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Chocolate albatross (Appias lyncida) observed in Siem Reap, Cambodia by joshh17. Photo via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

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Blog

How to choose the right dataset class

If you are a (first-time) GBIF publisher and you are trying to decide which type of dataset would best fit your data, this blog post is for you.

Data

New Zika virus dataset from Colombia

Collection of ZIKV-positive maternal and fetal samples during 2015-16 Zika epidemic (photo by ricardo_sanchez - CC BY-NC 4.0)

Taxonomy

New species: Diplolepis abei

A new Diplolepis Geoffroy (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Diplolepidini) species from China: a rare example of a rose gall-inducer of economic significance

Data

80+ new national checklists of introduced and invasive species

Big update from the Invasive Species Specialist Group ISSG (photo Lantana camara by Sandy - CC BY-NC 4.0)

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