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Figure 1. from Extending Marine Species Distribution Maps Using Non-Traditional Sources - Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4900 (17 April 2015) https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4900
Figure 1. - The IUCN Red List Review Process (IUCN 2014a). Steps refer to the DOCUMENTATION STANDARDS AND CONSISTENCY CHECKS FOR IUCN RED LIST ASSESSMENTS AND SPECIES ACCOUNTS (IUCN 2013).
Australian Frog Atlas: Fine-scale species distribution maps informed by the FrogID dataset
<p>This is version three of the Australian Frog Atlas: shapefiles and KML files of the most up to date, accurate and detailed set of Australian frog species distribution maps available, and both a shapefile and detailed PDF map of Australian frog species richness. All of these are available as a free resource under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License. When using any material from the Australian Frog Atlas, please refer to and cite Cutajar et al. (2022), outlined in full below, which introduces the dataset and describes it in detail.</p> <p>Cutajar. T. P., Portway, C. D., Gillard, G. L., and Rowley, J. J. L. (2022) Australian Frog Atlas: Fine-scale species distribution maps informed by the FrogID dataset. <em>Technical Reports of the Australian Museum Online</em>. 36: 1-48. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3853/j.1835-4211.36.2022.1789">https://doi.org/10.3853/j.1835-4211.36.2022.1789</a></p> <p><strong>Caveat:</strong> The occurrence data used in the development of these maps are from a range of sources. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy and completeness, including vetting of data using published literature. However, no guarantee is given, nor responsibility taken by the authors or their institutions for errors or omissions, nor in respect of any information or advice given in relation to, or as a consequence of, the maps and data provided herein. These maps are indicative only and aim to capture the known and presumed distributions of individual frog species and frog species richness within Australia. A taxonomic revision of Australo-Papuan tree frogs published in June 2025 proposes the reclassification of more than 120 Australian tree frog species (in the genera <em>Litoria</em> and <em>Cyclorana</em>) into 22 genera. This proposed change has not been adopted in this version of the Australian Frog Atlas. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
Mapping multiscale breeding bird species distributions across the United States and evaluating their conservation applications
<p>Species distribution models are vital to management decisions that require understanding habitat use patterns, particularly for species of conservation concern. However, the production of distribution maps for individual species is often hampered by data scarcity, and existing species maps are rarely spatially validated due to limited occurrence data. Furthermore, community-level maps based on stacked species distribution models lack important community assemblage information (e.g., competitive exclusion) relevant to conservation. Thus, multispecies, guild, or community models are often used in conservation practice instead. To address these limitations, we aimed to generate fine-scale, spatially-continuous, nationwide maps for species represented in the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) between 1992-2019. We generated ensemble models for each species at three spatial resolutions – 0.5, 2.5, and 5 km – across the conterminous United States. We also compared species richness patterns from stacked single-species models with those of 19 functional guilds developed using the same data to assess the similarity between predictions. We successfully modeled 192 bird species at 5-km resolution, 160 species at 2.5-km resolution, and 80 species at 0.5-km resolution. However, the species we could model represent only 28-56% of species found in the conterminous US BBS surveys across resolutions owing to data limitations. We found stacked maps and guild maps generally had high correlations across resolutions (median = 84%), but spatial agreement varied regionally by resolution and was most pronounced between the East and West at the 5-km resolution. The spatial differences between our stacked maps and guild maps illustrate the importance of spatial validation in conservation planning. Overall, our species maps are useful for single-species conservation and can support fine-scale decision-making across the United States, and can also support community-level conservation when used in tandem with guild maps. However, there are still data scarcity issues for many species of conservation concern when using the BBS for single-species models.</p>
Map 5 in Revision, Phylogenetic, Biogeographic, And Host Analyses Of The Endemic Western North American Phymatopsallus Group, With The Description Of 9 New Genera And 15 New Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae)
Map 5. Distribution of Cercocarpopsallus and Knightopsallus spp.
