jbi: A Pathfinder

This is a computer-generated pathfinder created against the Distant Reader study called jbi.

Each Distant Reader study carrel is composed of many individual items. Each item is bibliographically described with author, title, date, summary, and keyword values. Below is a list of the items' most signficant keywords as well as lists of the items themselves. Purpusing the content of this pathfinder provides the student, researcher, or scholar with one way to get their heads around the scope of the carrel. The keywords include:

Species; Biodiversity; Information; Collections; Variables; Gbif; Use; History; Model; Names; Specimen; Areas; Knowledge; Collection; Country; Example; Points; Vegetation; Interactions; Plants

Depending on how this pathfinder was created, many of the bibliographic sections will include elaborations on the meaning(s) of the given keywords. These elaborations were generated by feeding the items' summaries to a large langauge model and asking the model to address the question, "What is X?", where "X" is the keyword. The result will be a few sentences of elaboration. Be forewarned. The elaborations are often plausible, but they should not be take as truth. Instead, they should be taken as points for consideration.

• Weighing the Evidence for the Abundant-Center Hypothesis by Dallas, Tad A.; Santini, Luca ; Decker, Robin ; Hastings, Alan (2020) - Here, Table 1: A review of existing support for the abundant-center hypothesis suggests that approximately 20% of species demonstrate a relationship between species density and distance to a species geographic range or climatic niche center. Reflecting boundaries such as impassable streams serve may influence the spatial distribution of species density by increasing species densities at barriers, and by not allowing access to suitable geographic areas beyond the dis- persal barriers (Nislow et al. 2011). Keywords: center; center hypothesis; center relationships; dallas; density; dispersal; distance; distribution; ecology; et al; hypothesis; niche; population; range; relationships; santini; space; species; support
• The Abundant Niche-centroid Hypothesis: Key Points About Unfilled Niches and the Potential Use of Supraspecfic Modeling Units by Yañez, Carlos; Martín, Gerardo ; Osorio-Olvera, Luis; Escobar-Luján, Jazmín; Castaño-Quintero, Sandra; Chiappa-Carrara, Xavier; Martínez-Meyer, Enrique (2020) - We use the BAM components and configurations to exemplify situations in which distances to the niche centroid estimated from distributional data may and may not explain species abundances. Also, considering that M determines the set of regions and environments occupied by the species, the known set of presence records (G+) occur in geographic space (Go), so the associated environments η(G+) are already reduced by M. As a consequence, niche models that have been calibrated in an M region will frequently under-char- acterize the NF (Peterson and Soberón 2012), and the estimation of their centroid will be biased. Keywords: abundance; centroid; data; et al; hypothesis; models; niche; peterson; soberón; species
• Some thoughts about the challenge of inferring ecological interactions from spatial data. by Holt, Robert D. (2020) - They use an anal- ogy with physics to understand ecology (in their Box 1), and state that fundamental interactions in physics are ‘direct’, whereas other interactions are ‘indirect’. In the former case, the epsilon of Stephens et al. indicates positive interactions, yet experiments show negative interactions. Keywords: data; et al; interactions; occurrence; patterns; species; stephens
• General Theory and Good Practices in Ecological Niche Modeling: A Basic Guide by Simoes, Marianna; Romero-Alvarez, Daniel; Nuñez-Penichet, Claudia; Jiménez, Laura; E. Cobos, Marlon (2020) - Ecological niche modeling (ENM) and species distribution modeling (SDM) are sets of tools that allow the estimation of distributional areas on the basis of establishing relationships among known occur- rences and environmental variables. Seeking to reduce mistakes, improve standard- ization, ensure consistency, and provide training on the application of these tools, we provide basic guide- lines on the building of ecological niche models. Keywords: modeling; niche; species
• Presence-only and Presence-absence Data for Comparing Species Distribution Modeling Methods by Elith, Jane; Graham, Catherine; Valavi, Roozbeh; Abegg, Meinrad; Bruce, Caroline; Ferrier, Simon; Ford, Andrew; Guisan, Antoine; Hijmans, Robert J.; Huettmann, Falk; Lohmann, Lucia; Loiselle, Bette; Moritz, Craig; Overton, Jake; Peterson, A. Townsend; Phillips, Steven; Richardson, Karen; Williams, Stephen; Wiser, Susan K.; Wohlgemuth, Thomas; Zimmermann, Niklaus E. (2020) - The regions show useful vari- ation in the amount of species data per region, with tens to thousands of PO records per species, and 102 to 19 120 PA evaluation sites (Table 1 and detailed summaries per region in Supplementary Information 2). Top left: maps of species data, top right: an interactive map with PA site locations; Bottom left: density plot showing the distribution of PO data along one environmental gradient, compared with that of random points from the region; Bottom right: pairwise correlations between variable. Keywords: bias; data; distribution; elith; et al; evaluation; group; methods; modeling; models; presence; records; region; species
• Can We Infer Species Interactions from Co-occurrence Patterns? A Reply to Peterson et al. (2020) by Stephens, Christopher Rhodes (2020) - The properties that Peterson et al. question are all well-known attributes of this diagnostic. Our key assertion, again, is that geographic co-occurrence is a necessary but not sufficient condition for such biotic interactions to be present. Keywords: et al; occurrence; peterson; species
• Predicting multi-species bark beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) occurrence in Alaska: First use of open access big data mining and open source GIS to provide robust inference and a role model for progress in forest conservation by Zabihi, Khodabakhsh; Huettmann, Falk; Young, Brian (2021) - Elevation showed a different pattern from other predictors: in all three models, areas at elevations <2000 m and >4000 m favored bark beetle presence, whereas elevations of 2000-4000 m was not occupied by bark beetle species. In this sense, the common, individual-based approach of modeling and mapping spatial distributions of bark beetle species may not provide comprehensive information required for efficient forest management. Keywords: alaska; bark; bark beetle; beetle; beetle species; biodiversity; data; distance; et al; figure; forest; huettmann; land; learning; machine; map; model; points; presence; species; spruce; tree; variables; white
• Visualizing species richness and site similarity from presence-absence matrices by Soberón, Jorge; Cobos, Marlon E.; Nuñez-Penichet, Claudia (2021) - Considering how the ran- domization is done, before starting the process, we broke any potential geographic structure remaining in the PAM (where closer rows are also closer cells in the geography) by rearranging randomly the rows (which represent geographic cells) but maintaining the identity of these cells in the results. The two cases are: 1) a positive mini- mum covariance when comparing communities per site (grid cells in our case); and 2) the case with a negative minimum covariance. Keywords: cells; dispersion; diversity; field; pam; plot; range; richness; species; values
• ENM2020: A Free Online Course and Set of Resources on Modeling Species' Niches and Distributions by Peterson, A. Townsend; Aiello-Lammens, Matthew; Amatulli, Giuseppe; Anderson, Robert; Cobos, Marlon; Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre; Escobar, Luis; Feng, Xiao; Franklin, Janet; Gadelha, Luiz; Georges, Damien; Guéguen, M; Gueta, Tomer; Ingenloff, Kate; Jarvie, Scott; Jiménez, Laura; Karger, Dirk; Kass, Jamie; Kearney, Michael; Loyola, Rafael; Machado-Stredel, Fernando; Martínez-Meyer, Enrique; Merow, Cory; Mondelli, Maria Luiza; Mortara, Sara; Muscarella, Robert; Myers, Corinne; Naimi, Babak; Noesgaard, Daniel; Ondo, Ian; Osorio-Olvera, Luis; Owens, Hannah; Pearson, Richard; Pinilla-Buitrago, Gonzalo; Sánchez-Tapia, Andrea; Saupe, Erin; Thuiller, Wilfried; Varela, Sara; Warren, Dan; Wieczorek, John; Yates, Katherine; Zhu, Gengping; Zuquim, Gabriela; Zurell, Damaris (2022) - BAM scenario exercises Video ATP Pdf -- Question and answer Video MC, FMS, MP, ATP -- Materials Special discussion: Extent and Resolution Video MC, JS, ATP -- EcoClimate ALGORITHMS Algorithms / Relation to Theory† Video JF Pdf Hastie, Elith, Elith06 Un Solo Díos Video ATP Pdf Materials Question and answer Video MC, ATP -- Paper on uses, Zhu. BAM and M and model success - What you can and cannot model Video ATP Pdf BAM, Literature. Keywords: answer video; atp; atp pdf; biodiversity; course; materials; model; modeling; new; pdf; pdf materials; peterson; question; species; university; usa; video; video atp; video mc
• Biodiversity and distribution of Isopoda and Polychaeta along the Northwestern Pacific and the Arctic Ocean by Saeedi, Hanieh; Brandt, Angelika; Jacobsen, Nils L. (2022) - Rarefac‑ tion (ES15) showed that highest species richness was around the Philippines, Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea, and the AO (Fig. 1). Polychaetes with unknown pelagic larvae showed higher species richness in the AO as well the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea (Fig. S8). Keywords: biodiversity; brandt; deep; depth; distribution; et al; fig; isopoda; larval; marine; number; ocean; pacific; polychaeta; records; richness; saeedi; saeedi et; sampling; sea; shallow; species; species richness; waters
• Detecting Signals of Species’ Ecological Niches in Results of Studies with Defined Sampling Protocols: Example Application to Pathogen Niches by Cobos, Marlon E.; Peterson, A. Townsend (2022) - Pathogen niche is equal to host niche 12–26 700–2800 T: 5.44 P: 122,500 0.52 Pathogen 2 Pathogen niche has the same size as host niche but with changed position 14–28 800–2900 T: 5.44 P: 122,500 0.38 Pathogen 3 Pathogen niche changed in position and size (smaller) compared to host niche 13–22 900–2600 T: 2.25 P: 8,277 Keywords: data; distribution; host; niche; pathogen; records; sampling; species
• Resolving taxonmic discrepancies: Role of Electronic Catalogues of Known Organisms by Chavan, Vishwas Shravan; Rane, Nilesh Sunil; Watve, Aparna; Ruggiero, Michael (2005) - Hence, to build up easy communication pathways and reduce the time input, it would be extremely helpful to have a web-based central registry system for taxonomic names. In addition, a permanent mechanism for registering and validating scientific names of organisms needs to be created at national as well as global levels. Keywords: class; discrepancies; genus; india; information; international; itis; names; nomenclature; order; phylum; species
• rangemap: An R Package to Explore Species' Geographic Ranges by Cobos, Marlon E.; Barve, Vijay ; Barve, Narayani; Jiménez-Valverde, Alberto; Nuñez-Penichet, Claudia (2022) - Data required The main input for analysis functions is a set of occurrence data (geographic coordinates) in the form of a “data.frame”. Visualization tools included in the package help to produce simple, high-quality representations of occurrence data and figures summarizing resulting ranges in geographic and environmental spaces. Keywords: analysis; data; occurrence; package; rangemap; ranges; species
• Best Practices for Data Management in Citizen Science - An Indian Outlook by Vattakaven, Thomas; Barve, Vijay ; Ramaswami, Geetha; Singh, Priya; Jagannathan, Suneha; Dhandapani, Balasubramanian (2022) - Planning for Data Quality Assurance The credibility and quality of citizen science data is often questioned even though recent studies have challenged this view (e.g., Barve 2014). Regular backup of data with multiple copies in multiple locations and a con- sistent preservation policy across sites is essential for the security and integrity of citizen science data. Keywords: access; biodiversity; biodiversity data; citizen science; collection; data; data collection; data management; data quality; et al; india; information; knowledge; participants; participation; practices; project; public; quality; research; science data; science projects; species; standards; terms; use; user
• Guide francophone pour la modélisation de niches écologiques by Vignoles, Anais (2022) - Escobar et al., 2014; Alkishe et al., 2020; Nuñez-Penichet et al., 2021a), les mécanismes de macroévolution des espèces (e.g., Saupe et al., 2019), la paléoécologie et paléo-distribution d’espèces fossiles (e.g., Myers et al., 2015; Gibert, Vignoles et al., 2022), la diffusion de maladies via des vecteurs animaux (e.g., Sweeney et al., 2006; Escobar et al., 2017; Marques et al., 2020, 2021), l’impact du changement climatique sur les espèces animales ou végétales (e.g., Warren et al., 2014; Ashraf et al., 2017), ou encore les relations culture- environnement chez les chasseurs-cueilleurs du Paléolithique (e.g., Banks et al., 2006, 2009, 2011, 2021; Vignoles et al., 2021). Dans ce cadre, il est possible d’établir au moins quatre configurations du diagramme BAM (Peterson et al., 2011; Saupe et al., 2012; Figure 4): i) la configuration classique, dans laquelle Keywords: 2021; anaïs; anderson; aux; avec; biais; calibration; ces; cette; choix; comme; compte; conditions; dans; dans la; de la; de variables; des; deux; distribution; donc; données; d’autres; d’occurrences; d’une; ecol; ecologiques; enm; entre; environnementales; est; et al; et des; et j.; et la; et les; et m.; et r.; exemple; figure; francophone; guide; géographique; la niche; les; l’aire; l’espèce; maxent; modeling; modelisation; models; modèle; niche; par; pas; peterson et; peut; points; pour; présence; que; qui; soberón; sont; species; sur; taxon; trop; une; variables; vignoles; warren; être
