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Observation.org, Nature data from around the World

Citation

de Vries H, Lemmens M (2022). Observation.org, Nature data from around the World. Observation.org. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/5nilie accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-05-23.

Description

This dataset contains occurrence data of flora and fauna species. From the Netherlands on a 5 x 5 km scale, data from other countries are exact. Observations from Belgium are excluded and can be accessed on GBIF through Natuurpunt and Natagora. It summarizes the observations recorded by >175.000 volunteers.

Sampling Description

Quality Control

All records are validated by staff or machine

Method steps

  1. Opportunistic records from the original database of Waarneming.nl and Observation.org. For the Netherlands the records in this dataset present the summed numbers of live individuals per 5 km square. Locations refer to the geographical center points of these squares. Data from other countries are as exact as possible.

Taxonomic Coverages

The dataset contains >135.000 species of all kingdoms
  1. Fungi,Plantea,Animalia,Protista,Chromista,Bacteria
    rank: Kingdom
  2. Acanthocephala, Actinobacteria, Amoebozoa, Anamorphic Fungi, Annelida, Apicomplexa, Arthropoda, Ascomycetes, Ascomycota, Bacillariophyta, Basidiomycota, Bigyra, Brachiopoda, Bryophyta, Bryozoa, Cercozoa, Chaetognatha, Charophyta, Chlorobi, Chlorophyta, Choanozoa, Chordata, Chrysophyta, Chytridiomycota, Ciliophora, Cnidaria, Cryptista, Cryptophyta, Ctenophora, Cyanobacteria, Cycliophora, Dictyosteliomycota, Dicyemida, Dinocaridida, Dinoflagellata, Dinophyta, Echinodermata, Echiura, Entoprocta, Eubacteria, Euglenophyta, Euglenozoa, Foraminifera, Gastrotricha, Glaucophyta, Glomeromycota, Gnathostomulida, Haplosporidia, Haptophyta, Hemichordata, Heterokontophyta, Hyolitha, Katablepharidophyta, Kinorhyncha, Lobopodia, Loricifera, Marchantiophyta, Micrognathozoa, Mollusca, Mycetozoa, Myxomycota, Myzozoa, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Nemertini, Ochrophyta, Onychophora, Oomycota, Orthonectida, Percolozoa, Phaeophyta, Phoronida, Placozoa, Planctomycetes, Plasmodiophoromycota, Platyhelminthes, Porifera, Priapulida, Proteobacteria, Rhizaria, Rhodophyta, Rotifera, Sipuncula, Tardigrada, Telonemia, Tracheophyta, Vetulicolia, Xanthophyta, Xenacoelomorpha, Zygomycota
    rank: Phylum

Geographic Coverages

The World

Bibliographic Citations

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Contacts

Hisko de Vries
originator
position: Manager
Observation International
Pieter Nieuwlandstraat 46
Utrecht
3514 HJ
Utrecht
NL
Telephone: +316 13 44 86 63
email: hiskodevries@gmail.com
homepage: https://waarneming.nl
Martine Lemmens
metadata author
position: Business development
Observation International
Kapellerpoort 1
Roermond
6041 HZ
Limburg
NL
Telephone: +31638271326
email: martine@waarneming.nl
homepage: https://observation.org
Hisko de Vries
administrative point of contact
position: Manager
Observation.org
P. Nieuwlandstraat 46
Utrecht
3514HJ
Utrecht
NL
Telephone: +316 13 44 86 63
email: hiskodevries@gmail.com
homepage: https://waarneming.nl
Office
administrative point of contact
email: office@observation.org
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