif ...

Author(s): Scott Chamberlain, Carl Boettiger, Karthik Ram, Vijay Barve and Dan Mcglinn
Download Good Practices for the Collection of Biodiversity Baseline Data Good Practices for the Collection of Biodiversity Baseline Data Link

Good Practices for the Collection of Biodiversity Baseline Data

This guide provides recommendations for the initial process of data capturing in an environmental impact assessment project. It...

Author(s): Gullison, Ted; Hardner, Jared J.; Anstee, Stuart; Meyer, Mike - See more at: http://publications.iadb.org/handle/11319/7096#sthash.xZ0NIPfc.dpuf
Download Getting Started, Overview of data publishing in the GBIF Network Document

Getting Started, Overview of data publishing in the GBIF Network

This document serves as a introduction to publishing biodiversity data through the GBIF network.

Author(s): Remsen D, Ko B, Chavan V & Raymond M.
Data Accessibility Benchmark Organizational Self-Assessment Tool by ACZISC Tool

Data Accessibility Benchmark Organizational Self-Assessment Tool by ACZISC

The data accessibility self-assessment tool is for use in these organizations to develop a benchmark to monitor progress in improving...

Author(s): MacDonald, B. & Branton, R.
Gaia Guide
Gaia Guide Tool

Gaia Guide

The Gaia Guide initiative offers access to field guides and species descriptions from its website but also through android and iOS...

Notes of the conference “Building species banks: how do we shape the future?”
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Notes of the conference “Building species banks: how do we shape the future?”

These are the notes summarizing the presentations and discussions hold as part of the conference “Building species banks: how do we...

Author(s): GBIF Secretariat
Program of the conference “Building species banks: how do we shape the future?”
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Program of the conference “Building species banks: how do we shape the future?”

This is the program for the conference “Building species banks: how do we shape the future?” co-organized in 2005 by NLBIF, ETI and the...

Author(s): GBIF Secretariat
Presentation: Species banks databases
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Presentation: Species banks databases

This presentation summarizes the results of a research project carried out in 2005 to explore the existing online species banks.

Author(s): Pérez Iniesta, E.
Presentation: Species banks - blue-sky investments and biodiversity futures
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Presentation: Species banks - blue-sky investments and biodiversity futures

In 2005, Kevin Thiele explored in this presentation different scenarios in which a global species bank could be developed.

Author(s): Thiele, K.
Presentation: SpeciesBank, dreams and realities
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Presentation: SpeciesBank, dreams and realities

This presentation describes the view on the species banks by the Fishbase team (www.fishbase.org...

Author(s): Froese, R.
Presentation: The future of biodiversity informatics: what’s possible, what’s not
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Presentation: The future of biodiversity informatics: what’s possible, what’s not

This is an very extensive presentation (232 slides) by Robert J. Robbins from 2005 where he analyzes the future of biodiversity...

Author(s): Robbins, R.J.
Presentation: Internationalization & GBIF, integrating indigenous knowledge and vernacular names
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Presentation: Internationalization & GBIF, integrating indigenous knowledge and vernacular names

This presentation explains the relevance of the indigenous knowledge related to biodiversity and biodiversity data, in particular the...

Author(s): Remsen, D.
CITES species database
CITES species database Link

CITES species database

This database contains information about species that are protected by the ‘Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of...

Author(s): Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
IPNI – International Plant Names Index
IPNI – International Plant Names Index Link

IPNI – International Plant Names Index

The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) is a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants,...

Author(s): The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Harvard University Herbaria, and the Australian National Herbarium.
BibMaster, a database application for biodiversity projects management
BibMaster, a database application for biodiversity projects management Tool

BibMaster, a database application for biodiversity projects management

A database application for biodiversity projects management: taxa level information, nomenclature, literature and specimen management:...

Author(s): F. Pando et al.

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