• Challenges Building Online GIS Services to Support Global Biodiversity Mapping and Analysis: Lessons from the Mountain and Plains Database and Informatics project. by Guralnick, Robert P; Neufeld, David (2005) - A key component to sharing and eventually mapping biodiversity data is development of agreed upon standards (Figure 1 – community data standards) for accessing widely varying database structures, and associated metadata (Bowker, 2000). The project, which currently covers a 6-state region (Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming) in the United States, provides users with access to biodiversity data collected over the last 150 yr. Keywords: access; analysis; application; biodiversity; collections; community; data; development; gis; informatics; mapping; mapstedi; online; species; tools
• enmpa: An R package for ecological niche modeling using presence-absence data and generalized linear models by Arias-Giraldo, Luis F.; Cobos, Marlon E. (2024) - Ecological niche modeling helps in this task, and this contribution introduces enmpa, an R package that facilitates calibration of ecological niche models via GLM. kuenm: an R package for detailed development of ecological niche models using Maxent. Keywords: b12; data; enmpa; et al; i(b1; modeling; models; niche; presence; response; species; values; variables
• Addressing multiple facets of bias and uncertainty in continental scale biodiversity databases by Marchetto, Elisa; Livornese, Martina ; Sabatini, Francesco Maria ; Tordoni, Enrico; Da Re, Daniele ; Lenoir, Jonathan ; Testolin, Riccardo ; Bacaro, Giovanni ; Cazzolla Gatti, Roberto ; Chiarucci, Alessandro ; Foody, Giles M. ; Gábor, Lukáš ; Groom, Quentin ; Iaria, Jacopo ; Malavasi, Marco ; Moudr´y, V´ıtˇezslav ; Santovito, Diletta ; Šímová, Petra; Zannini, Piero ; Rocchini, Duccio (2024) - Sabatini, F. M., J. Lenoir, T. Hattab, E. A. Arnst, M. Chytrý, J. Marchetto et al. – Addressing Multiple Facets of Bias and Uncertainty in Continental-Scale Biodiversity Databases 71 Dengler, P. De Ruffray, S. M. Hennekens, U. Jandt, F. Jan- sen, B. Jiménez‐Alfaro, J. Kattge, A. Levesley, V. D. Pillar, O. Purschke, B. Sandel, F. Sultana, T. Aavik, S. Aćić, A. T. R. Acosta, E. Agrillo, M. Alvarez, I. Apostolova, M. A. S. Arfin Khan, L. Arroyo, F. Attorre, I. Aubin, A. Banerjee, M. Bauters, Y. Bergeron, E. Bergmeier, I. Biurrun, A. D. Bjorkman, G. Bonari, V. Bondareva, J. Brunet, A. Čarni, L. Casella, L. Cayuela, T. Černý, V. Chepinoga, J. Csiky, R. Ćušterevska, E. De Bie, A. L. De Gasper, M. De Sanctis, P. Dimopoulos, J. Dolezal, T. Dziuba, M. A. E. M. El‐Sheikh, B. Enquist, J. Ewald, F. Fazayeli, R. Field, M. Finckh, S. Gachet, A. Galán‐de‐Mera, E. Garbolino, H. Gholizadeh, M. Giorgis, V. Golub, I. G. Alsos, J. Grytnes, G. R. Guer- in, A. G. Gutiérrez, S. Haider, M. Z. Hatim, B. Hérault, G. Hinojos Mendoza, N. Hölzel, J. Homeier, W. Hubau, A. Indreica, J. A. M. Janssen, B. Jedrzejek, A. Jentsch, N. Jür- gens, Z. Kącki, J. Kapfer, D. N. Karger, A. Kavgacı, E. Ke- arsley, M. Kessler, L. Khanina, T. Killeen, A. Korolyuk, H. Kreft, H. S. Kühl, A. Kuzemko, F. Landucci, A. Lengyel, F. Lens, D. V. Lingner, H. Liu, T. Lysenko, M. D. Mahecha, C. Marcenò, V. Martynenko, J. E. Moeslund, A. Monteagudo Mendoza, L. Mucina, J. V. Müller, J. Munzinger, A. Naqine- zhad, J. Noroozi, A. Nowak, V. Onyshchenko, G. E. Over- beck, M. Pärtel, A. Pauchard, R. K. Peet, J. Peñuelas, A. Pérez‐Haase, T. Peterka, P. Petřík, G. Peyre, O. L. Phillips, V. Prokhorov, V. Rašomavičius, R. Revermann, G. Rivas‐ Torres, J. S. Rodwell, E. Ruprecht, S. Rūsiņa, C. Samimi, M. Schmidt, F. Schrodt, H. Shan, P. Shirokikh, J. Šibík, U. Šilc, P. Sklenář, Ž. Škvorc, B. Sparrow, M. G. Sperandii, Z. Stančić, J. Svenning, Z. Tang, C. Q. Tang, I. Tsiripidis, K. A. Vanselow, R. Vásquez Martínez, K. Vassilev, E. Vélez‐ Martin, R. Venanzoni, A. C. Vibrans, C. Violle, R. Virtanen, H. Von Wehrden, V. Wagner, D. A. Walker, D. M. Waller, H. Wang, K. Wesche, T. J. S. Whitfeld, W. Willner, S. K. Wiser, T. Wohlgemuth, S. Yamalov, M. Zobel, and H. Bru- elheide. 2021b. Lobo, J. M., J. Hortal, J. L. Yela, A. Millán, D. Sánchez-Fernán- dez, E. García-Roselló, J. González-Dacosta, J. Heine, L. González-Vilas, and C. Guisande. Keywords: bias; biodiversity; cell; completeness; data; databases; distribution; et al; facets; grid; number; plots; sampling; species; taxonomic; uncertainty; values; vegetation
• Guideline Materials and Documentation for the Genetic Diversity Indicators of the Monitoring Framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework by Mastretta-Yanes, Alicia; Suárez, Sofía; Jordan, Rebecca; Hoban, Sean; da Silva, Jessica M.; Castillo-Reina, Luis; Heuertz, Myriam; Ishihama, Fumiko; Köppä, Viktoria; Laikre, Linda; MacDonald, Anna J.; Mergeay, Joachim; Paz-Vinas, Ivan; Segelbacher, Gernot; Knapps, Alicia; Rakoczy, Henry; Weiler, Amelie; Atsaves, Angelica; Cullmann, Kira; Bagnato, Simone; Forester, Brenna R. (2024) - Monitoring status and trends in genetic diversity for the Convention on Biological Diversity: An ongoing assess- ment of genetic indicators in nine countries. Multinational evaluation of genetic diversity indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Keywords: biodiversity; data; diversity; framework; https://www.zotero.org/google-docs/?zbcizu https://www.zotero.org/google-docs/?zbcizu; indicators; species
• Enhancing Ecological Education: Utilizing Agent-Based Modeling to Simplify the Impacts of Deforestation on Amphibians by Otálora-Low, Martín; Urbina-Cardona, Nicolás; González-Méndez, Mauricio (2024) - In the model, the pasture group of species Otálora-Löw et al. – Enhancing Ecological Education 97 is represented by color Yellow, forest edge species by the blue color, and forest interior species by the green color. Classification of anuran species by forest edge response The mobile agents are the anura (frogs) and were configured based on the field abundances of the amphibian species registered by Palomino-Cuellar (2019) in 90 linear transects of 15m in length along a distance gradient from 120 m into the pastures and 400 m into the Amazon rainforest interior. Keywords: agent; changes; class; conservation; edge; education; effect; energy; et al; figure; forest; habitat; model; native; reproduction; species; students; variables
• Species distribution model accuracy is strongly influenced by the choice of calibration area by Luna, Sergio; Peña-Peniche, Alexander; Mendoza-Alfaro, Roberto (2024) - Key words: species distribution models, ecological niche, calibration area, model accuracy, virtual species, simulations, Maxent Introduction Species distribution models (SDM) are widely used tools in ecology and conservation aimed at pre- dicting the potential distribution of a species based on its environmental requirements and occurrence data (Peterson and Soberón 2012). The present study has demonstrated that the area of calibration is one of the most important factors affecting the functional ac- curacy of species distribution models using Maxent. Keywords: accuracy; area; calibration; calibration area; data; distribution; et al; model; model accuracy; niche; occurrence; species; species distribution
• Deriving best use data from NEON for mosquito research applications: A practical guide with code by Bauer, Amely; Paull, Sara; Guralnick, Robert; Campbell, Lindsay (2025) - We also outline a set of considerations specific to filtering NEON mosquito data by sex and for day or nighttime collections, highlighting factors that could introduce uncertainty to abundance estimates. We also outline a set of considerations or “best practices” specific to filtering NEON mosquito data by sex and for day or nighttime collections and highlight additional factors that could introduce uncertainty to abun- dance estimates during trapping, sorting, and taxonomic identification. Keywords: data; field; mosquito; neon; set; species; trap
• Welcome to the machine: A Pan-Continental overview machine learning applications in ecology and conservation by Bogoni, Juliano; Souza Campos, Derick; Muniz, Claumir; Santos-Filho, Manoel; Poletto, Jéssica (2025) - Universal features of ecological processes exhibit mathematical properties that are inherently non-linear and complex, historically addressed only through mathemati- cal approximations (Bogoni et al., 2019; Conway, 1977; May, 1976). al. (1997), Kar et al. (2010), host-parasitoid interactions in Hassell (2000), and various other ecological dynamics, such as seed predation and dispersal (Bogoni et al., 2019) and species distribution (Bogoni and Tagliari, 2021; Tag- liari et al., 2023). Keywords: biodiversity; bogoni; conservation; countries; country; data; distribution; ecology; et al; landscape; learning; machine; machine learning; methods; number; publications; species; studies
• Stopover hotspots for migratory birds in North and Central America by Feng, Shi; Yang, Qinmin; Qiao, Huijie; Escobar, Luis E.; Yan, Xuan (2025) - i i icontext cell ID cell ID cell ID cell ID cell ID− − + + Based on these, the aim of this work was to investigate the stopover hotspots during the bird migration process and identify alternative stopover sites to increase the site con- nectivity along bird migratory networks. Keywords: america; americana; areas; bird; buteo; cell; central; crinitus; d cell; data; et al; haliaetus; leiothlypis; migration; migratory; myiarchus; network; north; pagerank; pandion; setophaga; setophaga petechia; sites; species; stopover; stopover hotspots; stopover sites
• Ecological Niche Modeling Applications to Infectious Diseases by Islam, Shariful; Castaneda-Guzman, Mariana; Soler-Tovar, Diego; Escobar, Luis (2025) - Campos et al. 2023; Feng et al. 2019b; Lippi et al. 2023a; Valavi et al. 2022). For example, Romero-Alvarez et al. (2023) assessed the potential spread of Oropouche virus in humans, and Escobar et al. (2017) identified areas of transmission risk for Heterosporis, a fish disease caused by the microsporidian parasite Heterosporis sutherlandae. Keywords: analysis; applications; articles; biodiversity; biogeography; components; data; disease; distribution; ecology; enm; escobar; et al; extent; figure; global; https://doi; information; islam et; maxent; modeling; models; niche; number; peterson; predictor; resolution; section; shariful; spatial; species; studies; study; variables; worldclim
• Evaluation of the knowledge gaps in the reptile records of northwestern Mexico by Arvizu, María Daniela; Ruiz-Luna, Arturo; Yáñez-Rivera, Beatriz; Berlanga-Robles, César Alejandro; Cuervo-Robayo, Ángela Patricia (2025) - Number of reptile species records (RSR), number of cells with records (CWR), and number of cells by inventory complete- ness index (C) category by (a) biogeographic region (BR) and (b) physiographic province (PhP). Number of reptile species records (RSR), observed species richness (Sobs), number of species found once (a), number of spe- cies found twice (b), expected species richness (Sexp), and inventory completeness index (C) by biogeographic region, biogeographic province, and physiographic province of Nayarit. Keywords: biodiversity; cells; completeness; data; et al; gaps; index; information; inventory; knowledge; mexico; nayarit; number; records; reptile; species; values
• Functional diversity rather than species diversity can be accurately assessed by remote sensing in sandy grassland by Li, Wen; Peng, Yu; Zhang, Xiaoyue (2025) - The resulting models exhibited high coefficients of de- termination (R2) and significant relationships between the indices and plant diversity indices (P < 0.05), indicating their potential as optimal indices (Table 1). Model validation Using the six identified optimal spectral and texture indices listed in Table 1, plant diversity indices were cal- culated for the 48 model validation plots using the spectral and texture dataset. Keywords: data; diversity; environ; et al; grasslands; index; indices; land; plant; plant diversity; plant species; remote; remote sens; sensing; species; species diversity; texture; vegetation
• letsRept: An R package to access the Global Reptile Database and facilitate taxonomic harmonization by dos Santos Vieira de Alencar, João Paulo; Liedtke, H. Cristoph; Meiri, Shai; Roll, Uri; Uetz, Peter; Nori, Javier (2025) - Its main functions allow users to retrieve the most up-to-date taxonomic information in real time, to compare lists of species names to current nomenclature, and to detect names that have been changed by either lumping or splitting, all through web scraping techniques. This is termed a ‘Linnean Shortfall’, which describes the discrepancy between the number of species that exist and the number of species that were formally described and are known to science to date (Brown and Lomolino, 1998; Hortal et al., 2015). Keywords: 2025; alencar; check; chironius; database; date; date apostolepis; date atractus; date bothrops; date dipsas; date erythrolamprus; date micrurus; dipsas; dos; et al; helicops; information; letsrept; liotyphlops; names; nomenclature; package; paulo; rdb; reptile; santos; species; split; status; vieira
• A synecological framework for systematic conservation planning by Hortal, Joaquín; Lobo, Jorge M (2006) - Elith, J., C. H. Graham, R. P. Anderson, M. Dudik, S. Ferrier, A. Guisan, R. J. Hijmans, F. Huettmann, J. R. Leathwick, A. Lehmann, J. Li, L. G. Lohmann, B. A. Loiselle, G. Manion, C. Moritz, M. Nakamura, Y. Nakazawa, J. M. M. Overton, A. T. Peterson, S. J. Phillips, K. Richardson, R. Scachetti-Pereira, R. E. Schapire, J. Soberon, S. Williams, M. S. Wisz, and N. E. Zimmermann. 2006. Unfortunately for this argument, the relevance of species in ecological processes is no better understood than is species distribution. Keywords: 2004; approach; araújo; areas; biodiversity; biogeography; biology; change; conservation; data; distribution; ecology; et al; ferrier; framework; hortal; information; j. m.; lobo; modelling; planning; r. j.; r. m.; richness; species; species distribution; species richness; use; variables
• Uses and Requirements of Ecological Niche Models and Related Distributional Models by Peterson, A. Townsend (2006) - Equilibrium of species' distributions with climate. Building statistical models to analyze species distributions. Keywords: a. t.; change; climate; conservation; distributions; ecology; et al; journal; modeling; models; niche; peterson; peterson et; potential; species; uses
• Global Biodiversity Informatics: setting the scene for a "new world" of ecological forecasting by Canhos, Vanderlei Perez; Souza, Sidnei de; Giovanni, Renato De; Canhos, Dora Ann Lange (2004) - Although GBIF intends eventually to incorporate all levels of biodiversity data (molecules to ecosystems), its initial phase is focusing on species- and specimen-level information. Working with its partners, GBIF is promoting development and adoption of standards and protocols for documenting and exchanging biodiversity data. Keywords: access; biodiversity; biodiversity data; biodiversity information; canhos; collections; data; development; european; gbif; information; modeling; natural; network; new; peterson; research; science; species; specimen; tools; use
• LOCALITY UNCERTAINTY AND THE DIFFERENTIAL PERFORMANCE OF FOUR COMMON NICHE-BASED MODELING TECHNIQUES by Fernandez, Miguel; Blum, Stanley; Reichle, Steffen; Guo, Qinghua; Holzman, Barbara; Hamilton, Healy (2009) - While few studies have measured the sensitivity of distribution models to grid cell size in the environmental layers (Guisan et al. 2007), others have addressed the effect of remote sensing derived products as alternative environmental layers in ENM (Parra et al. 2004; Roura-Pascual et al. 2004; Peterson et al. 2006; Zimmermann et al. 2007; Bradley and Fleishman 2008; Buermann et al. 2008). The influence of spatial errors in species occurrence data used in distribution models. Keywords: 2004; buffer; data; distribution; et al; kappa; locality; maps; method; modeling; models; niche; peterson; similarity; size; species; uncertainty
• USING TAXONOMIC REVISION DATA TO ESTIMATE THE GLOBAL SPECIES RICHNESS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF UNDESCRIBED SPECIES OF DIVING BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: DYTISCIDAE) by Nilsson-Örtman, Viktor; Nilsson, Anders N. (2010) - Revision of the Nearctic Liodessus affinis (Say 1823) species group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Bidessini). To be able to use species description data for this purpose, we must have considered that: 1) the effort spent on taxonomic discovery and description varies greatly over time and between regions; 2) curves showing the rate of description plotted against time often displays a distinct ―lag phase‖ of low description rates in the initial stage; 3) the precise relationship between taxonomic effort and description rate is poorly understood, making it difficult to justify which model to fit to the data; 4) the description process frequently proceed in pronounced leaps marking the publication of important monographic works and revision which are impossible to predict using extrapolation techniques; 5) if there is no sign of decrease in the rate of description over NILSSON-ÖRTMAN & NILSSON - USING TAXONOMIC REVISION DATA TO ESTIMATE SPECIES RICHNESS 7 time, extrapolating techniques cannot be applied (White 1979). Keywords: beetles; coleoptera; data; description; diversity; dytiscidae; estimate; genus; groups; new; nilsson; number; revision; revision data; richness; species; species richness
• Ecological Niche Modeling Approaches to Conservation of Endangered and Threatened Birds in Central and Eastern Europe by Papes, Monica (2007) - Because existing climate change data sets do not include all of the climatic parameters used in the analyses described above for predicting present species distributions, a second round of GARP models was run for predicting future (post-climate change) potential distributions, based only on annual mean minimum temperature, annual mean temperature, annual mean maximum temperature, annual mean precipitation, topographic index, slope, and aspect. To summarize CEE threatened and endangered bird species’ distributions, I used tools from the field of ecological niche modeling (ENM), and produced predictive models of species’ distributions based on known occurrences of species and raster GIS databases summarizing relevant environmental parameters across the CEE landscape. Keywords: areas; bird; change; climate; conservation; data; distributions; europe; grassland; habitats; information; models; peterson; species
• Where and how to manage: Optimal selection of conservation actions for multiple species. by Teeffelen, Astrid van; Moilanen, Atte (2008) - 1-13 1 WHERE AND HOW TO MANAGE: OPTIMAL SELECTION OF CONSERVATION ACTIONS FOR MULTIPLE SPECIES ASTRID The average value of all possible solutions, Fmean(X), corresponds to the mean expected value when conservation actions are randomly assigned to locations, under the budget constraint. Keywords: actions; algorithm; benefit; conservation; function; management; planning; problem; representation; set; site; species; value
• BIOLOGICAL TAXONOMY AND ONTOLOGY DEVELOPMENT: SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS by Franz, Nico M (2011) - Vogt et al., 2009; Balhoff et al., 2010; Dahdul et al., 2010; Mungall et al., 2010), and taxonomy (Schulz et al., 2008). This is unfortunate because a thoroughgoing ontology for biological taxonomy could play the same overarching role in the bio- ontological domain that taxonomy plays in biology (Schulz et al., 2008). Keywords: biological; concepts; data; et al; franz; information; level; names; ontologies; ontology; relationships; species; taxa; taxonomies; taxonomy
• Leveraging the fullest potential of scientific collections through digitisation. by Baird, Roger Charles (2010) - Scientific collections can be characterized as assemblages of natural history specimens as well as human history artifacts that have been sufficiently documented, at the time of acquisition or through the course of analysis, as to have lasting value as part of a broad research infrastructure. HOW ARE SCIENTIFIC COLLECTIONS AND THEIR DATA USED? Keywords: collections; data; digitization; global; information; infrastructure; knowledge; national; potential; research; science; species
• Using geographical and taxonomic metadata to set priorities in specimen digitization by Berendsohn, Walter G.; Seltmann, Peggy (2010) - In combination with observation and ecological data, collection data serve to identify global priority areas for conservation action based on taxonomic diversity (Vane-Wright et al. 1991; This is one of the key impediments to effective use of collection information outside the taxonomic community. Keywords: biodiversity; capture; collections; data; digitization; herbarium; history; index; information; institutions; metadata; research; species; specimens
• TOWARDS DEMAND DRIVEN PUBLISHING: APPROCHES TO THE PRIORITISATION OF DIGITISATION OF NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS DATA by Chavan, Vishwas; BERENTS, PENNY; HAMER, MICHELLE (2010) - We strongly advocate that the collection management and curatorial community develop an institutional or collection specific demand-driven prioritization plan for collection digitization on the basis of content needs of the major stakeholders and the user community. We further recommend that GBIF works with major natural history collection stakeholder communities to develop best practice guidelines for developing (a) institution or collection specific, demand-driven plans for collection digitization, and (b) national or thematic collection digitization strategy and action plans. Keywords: biodiversity; collection; demand; digitization; history; metadata; species; specimens
• Interpretation of Models of Fundamental Ecological Niches and Species' Distributional Areas by Soberon, Jorge; Peterson, A. Townsend (2005) - Whereas a mechanistic approach explicitly does not consider B, a correlative approach runs the risk of being biased by such interaction effects—still, it has the potential to take them into account explicitly via inclusion of the geography of other species in single-species models. Once such tools are developed, testing ecological niche models in ecological space will constitute an important step forward in improving the formal nature of ecological niche modeling. Keywords: approach; distribution; factors; modeling; niche; region; species
• More complex distribution models or more representative data? by Lobo, Jorge M (2008) - e-mail: mcnj117@mncn.csic.es Abstract.⎯ Distribution models for species are increasingly used to summarize species’ geography in conservation analyses. The influence of random selection of absences on distribution models was illustrated for a large Iberian dung beetle species (Copris hispanus) that occurs mainly in the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula. Keywords: absences; data; distribution; models; species
• Assessment of user needs of primary biodiversity data: Analysis, concerns, and challenges by Ariño, Arturo H.; Chavan, Vishwas; Faith, Daniel P. (2013) - Options/Suboptions: No, I have not at all used GBIF mobilised data; No, not at all useful for my applications; Maybe, partially useful for my applications; Yes, completely useful for my applications; Please specify for what applications you use GBIF data: (Exclusive multiple choice) Q19. One-third of the respondents used GBIF data, either directly from the GBIF data portal, or similar access points. Keywords: access; ariño; assessment; biodiversity; biodiversity data; data; figure; gbif; needs; occurrence; options; phylum; portal; respondents; responses; species; survey; table; types; user
• Content assessment of the primary biodiversity data published through GBIF network: Status, challenges and potentials by Gaiji, Samy; Chavan, Vishwas; Ariño, Arturo H.; Otegui, Javier; Hobern, Donald; Sood, Rajesh; Robles, Estrella (2013) - Valid OCC Not valid OCC Null value % RAW Valid Matching 63,9% -- -- 63,9% Not matching -- 0,1% 8,6% 8,7% Not valid Matching -- 0,2% -- 0,2% Not matching 0,1% -- 0,4% 0,5% Null Matching -- -- 17,7% 17,7% Not matching 5,0% 3,9% -- 8,9% Total 69,1% 4,3% 26,7% 100,0% 31% Table 9. Zenaida macroura 2,270,891 (+4,9%) 0.7% 99.9% Sturnus vulgaris 2,171,136 (+17,2%) 0.7% 99.7% Passer domesticus 2,029,427 (+7.2%) 0.6% 99.0% Cardinalis cardinalis 1,779,316 (-8.9%) 0.5% 99.9% Picoides pubescens 1,776,269 (+6.2%) 0.5% 99.9% Junco hyemalis 1,731,413 (-0.2%) 0.5% 99.3% Keywords: animalia; biodiversity data; class; content assessment; data; data records; date; december; distribution; et al; february; figure; gaiji et; gbif; gbif index; gbif network; grid; information; kingdom; names; number; observation; occurrences; plantae; records; species; table; time; total; year
• Bridging the biodiversity data gaps: Recommendations to meet users’ data needs by Faith, Dan; Collen, Ben; Ariño, Arturo; Patricia Koleff, Patricia Koleff; Guinotte, John; Kerr, Jeremy; Chavan, Vishwas (2013) - With the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), we recently conducted a content needs assessment survey to consolidate and synthesize major user needs regarding biodiversity data. The recent call by scientists for new efforts to “map the biosphere” (Wheeler et al. 2012) also highlighted the importance of biodiversity data for addressing many basic research question in biodiversity science. Keywords: assessment; biodiversity; biodiversity data; data; ecosystem; et al; faith; gaps; gbif; global; information; needs; network; new; publishing; quality; recommendations; science; species; survey; types; use
• DISENTANGLING INTERPOLATION AND EXTRAPOLATION UNCERTAINTIES IN SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS: A NOVEL VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE FOR THE SPATIAL VARIATION OF PREDICTOR VARIABLE COLINEARITY by Rödder, Dennis; Engler, Jan O. (2012) - Assume that an ENM is developed within one part of the study region (training area, black bar) and subsequently projected onto the rest of the gradient. Using species distribution models in palaeobiogeography: A matter of data, predictors and concepts. Keywords: area; correlation; enm; et al; model; peterson; predictors; range; species; structure; training; variables
• Indices of Biodiversity Pattern Based on Presence-Absence Matrices: A GIS Implementation by Soberon, Jorge; Cavner, Jeff (2015) - 22-34 Finally, the covariance matrix between the species inhabiting sites j and k, and the covariance matrix between ranges of distribution of species h and i are, respectively: * * * * 1 1 1( ) 1 1 1( ) T T sites T T species S S S N N N ⎛ ⎞= − = −⎜ ⎟ Geographic range, turnover rate and scaling of species diversity. Keywords: biodiversity; data; diversity; matrix; pam; range; sites; species; ω ω
• OMWS: A Web Service Interface for Ecological Niche Modelling by Giovanni, Renato De; Torres, Erik; Amaral, Rafael Burlamaqui; Blanquer, Ignacio; Rebello, Vinod; Canhos, Vanderlei Perez (2015) - Web services are web-based applications that support dynamic interactions with other software applications using open standards that include data formats like eXtensible Markup Language (XML) (World Wide Web Consortium, 2006) to transmit data over a network via Internet- based protocols. Web services provide a standard means of interoperating between different software applications running on a variety of platforms and/or frameworks (World Wide Web Consortium, 2004a). Keywords: biodiversity; computing; data; enm; experiment; model; omws; operations; points; protocol; server; service; species; web; world
• DIVERSITY OF WILD PALMS (ARECACEAE) IN THE REPUBLIC OF BENIN: FINDING THE GAPS IN THE NATIONAL INVENTORY COMBINING FIELD AND DIGITAL ACCESSIBLE KNOWLEDGE by Idohou, Rodrigue; Arino, Arturo; Assogbadjo, Achille; Glele Kakai, Romain; Sinsin, Brice (2015) - Most ecosystems hosting palm species in the country appear to be well sampled, except some sections in the northern and western fringes, as well as remote areas with potentially difficult accessibility as seen in low road density (Figure 3), which do not seem to lack records but show low completeness. Decision table for levels of knowledge of palm species across Benin. Keywords: areas; benin; biodiversity; completeness; data; informatics; inventory; knowledge; palms; species