Map 6 in Revision, Phylogenetic, Biogeographic, And Host Analyses Of The Endemic Western North American Phymatopsallus Group, With The Description Of 9 New Genera And 15 New Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae)
Map 6. Distribution of Phymatopsallus acaciae–P. rinconae.
Map 7 in Revision, Phylogenetic, Biogeographic, And Host Analyses Of The Endemic Western North American Phymatopsallus Group, With The Description Of 9 New Genera And 15 New Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae)
Map 7. Distribution of Phymatopsallus tuberculatus.
Map 3 in Revision, Phylogenetic, Biogeographic, And Host Analyses Of The Endemic Western North American Phymatopsallus Group, With The Description Of 9 New Genera And 15 New Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae)
Map 3. Distribution of Ceratopsallus aquilonius–C. plautus.
Map 4 in Revision, Phylogenetic, Biogeographic, And Host Analyses Of The Endemic Western North American Phymatopsallus Group, With The Description Of 9 New Genera And 15 New Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae)
Map 4. Distribution of Ceratopsallus quercicola–C. vauqueliniae.
Map 2 in Revision, Phylogenetic, Biogeographic, And Host Analyses Of The Endemic Western North American Phymatopsallus Group, With The Description Of 9 New Genera And 15 New Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae)
Map 2. Distribution of Bisulcopsallus spp.
Map 1 in Revision, Phylogenetic, Biogeographic, And Host Analyses Of The Endemic Western North American Phymatopsallus Group, With The Description Of 9 New Genera And 15 New Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae)
Map 1. Distribution of Angelopsallus and Arizonapsallus spp.
MAP 4 in HIVA NASSERZADEH, GIUSEPPE PLATIA & SAYEH SERRI (2023) Click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Khuzestan province (Iran): with three new species, Craspedostethus izehensis sp.n., Dicronychus khuzestanicus sp. n. and Gurjevelater catei sp. n.
MAP 4. Distribution map of Craspedostethus, Ectamenogonus and Lacon species in Khuzestan.
Predictive mapping of tree species assemblages in an African montane rainforest
<p>Conservation of mountain ecosystems can benefit from knowledge of habitats and their distribution patterns. This benefit is particularly true for diverse ecosystems with high conservation values such as the "Afromontane" rainforests. We mapped the vegetation of one such forest: the rugged Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda—a World Heritage Site known for its many restricted-range plants and animal taxa including several iconic species. Given variation in elevation, terrain and human impacts across Bwindi, we hypothesised that these factors influence the composition and distribution of tree species. To test this, detailed surveys were carried out using stratified random sampling. We established 289 georeferenced sample sites (each with 15 trees ≥20 cm dbh) ranging from 1,320 to 2,467 m a.s.l. and measured 4,335 trees comprising 89 species that occurred in four or more sample sites. These data were analysed against twenty-one digitally mapped biophysical variables using various analytical techniques including non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) and random forests. We identified six tree species assemblages with distinct compositions. Among the biophysical variables, elevation had the strongest correlation with the ordination (r<sup>2</sup>=0.5; <em>p</em><0.001). The "out-of-bag" (OOB) estimate of the error rate for the best final model was 50.7% meaning that nearly half of the variation was accounted for using a limited set of variables. We demonstrate that it is possible to predict the spatial pattern of such a forest based on sampling across a highly complex landscape. Such methods offer accurate mapping of composition that can guide conservation.</p>
Fig. 1. Map showing a in Graveyards of Giant Pandas at the Bottom of the Sea? A Strange-Looking New Species of Colonial Ascidians in the Genus Clavelina (Tunicata: Ascidiacea)
Fig. 1. Map showing a sampling locality, Tonbara, off Kumejima Island, Japan.
Figure 1 – Distribution map for L. eketi, L. seyboui, L in Taxonomic notes on Liptena eketi Bethune-Baker, 1926 and related species (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae)
Figure 1 – