Sentences with phrase «biodiversity data»

Their study is published in the open access Biodiversity Data Journal.

The observations are published in the open access Biodiversity Data Journal.

In a richly illustrated, 400 - page tome, Precious Heritage: The Status of Biodiversity in the United States, published by Oxford University Press, the groups present what conservation biologist Peter Kareiva of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls «the most extraordinary assemblage of biodiversity data ever published.»

In a recent paper published in Biodiversity Data Journal, four new species are described.

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), for instance, is a platform to collect and make huge amounts of biodiversity data accessible.

«Mistaken identities of tropical plants raise questions on biodiversity data.»

«This shows that conservation action can and does work,» particularly at the local level, says Thomas Brooks of NatureServe, a consortium based in Arlington, Virginia, that collects biodiversity data.

«In contrast, changes in society, such as more leisure time, higher environmental awareness and better education only comparatively recently brought about a situation where biodiversity data is being collected in a systematic way,» the researcher explains.

«The PESI Taxonomic Backbone serves as a taxonomic data standard resource, facilitating and optimising the integration and sharing of European biodiversity data, supporting a wide range of European services, major biodiversity programs and stakeholders on nature conservation and biodiversity management,» conclude their results the scientists.

It also maintains networks of outstanding experts and national focal points, so that it makes sure that the taxonomic information, it relies on, is always at its finest, while simultaneously takes care about delivering persistent standards and easily accessible up - to - date biodiversity data.

By integrating the CAO maps with ground - based biodiversity data and information on the use of forests by local people, we should be uniquely well placed to identify hundreds of thousands of new conservation areas in Sabah that not only protect key habitats, but also the livelihoods of forest - dependent communities».

The paper, titled «Connecting earth observation to high - throughput biodiversity data» is published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution: DOI: 10.1038 / s41559 -017-0176.

«The lesson from this audit is that biodiversity data aggregation isn't harmless,» said Dr Mesibov.

Now, a study, recently published in the open access Biodiversity Data Journal, suggests that the latest advances in both digitization and machine learning might together be able to assist museum curators in their efforts to care for and learn from this incredible global resource.

The Brazilian team of researchers, led by biologist Roberto Leonan Morim Novaes, Fiocruz, conducted their work in the Rio de Janeiro's reserve Reserva Ecologica de Guapiacu (REGUA), a 5,500 ha remnant of Atlantic Forest, and have their findings and discussion published in the open - access Biodiversity Data Journal.

The main need, he adds, is for more habitat and biodiversity data to complement and expand on the IUCN Red List, rather than relying on the Red List as a singular authority on extinction risk.

Funded by governments and bringing together more than 100 countries and international organizations as Participants, GBIF promotes and facilitates digitization, discovery and free access to biodiversity data, through a suite of informatics tools and commons standards, training and capacity building.

The Census of Antarctic Marine Life and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Marine Biodiversity Information Network (SCAR - MarBIN) have strived to coordinate and unify the available scientific expertise and biodiversity data to improve our understanding of Southern Ocean biodiversity.

EOL content partners are individuals or organizations who share their biodiversity data with the world through EOL.