• EcoClimate: a database of climate data from multiple models for past, present, and future for macroecologists and biogeographers by Lima-Ribeiro, Matheus Souza; Varela, Sara; González-Hernández, Javier; de Oliveira, Guilherme; Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre F.; Terribile, Levi Carina (2015) - This suite of methods and ideas has been applied to diverse research purposes: guiding discovery of populations of known (Bourg et al., 2005; Guisan et al., 2006) and unknown (Raxworthy et al., 2003) species; understanding distributional dynamics under past (Banks et al., 2008a; 2008b) and future (Dormann, 2007; Anderson, 2013) climates; anticipating climate change impacts on agricultural (Fraga et al., 2013) and natural (Nabout et al., 2011) extraction; mapping invasion risk (Peterson, 2003; Jiménez-Valverde et al., 2011), pest distributions (Venette et al., 2010; Estay et al., 2014), and disease trasmission (Peterson, 2014); estimating population parameters (Tôrres et al., 2012; Lima-Ribeiro and Diniz- Filho, 2013; Thuiller et al., 2014), species richness (Wisz and Rahbeck, 2007; Lima- Ribeiro et al., 2013b), and community composition (Pellissier et al., 2012); analyzing biotic interactions (Anderson et al., 2002; Wheeler et al., 2015); illuminating patterns and processes of diversification and speciation (Silva et al., 2014); characterizing dispersal (Génard and Lescourret, 2013; Saltré et al., 2015); highlighting extinction (Nogués-Bravo et al., 2008; Lima-Ribeiro et al., 2013a); testing niche conservatism (Martínez-Meyer et al., 2004; 2006; Peterson and Nyári, 2007; Jakob et al., 2010) and phylogeographic hypotheses (Collevatti et al., 2013b; 2015; Alvarado-Serrano and Knowles, 2014); establishing historical refugia (Waltari et al., 2007; Terribile et al., 2012); identifying biodiversity hotspots (Carnaval and Moritz, 2008; Carnaval et al., 2009); choosing appropriate areas for biodiversity conservation (Nobrega and De Marco, 2011; Williams et al., 2013) and translocation (Martínez-Meyer et al., 2006; Richmond et al., 2010); etc. 1-­‐12   climate change; to understand past extinction events (Lima-Ribeiro et al., 2013a); and to test hypotheses concerning population dynamics (Barrientos et al., 2014), evolutionary processes (Araújo et al., 2013; Saupe et al., 2014), and ecological dynamics (Martínez-Meyer et al., 2004; Martínez-Meyer and Peterson, 2006). Keywords: biodiversity; change; climate; conditions; data; downscaling; ecoclimate; et al; future; layers; model; modeling; niche; past; precipitation; resolution; simulations; species; temperature; text; time; townpeterson; variables
• Digital Knowledge of Kenyan Succulent Flora and Priorities for Future Inventory and Documentation by Wabuyele, Emily; Kang’ethe, Simon; Newton, Leonard E. (2016) - Data corresponding to succulent plant species were prioritised for digitisation as a thematic group of interest in conservation and trade across the region; as such, we estimate that 90% of succulent plant records at the EA have now been captured and are treated in this report. In addition, probable key sites of diversity and endemism for succulent plant species (the arid and semi-arid regions) are hard to access, both logistically and politically. Keywords: biodiversity; country; data; flora; grid; informatics; inventory; kenya; knowledge; nairobi; plant; sites; species; squares
• Environmental Information: Placing Biodiversity Phenomena in an Ecological and Environmental Context by Chapman, Arthur D; Muñoz, Mauro E.S.; Koch, Ingrid (2005) - Often these transition zones are not very well delineated in environmental data layers, particularly if the scale is coarse. CONCLUSION Selection of environmental data layers is among the most important aspects of ecological niche modeling. Keywords: accuracy; areas; biodiversity; cell; climate; data; dem; error; example; grid; hutchinson; information; layers; methods; modeling; models; points; scale; soil; species; surface; use; vegetation
• THE PRESENT STATE OF BOTANICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE by KOFFI, Kouao Jean; KOUASSI, Akossoua Faustine; ADOU YAO, Constant Yves; BAKAYOKO, Adama; IPOU, Ipou Joseph; BOGAERT, Jan (2015) - Le climat de la Côte d’Ivoire. Microsoft Word - Koffi_proofs.docx Biodiversity Informatics, 10, 2015, 56-64   56   THE PRESENT STATE OF BOTANICAL KNOWLEDGE IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE KOUAO JEAN KOFFI1*, AKOSSOUA FAUSTINE KOUASSI2, CONSTANT YVES ADOU YAO3, ADAMA BAKAYOKO1, IPOU JOSEPH IPOU2, JAN BOGAERT4 1University Nangui Abrogoua, UFR-SN, 02 B. P. 801 Abidjan 02, Côte d’Ivoire. Keywords: assi; biodiversity; country; côte; côte d’ivoire; data; database; d’ivoire; records; species
• Biodiversity Informatics Training Curriculum, version 1.2 by Peterson, A. Townsend; Ingenloff, Kate (2016) - Writing Proposals Biodiversity Data Capture and Initial Enrichment  Biodiversity Data Capture  Welcome to Ghana  Symbiota  Software Highlight: Specify  Data Capture: Strategy  Data Capture from Images  Data Capture: Demonstration  Keywords: biodiversity; biodiversity data; biodiversity informatics; bitc; conservation; course; curriculum; data; demonstration; example; field; georeferencing; informatics; introduction; inventories; software; species
• Completeness of Digital Accessible Knowledge of Plants of Benin and Priorities for Future Inventory and Data Discovery by Ganglo, Jean Cossi; Kakpo, Sunday Berlioz (2016) - Finally, we explored, in a preliminary manner, the impacts of absence of roads, waterways, and protected areas on data completeness. To be more consistent with the status and reality of data completeness of the country, we considered grid cells as best- known when N ≥ 200 records and C ≥ 0.8. Keywords: benin; biodiversity; cells; completeness; country; data; et al; grid; informatics; inventory; objects; percentage; records; species
• Completeness of Digital Accessible Knowledge of the Plants of Ghana by Asase, Alex; Peterson, A. Townsend (2016) - Recent efforts within Ghana have digitized >90% of primary biodiversity data records associated with specimen sheets in Ghanaian herbaria; additional herbarium data are available from other institutions via biodiversity informatics initiatives such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. These initiatives have contributed to massive accumulation and serving of primary biodiversity data records via the Internet: e.g., GBIF currently serves >648M primary data records on its data portal (accessed 13 May 2016). Keywords: biodiversity; country; dak; data; ghana; grid; informatics; plants; records; species
• Rescuing and Sharing Historical Vegetation Data for Ecological Analysis: The California Vegetation Type Mapping Project by Kelly, Maggi (2016) - Conlisk et al. (2012) used VTM plot data and herbarium records with the species distribution modeling algorithm Maxent (Phillips et al. 2006) to find locations and carrying capacities of metapopulation patches of Quercus engelmannii in eastern San Diego County. Currently, most papers using VTM plot data explore the full complement of scale and detail. Keywords: biodiversity; california; change; climate; collection; communities; data; distribution; ecol; et al; fire; forest; future; informatics; land; maps; photographs; plots; species; thorne; use; vegetation; vtm; wieslander
• IRMNG 2006–2016: 10 Years of a Global Taxonomic Database by Rees, Tony; Vandepitte, Leen; Decock, Wim; Vanhoorne, Bart (2017) - Such names are retained in IRMNG since they may appear in published literature and/or other taxonomic data compila- tions and may be required for correct assignment of accompanying information; whenever possible they are pointed to the current accepted name for the same taxon, when known. A small number of genus names (approx. 10,000) has entered IRMNG from sources not considered “trusted” in this sense, such as museum databases or third-party compilations, and do not match entries in major nomenclators on a first pass; such names are identified as candidates for further investigation and will either be accepted or rejected for continued IRMNG use in due course. Keywords: biodiversity; content; current; data; es n; example; family; fossil; genera; genus; index; informatics; irmng; irmng data; level; life; marine; names; new; present; sources; species; species names; status; system; taxa; taxon; time; tio; version; vliz; web; worms
• An open-access platform for camera-trapping data by Lavariega, Mario César (2018) - Data Acquisition and management software for camera trap data: a case study from the TEAM network. Since analyses of wildlife data are essential to conservation and management efforts (Meffee et al. 2002), open access to biodiversity data becomes crucial (Molloy 2011, Thessen and Patterson 2011, Hanssen et al. 2014). Keywords: areas; biodiversidad; biodiversity; camera; community; conservation; data; et al; mexico; monitoring; oaxaca; pcmb; photographs; platform; projects; species; trap; wildlife
• From theory to practice: a photographic inventory of museum collections to optimize collection management by Merckx, Jonas; Van Roie, Martijn; Gómez-Zurita, Jesús; Dekoninck, Wouter (2018) - We describe the results of the digitization of Calligrapha specimens in the form of a specimen list and dorsal photographs of the specimens, as well as an assess- ment of the monetary cost avoided with the use of specimen digitization and give an estimation of the time needed for each step of the process. specimen digitization a valuable tool in facilitating museum collection management. Keywords: calligrapha; chapuis; coll; collection; digitization; duvivier; fig; identification; restité; species; specimen; stål
• Assessment of biodiversity data holdings and user data needs for Ghana by Asase, Alex; Schwinger, Gladys O (2018) - Biodiversity data include data on species inventories, distributions, images, sounds, specimens, and ecological interactions, as well as descriptions of datasets (i.e., metadata) (Costello et al., 2013). Biodiversity data are basically of two kinds (i.e., primary and secondary), and can be numerical, categorical (e.g., species or place names), or media- based (Costello et al., 2013). Keywords: asase; biodiversity; biodiversity data; data; digitization; ghana; informatics; mobilization; national; needs; organizations; peterson; species; user
• Climate Change and Biodiversity: Some Considerations in Forecasting Shifts in Species' Potential Distributions by Martinez-Meyer, Enrique (2005) - Ecological niche models, predicted geographic distributions, and climate change effects. Distribution model of the Volcano Rabbit (Romerolagus diazi) in central Mexico, showing raw predictions for (A) the present and (B) in 2050. Keywords: 2001; change; climate; climate change; data; distribution; et al; future; modeling; models; niche; potential; species
• Place prioritization for biodiversity content using species ecological niche modeling by Sánchez-Cordero, Víctor; Cirelli, Verónica; Munguial, Mariana; Sarkar, Sahotra (2005) - Recent studies proposing networks of conservation areas for improving biodiversity conservation include plants and birds in Norway (Saetersdal et al. 1993), plants (Willis et al. 1996), and birds (Godown and Peterson 2000; Fairbanks et al. 2001) in South Africa and the United States, and terrestrial vertebrates in the United States (Csuti et al. 1997). To illustrate these points, we (1) predict distributions under current and future deforestation scenarios for the Mexican endemic mammal Dipodomys phillipsii, and show how areas for restoration may be selected; and (2) propose conservation areas by combining nonvolant mammal distributional predictions as biodiversity surrogates with place prioritization procedures, to connect decreed natural protected areas in a region holding exceptional biodiversity: the Transvolcanic Belt in central Mexico. Keywords: areas; biodiversity; conservation; cordero; distributions; et al; margules; nacional; peterson; place; prioritization; sarkar; species; sánchez
• climateStability: An R package to estimate climate stability from time-slice climatologies by Owens, Hannah Lois; Guralnick, Robert (2019) - In particular, researchers have focused on climate stability as a key variable that can drive expected patterns of richness, phylogenetic diversity and functional diversity. Finally, climate stability is the product of individual climate variable stability estimates. Keywords: climate; climate stability; dataset; estimates; slices; species; stability; temperature; time
• Co-occurrence Networks do not Support Identification of Biotic Interactions by Peterson, A. Townsend; Soberón, Jorge; Ramsey, Janine; Osorio-Olvera, Luis (2020) - Data fitness for use in distribution modelling: Are species occurrence data in global online reposito- ries fit for modeling species distributions? We assess a body of work that has attempted to use co-occurrence networks to infer the existence and type of biotic interactions between species. Keywords: biodiversity; data; ecology; epsilon; et al; interactions; networks; occurrence; peterson; species; stephens
• Can Ecological Interactions be Inferred from Spatial Data? by Stephens, Christopher Rhodes; Gonzalez-Salazar, Constantino; Villalobos, Maricarmen; Marquet, Pablo (2020) - We can compare and contrast abiotic with biotic variables, or use different groups of biotic variables, grouped by any criterion we choose (given the data is to hand), such as by taxonomic label, or phenotype or geno- type or, by ecological interaction labels or, indeed, whatever we choose. The characterisation and quantification of ecological interactions, and the construction of species distributions and their associated ecological niches, is of fundamental theoretical and practical importance. Keywords: bobcat; case; data; distribution; ensemble; et al; example; factors; hypothesis; interaction; labels; level; micro; model; niche; niche variables; occurrence; predator; presence; prey; prey species; relative; set; species; species distribution; stephens; stephens et; use; variables

• Global land-use and land-cover data for ecologists: Historical, current, and future scenarios by Rocha, Tainá; Vale, Mariana M.; Lima-Ribeiro, Matheus S. (2021) - 36(2): 601-616. doi:10.1007/s10980-020-01152-z Chase, J. M., S.A. Blowes, T. M Knight, K. Gerstner, and F. May, F. 2020. Change, 109: 1-4. doi:10.1007/s10584-011- 0157-y. Zabel, F., Delzeit, R., Schneider, J. M., Seppelt, R., Maus- er, W., and Václavík, T. 2019. Keywords: 2020; accuracy; biodiversity; change; climate; cover; data; et al; files; forest; global; land; lulc; use
• Biodiversity Informatics for Public Policy. The case of CONABIO in Mexico by Soberón, Jorge (2022) - Still, some voices have insisted that, without biodiversity data, management would be difficult or impossible (Balmford et al. 2005). What are “biodiversity data” then, how can bio- diversity data be managed in accessible ways, and what can they be used for? Keywords: biodiversity; biodiversity data; conabio; data; et al; information; mexican; mexico; monitoring; public; soberón; system
• The IBdata Web System for Biological Collections: Design Focused on Usability by Murguía-Romero, Miguel; Serrano-Estrada, Bernardo; Salazar, Gerardo A.; Sánchez-González, Gerardo E.; Melo Samper Palacios, Ubaldo; Gernandt, David S.; Magallón, Susana; Sánchez-Cordero, Víctor (2024) - In recent years, user interface design has benefited from the concept of usability (Bevan et al., 2016; ISO, 2018), understood as the degree to which specific users can use a system, product, or service to achieve specific objectives with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction. User interface design (UI design) Keywords: biodiversity; collections; data; design; development; ibdata; information; interface; murguía; romero; search; system; usability; user; web
• Review - The Game of Species. An Introduction to Biodiversity. by Gamboa, Sara (2025) - López ex- plains why biodiversity is unevenly distributed across the planet, why extinction is as important as speciation, and why ecological interactions create functional rather than merely numerical diversity. Pelagic Publishing, 2022 Sara Gamboa MapasLab, Ecology and Animal Biology Department, University of Vigo, Spain The Game of Species: An Introduction to Biodiversity offers a distinctive synthesis of evolutionary and ecologi- cal thought, presented through the powerful metaphor of a game. Keywords: biodiversity; book
• Online Biodiversity Resources - Principles for Usability by Neale, Sophie; Pullan, M. R.; Watson, M. F. (2007) - However in order to more fully develop our arguments we have studied the available documentation from a wide range of biodiversity portal projects (AlgaeBase, BioCASE, BioCISE, CABI Species Fungorum, EMBL reptile database, ENHSIN, ENBI, ERMS, ETI-WBD, ETI-WTD, Fauna Europaea, FishBase, GBIF, SpeciesBank, ILDIS, LINNE, NatureServe, Natuurloket, NBN, Species 2000 Europa and WADSIS). We have also been able to garner considerable information from two recent reports on user requirements analysis in biodiversity portal projects in which the design processes for a wide range of projects were obtained directly from the portal developers (Neale et al. 2005, Schalk and Heitmans 2005). Keywords: analysis; biodiversity; data; design; development; end; gbif; portal; potential; project; requirements; success; tasks; user
• ORGANIZATION OF BIODIVERSITY RESOURCES BASED ON THE PROCESS OF THEIR CREATION AND THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL ORGANISMS AS RESOURCE RELATIONSHIP NODES by Baskauf, Steven J (2010) - The creation of occurrence resources follows a pattern which can be used as the basis for organizing both the metadata associated with those resources and the relationships among the resources. Because this system is based on the way occurrence resources are created, it connects the resources in a logically consistent way and associates metadata properties with resources in an efficient manner. Keywords: biodiversity; creation; dcterms; dwc; image; individual; information; metadata; occurrence; occurrence resource; organism; rdf; resource; resource="http://bigbotanicalgarden.org; specimen
• Summary of Recommendations of the GBIF Task Group on the Global Strategy and Action Plan for the Digitisation of Natural History Collections by Berendsohn, Walter G.; Chavan, Vishwas; Macklin, James (2010) - Approaches to estimating the universe of natural history collection data. 3: GBIF must continue to improve and promote the global infrastructure used to mobilize digitized collection data 3.1. Keywords: biodiversity; collections; data; digitization; gbif; history
• Approaches to estimating the universe of natural history collections data by Ariño, Arturo H. (2010) - 1: Plot of log of number of specimens from BCI collections against their rank when ordered by size. Distribution data Only 58.6% of BCI collections declare holdings. Keywords: bci; biodiversity; collections; data; distribution; gbif; history; number; size; specimens; universe
• Thoughts on implementation of the recommendations of the GBIF Task Group on a Global Strategy and Action Plan for Mobilisation of Natural History Collections Data by King, Nicholas; Krishtalka, Leonard; Chavan, Vishwas (2010) - Dr. Vishwas Chavan is the Senior Programme Officer for DIGIT (Digitization and Mobilization of Primary Biodiversity Data including natural history collections data). Digitization and mobilization of natural history collections data has been an integral part of the Work Programme of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) since its inception in 2001 (OECD, 1999 and GBIF, 2002). Keywords: biodiversity; collections; data; gbif; group; history; information; publishing
• The Darwin Core extension for genebanks opens up new opportunities for sharing genebank datasets by Endresen, Dag Terje Filip; Knüpffer, Helmut (2012) - Efficient  Access  to  Distributed  Germplasm  Data   Sets  Stimulates  Novel  Uses   Research integrating genebank passport data (georeferenced occurrence data for the original collecting site) with phenotypic measurements (characterization and evaluation data) and with eco- climatic layers has opened new possibilities for a rational utilization of genebank materials (Bhullar et al., 2009; Endresen, 2010; Endresen et al., 2011; Bari et al., 2011; Endresen et al., 2012b) using the Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy (FIGS) approach (Mackay and Street, 2004). The new Darwin Core extension for genebanks is required to enable the GBIF IPT to share a standard set of minimum terms for germplasm data sets. Keywords: biodiversity; community; core; crop; darwin; darwin core; data; doi; dwc; endresen; eurisco; extension; gbif; genebank; germplasm; information; international; ipt; knüpffer; network; new; plant; resources; sets; terms; version
• Discovery and publishing of primary biodiversity data associated with multimedia resources: The Audubon Core strategies and approaches by Morris, Robert A; Barve, Vijay; Carausu, Mihail; Chavan, Vishwas; Cuadra, José; Freeland, Chris; Hagedorn, Gregor; Leary, Patrick; Mozzherin, Dimitry; Olson, Annette; Riccardi, Gregory; Teage, Ivan; Whitbread, Greg (2013) - Unlike observation or specimen data, however, the network loads and Figure 1: Relationships of multimedia resources to primary types of biodiversity resources, including some well-known example systems. The documentation supporting the submission to TDWG for ratification includes a normative specification of the Audubon Core as a set of multimedia resource metadata terms independent of any digital representation (http://terms.gbif.org/wiki/Audubon_Core_Term_ List_(1.0_normative) ). Keywords: audubon; audubon core; biodiversity; core; gbif; information; metadata; morris; mrtg; multimedia; multimedia resources; resources; schema; terms; use
• A new era for specimen databases and biodiversity information management in South Africa by Coetzer, Willem (2012) - We present observations and a commentary on the inherited legacy and current state of biodiversity information management in South African natural history museums, and make recommendations for the future. In this article we consider some of the challenges faced by the South African biodiversity community with respect to biodiversity information management, and emphasize the importance of adopting a more systematic and rigorous approach to formal biodiversity information management in South African natural history museums. Keywords: african; biodiversity; biodiversity information; collections; data; database; history; information; management; museums; national; records; south; specify6; specimen
• Bioinformatics, the Clearing-House Mechanism and the Convention on Biological Diversity by Silva, Marcos R. (2004) - Actions to achieve this would include: a) disseminating information in appropriate formats for potential users; b) using best-practice in information management and dissemination; c) supporting the development and implementation of tools, standards and protocols for data exchange that allow more effective sharing of information; d) establishing inter-operable electronic databases that allow for more effective integration of information from multiple sources in real time; e) improving use of the Internet as a tool for access and dissemination of biodiversity data, including increasing access to the Internet; SILVA – THE BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION AND BIOINFORMATICS 26 f) reviewing the adequacy of the existing data, assessing gaps and the action that needs to be taken to fill them.” These goals include facilitating development and implementation of approaches, technologies, and best practices necessary to access, share, and disseminate biodiversity data at the species, ecosystem, and genetic levels via the Internet. Keywords: bch; biodiversity; bioinformatics; cbd; chm; convention; data; information; parties
• Introducción a los Análisis Espaciales con Énfasis en Modelos de Nicho Ecológico by Cuervo-Robayo, Angela P.; Escobar, Luis E; Osorio-Olvera, Luis A.; Nori, Javier; Varela, Sara; Martinez-Meyer, Enrique; Velasquez-Tibata, Jorge; Rodriguez-Soto, Clarita; Munguia, Mariana; Castaneda-Alvarez, Nora P.; Lira-Noriega, Andres; Soley-Guardia, Mariano; Serra-Diaz, Josep M.; Peterson, A. Townsend (2017) - 4Departamento de Matemáticas de la Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México. Resumen.—En 2016 implementamos un sistema de seminarios de enseñanza, en formato de videos libres y accesibles desde internet, con la finalidad de dar a conocer de forma sencilla y en castellano, las bases conceptuales y aplicaciones de los modelos de nicho ecológico en estudios de ecología, conservación biológica, epidemiología y agrobiodviersidad, así como su implementación para el diseño de políticas públicas de los recursos naturales. Keywords: ambientales; análisis; biodiversidad; biodiversity; cambio; como; con; conservación; datos; de la; de los; de nicho; distribución; ecológico; en el; entre; especies; este; et al; información; las; los; maxent; modeling; modelos; modelos de; más; méxico; nicho; nori; para; para la; permite; peterson; por; que; soberón; son; una; uso; variables
• Crowdsourcing Natural History Archives: Tools for Extracting Transcriptions and Data by Mika, Katherine A.; De Veer, Joseph; Rinaldo, Constance (2017) - Transcription projects for collections are time consuming, intellectually intensive, and expensive for an organization to 60 MIKA ET AL. – CROWDSOURCING NATURAL HISTORY ARCHIVES facilitate. EARLY TOOLS Two early platforms, Scripto7, developed by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University (RRCHNM) and Transcribe Bentham8 shaped the landscape for successful transcription projects. Keywords: archives; bhl; biodiversity; collections; content; crowdsourcing; data; digital; field; heritage; history; information; items; library; manuscript; notes; projects; research; text; transcription
• Sample data and training modules for cleaning biodiversity information by Cobos, Marlon E; Jiménez, Laura; Nuñez-Penichet, Claudia; Romero-Alvarez, Daniel; Simoes, Marianna (2018) - Key words: accuracy, data cleaning, error, redundancy, precision, primary biodiversity data The availability and management of large on- line biodiversity databases has become an exciting, although challenging, step in the development of an authoritative and comprehensive basis for biodiver- sity knowledge. Primary biodiversity data have become much more accessible in recent decades, with a major tran- sition from recalcitrance (Graves 2000) to enthusi- asm. Keywords: biodiversity; cleaning; data; information
• Curso Modelado de Nicho Ecológico, Version 1.0 by Peterson, A. Townsend; Anderson, Robert P; Cobos, Marlon E; Cuahutle, Martín; Cuervo-Robayo, Angela P; Escobar, Luis E; Fernández, Marc; Jiménez-García, Daniel; Lira-Noriega, Andrés; Lobo, Jorge M; Machado-Stredel, Fernando; Martínez-Meyer, Enrique; Nuñez-Penichet, Claudia; Nori, Javier; Osorio-Olvera, Luis; Rodríguez, María Teresa; Rojas-Soto, Octavio; Romero-Álvarez, Daniel; Soberón, Jorge; Varela, Sara; Yañez-Arenas, Carlos (2019) - Palabras más frecuentes encontradas en las preguntas de los participantes del curso de Modelado de Nicho Ecológico. Resumen del curso de Modelado de Nicho Ecológico, Versión 1.0, incluyendo los temas principales, título espe- cífico, enlaces para las versiones en formato .pdf, .mp3, y .mp4, Keywords: biodiversity; curso; del; ecología; enlace; las; los; modelado; mp3; mp4; mp4 enlace; nicho; para; pdf; pdf mp3; peterson; por; preguntas; que; respuestas; todos; townsend; una; yt mp4

• DARWIN CORE BASED DATA STREAMLINING WITH DigiMus 2.0 by Kakodkar, Aditya P; Kerkar, Sarika S.; Varghese, Neena S.; Kavlekar, Devanand P.; Achuthankutty, C. T. (2009) - Funding for biological data management in developing countries is much less or entirely nonexistent (Thomson, 2005). In this paper we present a web based open source software tool named “DigiMus 2.0” which enables individuals to manage biological specimen data from their collection and effectively structure it according to Darwin Core data standards v 1.2 ( DwC v 1.2). Keywords: core; darwin; data; digimus; information; web
• Natural History Specimen Digitization: Challenges and Concerns by Vollmar, Ana; Macklin, James Alexander; Ford, Linda (2010) - It discusses issues associated with having collections data available on-line, including how various collections have addressed the difficulty of ensuring feedback about their on-line data. While increasing remote access and on-line use of collections clearly has many benefits, at the same time, it presents difficulties in ensuring that feedback about collections is received, in particular that the work researchers do with collections data on-line make it back to the collection itself. Keywords: challenges; collections; concerns; data; data entry; digitization; entry; funding; information; institutions; issues; minutes; projects; respondents; specimen; specimen digitization; staff; survey; technology; time; university; usa; work
• Character Selection During Interactive Taxonomic Identification: “Best Characters” by Talent, Nadia; Dickinson, Richard B.; Dickinson, Timothy A. (2014) - The character set and character states are usually carefully chosen and limited in number to save space. A polyclave can be difficult to use correctly, such as by novices who make frequent errors, or for polythetic taxa which are distinguished by possessing a majority of a set of character states, rather than by required states (Morse 1971, 1975). Keywords: character; coefficient; dickinson; identification; information; keys; number; states; table; taxa; taxon
• DigiWeb - a workflow environment for quality assurance of transcription in digitization of natural history collections by Mononen, Tero; Tegelberg, Riitta; Sääskilahti, Mira; Huttunen, Markku A.; Tähtinen, Marko; Saarenmaa, Hannu (2014) - When using a well-established imaging method for specimens, scientific expertise is particularly important for transcribing specimen data. Keywords – data entry, mass digitization INTRODUCTION Collections conserved by natural history museums are an important source of information on taxonomy, biodiversity and environmental change. Keywords: collector; data; digitarium; digitization; digiweb; entry; information; project; quality; specimen; transcription; workflow

