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Tetrápodos de Uruguay

Dataset homepage

Citation

Grattarola F, Botto G, da Rosa I, Gobel N, González E M, González J, Hernández D, Laufer G, Maneyro R, Martínez-Lanfranco J A, Naya D E, Rodales A L, Ziegler L, Pincheira-Donoso D (2020). Tetrápodos de Uruguay. Biodiversidata. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ozcrpu accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-20.

Description

The dataset contains primary biodiversity data of native amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal species recorded in Uruguay by members of Biodiversidata between 2000 and 2019. It includes observations made during surveys of specific faunistic groups and occasional sampling events. The presence of individuals was recorded either by direct observations or by preserved specimens deposited in collections.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The data were collected in more than 120 localities of Uruguay.

Sampling

The dataset contains records made during surveys of specific faunistic groups and occasional sampling events.

Quality Control

Species were identified by the expert members of Biodiversidata who provided de data. Species names were standardised, and georeferenced point data were checked at state level.

Method steps

  1. The dataset was prepared to improve the findability, accessibility, interoperability and reuse of the data collated. We enriched the records incorporating more than 30 descriptive terms following the Darwin Core Biodiversity Data Standard (https://dwc.tdwg.org/). The R scripts used to clean the data can be found at: https://github.com/bienflorencia/rBiodiversidata
  2. For standardisation of species names and complete taxonomic categories retrieval given the species names, we used the R package 'taxize' (https://github.com/ropensci/taxize). We followed Integrated Taxonomic Information System database (itis.gov) as reference.
  3. To complete the conservation status of species according to the IUCN Red List assessment, we used the R package 'rredlist' (https://github.com/ropensci/rredlist).
  4. Georeferenced point data resulted from either GPS measurements or by defining the latitude and longitude of the event locality through the GeoNames Gazetteer database (geonames.org). Coordinates are presented in decimal degrees and checked at state level.

Taxonomic Coverages

The tetrapods group
  1. Amphibia
    common name: Amphibians rank: class
  2. Reptilia
    common name: Reptiles rank: class
  3. Aves
    common name: Birds rank: class
  4. Mammalia
    common name: Mammals rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Territory of Uruguay

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Grattarola F, Botto G, da Rosa I, Gobel N, González E, González J, Hernández D, Laufer G, Maneyro R, Martínez-Lanfranco J, Naya D, Rodales A, Ziegler L, Pincheira-Donoso D (2019) Biodiversidata: An Open-Access Biodiversity Database for Uruguay. Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e36226. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e36226 -

Contacts

Florencia Grattarola
originator
position: PhD Student
University of Lincoln
Lincoln
GB
email: fGrattarola@lincoln.ac.uk
homepage: http://flograttarola.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8282-5732
Germán Botto
originator
position: Associate Professor
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República
Montevideo
UY
email: germanbotto@gmail.com
homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/germanbotto/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4055-9277
Inés da Rosa
originator
position: Assistant Professor
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República
Montevideo
UY
email: inespossible@gmail.com
Noelia Gobel
originator
position: Collaborator
Area Biodiversidad y Conservación, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
Montevideo
UY
email: noeliagobel@gmail.com
Enrique M. González
originator
position: Collaborator
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
Montevideo
UY
email: emgonzalezuy@gmail.com
Javier González
originator
position: Director
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
Montevideo
UY
email: javier.gonzalez@mec.gub.uy
Daniel Hernández
originator
position: Collaborator
NGO JULANA (Jugando en la Naturaleza)
Montevideo
UY
email: gallegodez@gmail.com
Gabriel Laufer
originator
position: Collaborator
Area Biodiversidad y Conservación, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
Montevideo
UY
email: gabriel.laufer@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8285-5023
Raúl Maneyro
originator
position: Associate Professor
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República
Montevideo
UY
email: rmaneyro@fcien.edu.uy
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3440-8701
Juan A. Martínez-Lanfranco
originator
position: Grad Research Asst Fellowship
Faculty of Science, University of Alberta
Edmonton
CA
email: jacoloml@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1692-1168
Daniel E. Naya
originator
position: Associate Professor
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República
Montevideo
UY
email: dnaya@fcien.edu.uy
homepage: http://evolucion.fcien.edu.uy/daniel/daniel.html
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8311-9263
Ana L. Rodales
originator
position: Collaborator
Programa para la Conservación de los Murciélagos de Uruguay, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural
Montevideo
UY
email: arodales@gmail.com
Lucía Ziegler
originator
position: Assistant Professor
Centro Universitario Regional del Este (CURE), Universidad de la República
Maldonado
UY
email: lucia.ziegler@gmail.com
Daniel Pincheira-Donoso
originator
position: Lecturer
MacroBiodiversity Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University of Belfast
Belfast
GB
email: D.Pincheira-Donoso@qub.ac.uk
homepage: http://selectiondynamics.weebly.com/daniel-pincheira-donoso.html
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0050-6410
Florencia Grattarola
metadata author
position: Coordinator
Biodiversidata
UY
email: flograttarola@gmail.com
homepage: http://flograttarola.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8282-5732
Florencia Grattarola
principal investigator
position: Coordinator
Biodiversidata
UY
email: flograttarola@gmail.com
homepage: http://flograttarola.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8282-5732
Florencia Grattarola
administrative point of contact
position: PhD Student
University of Lincoln
GB
email: fGrattarola@lincoln.ac.uk
homepage: http://flograttarola.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8282-5732
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