• Rationale and Value of Natural History Collections Digitisation by Scoble, Malcolm (2010) - A compelling case for the use of natural history collection data in modeling, alone or, particularly, combined with other types of data, was made by Graham et al. (2004). Approaches to estimating the universe of natural history collections data. Keywords: collections; data; digitization; history; metadata
• Mammals of the World: MaNIS as an example of data integration in a distributed network environment by Stein, Barbara R; Wieczorek, John R. (2004) - This gazetteer was created by combining locality data from all participating institutions at the outset of the project into a single gazetteer database with an online query interface for browsing and downloading tab-delimited locality records16. This will mean that new specimens added to their collections will have locality data of quality comparable to that which has been achieved in the georeferencing for the MaNIS project. Keywords: collections; community; data; georeferencing; history; institutions; manis; museum; natural; network; participants; project; specimen; university

• ENVIRONMENTAL CORRELATION STRUCTURE AND ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODEL PROJECTIONS by Jiménez-Valverde, Alberto; Nakazawa, Yoshinori; Lira-Noriega, Andrés; Peterson, A. Townsend (2009) - Transferability of species distribution models: A functional habitat approach for two regionally threatened butterflies. Such transferability applications, however, depend critically on the assumption that environmental variables relevant on one landscape or at one time will be relevant on another. Keywords: africa; america; australia; correlation; eurasia; north america; south; variables
• A metric to quantify analogous conditions and rank environmental layers by Lowenberg Neto, Peter (2018) - It is expected that heterogeneous layers would generate better correlational geographic distributional predictions than analogous variables, even though this hypothesis remains untested. peter.lowenberg@unila.edu.br Abstract.—Analogous conditions in environmental variables are expected because environments are spatially autocorrelated and often present similar combinations over geographic space. Keywords: conditions; distance; extent; frequency; modal; range; space; variables

• On the dates of GBIF mobilised primary biodiversity records by Otegui, Javier; Ariño, Arturo H.; Chavan, Vishwas; Gaiji, Samy (2013) - Joining data records published by the data publishers into this single data model entails a large amount of data mapping, checking, marking and manipulation. Figure 6 shows a plot of data records in the November 2010 version of the index for occurrences in the XX and XXI century. Keywords: data; date; gbif; occ; publishers; raw; records; valid; year

• A combining approach to find all taxon names (FAT) by Sautter, Guido; Böhm, Klemens; Agosti, Donat (2006) - We could exclude word sequences containing words with a meaning that cannot occur in taxonomic names. In this paper, we present computational linguistics techniques and evaluate how they can help to extract taxonomic names automatically. Keywords: classifier; data; genus; names; precision; rules; techniques; use; word

• TaxonGrab: Extracting Taxonomic Names From Text by Koning, Drew; Sarkar, Indra Neil; Moritz, Thomas (2005) - Since taxonomic names are most typically – though not exclusively – derived from Greek or Latin, filters can be used to separate taxonomic name candidates using a language-specific lexicon (e.g., a lexicon of English words). Because organism nomenclature conforms closely to prescribed rules, automated techniques may be useful for identifying organism names from existing documents, and may also support the completion of comprehensive indices of taxonomic names; such comprehensive lists are not yet available. Keywords: history; language; lexicon; museum; names; resources; taxongrab; text

• Niche Modeling - Model Evaluation by Peterson, A. Townsend (2012) - The focus is on two solutions to the challenge of model evaluation: a simply cumulative binomial approach that can be used with binary model outputs, and partial ROC analysis, which can be used with continuous model outputs. Among these aspects is that of model evaluation or validation. Keywords: model

• Taxonomic names, metadata, and the Semantic Web by Page, Roderic D. M. (2006) - However, I suggest that in the context of taxonomic names, the most compelling benefit of adopting these identifiers comes from the metadata associated with each LSID. –– Life Science Identifiers, metadata, taxonomic names, Semantic Web, RDF, triple stores. Keywords: database; description; example; heterantha; lsid; metadata; names; poissonia; rdf; treebase; web

• EFFECTIVELY SEARCHING SPECIMEN AND OBSERVATION DATA WITH TOQE, THE THESAURUS OPTIMIZED QUERY EXPANDER by Güntsch, Anton; Hoffmann, Niels; Kelbert, Patricia; Berendsohn, Walter G. (2009) - 53-58 58 as well as Euro+Med plantbase and ERMS, have been added as thesaurus databases. The TOQE query functions are directly integrated into the specimen search interface so that taxonomists can easily pick from the list of available thesaurus systems. Keywords: data; portal; query; service; specimen; thesaurus; toqe

• Botanical Sampling Gaps Across the Cameroon Mountains by Sainge, Moses Nsanyi; Onana, Jean-Michel; Nchu, Felix; Kenfack, David; Peterson, A. Townsend (2017) - km2, extending from Mt Cameroon (4095 m) and Mt Etinde (commonly called Small Mt Cameroon, 1474 m) on the coast, through a string of peaks, extending to the north and east into the interior (Figure 1). Diagrammatic representation of the Cameroon Mountain chain, extending from islands in the Gulf of Guinea to the coastal Mt Cameroon, and inland along the Cameroon-Nigeria border. Keywords: areas; cameroon; cheek; data; et al; mountains; national; plants; region; sites

• BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE WITH EXAMPLES FROM ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY by Downey, Laura; Pennington, Deana (2009) - They can be categorized into two broad areas: user interface design issues and annotation issues. Table 2 gives a small sample of the kinds of user profile data we collected on SEEK. Keywords: data; design; group; kepler; knowledge; pennington; research; science; scientists; seek; technology; ucd; usability; user

• Interpreting and Georeferencing the Concept of “Near” in Biodiversity Records by Campbell, Peter (2024) - An intermediate Voronoi diagram with one Voronoi polygon per point, but several Voronoi polygons per locality. Each unique fire station is labeled with a letter and has a corresponding Voronoi polygon. Keywords: collection; description; diagram; georeferencing; localities; locality; near; point; polygons; uncertainty; voronoi
• Converting Taxonomic Descriptions to New Digital Formats by cui, hong (2008) - Biodiversity and other factors contribute to the rather skewed distributions of elements in description collections (see the appendix). In description collections, due to the diversities in living organisms, authorship, and editorial policies, the coverage of different organs are quite uneven, resulting in a very skewed distribution of training data for individual elements: for example, in the 310 FNA training examples, there were more than two hundred examples for “leaf blade” but zero for “tendril”. Keywords: bank; collection; cui; descriptions; digital; elements; examples; learning; markup; martt; new; performance; rule; system; training; training examples; xml

• Field+Genomics Workshop: an initiative to build Nanopore sequencing capacity in field-based host-pathogen research by Cobos, Marlon; Carrion Bonilla, Carlos; Burneo, Santiago; Cook, Joseph; Dunnum, Jonathan; Frank, Lexi; Grover, Mackenzie; Hey, Alexander; Larsen, Peter; Wiens, Benjamin; Camacho, Alejandra; Colella, Jocelyn (2025) - Rudzki, E. N., Kuebbing, S. E., Clark, D. R., Gharaibeh, B., Janecka, M. J., Kramp, R., Kohl, K. D., Mastals- ki, T., Ohmer, M. E. B., Turcotte, M. M., and Rich- ards-Zawacki, C. L. (2022). On Day 2, workshop participants observed the process. Keywords: country; data; et al; field; participants; pathogens; sampling; sequencing; wildlife; workshop

• A Quantitative Comparison of XML Schemas for Taxonomic Publications by Sautter, Guido; Böhm, Klemens; Agosti, Donat (2007) - Consequently, we expect this extension to affect the performance of Name Queries and Location Queries a little more than the aspect markup. Name Queries and Location Queries execute slower than with the plain aspect markup and with the morphologic index. Keywords: concept; description; document; example; markup; queries; query; schemas; sdd; xml

• A SPREADSHEET MAPPING APPROACH FOR ERROR CHECKING AND SHARING COLLECTION POINT DATA by Foley, Desmond (2010) - In the following I describe a method and provide examples for obtaining Excel chart maps from a shapefile, and from online maps. The use of country and global Excel chart maps allow the detection of some but not all of these possible georeference errors. Keywords: chart; data; excel; latitude; longitude; map; points

• PointSampler: A GIS Tool for Point Intercept Sampling of Digital Images by Gobbett, David Lyon; Zerger, Andre (2014) - SamplePoint (Booth et al. 2006) is a tool for image classification using a point intercept method and supports a large number of cover classes. Where large numbers of images are captured, either across a spatial extent, or at at intervals as a time-series, it may be appropriate to utilize automated image analysis methods such as supervised classification. Keywords: classes; classification; cover; data; image; method; pointsampler; vegetation

• Response to Stephens et al. (2019) by Peterson, A. Townsend; Soberón, Jorge; Ramsey, Janine; Osorio-Olvera, Luis (2020) - Interpretation as actual interactions—and determining types of in- teractions—requires further information that is gen- erally unavailable from simple occurrence data. Similarly, for pollination, or any other type of ecological micro interaction. Keywords: interactions

• AN EFFICIENT SEGMENTATION ALGORITHM FOR ENTITY INTERACTION by Ch'ng, Eugene (2009) - Other methods are developed for representing complex outdoor scenes in computer graphics (Snyder and Barr 1987, Deussen et al. 1998, Soler et al. 2003) but algorithms have not been formalised for improving the efficiency of large entity interactions. In theory, the simulation time should decrease with the increase of landscape segments. Keywords: algorithm; entities; entity; figure; interaction; landscape; life; modelling; number; plants; segmentation; segments; simulation

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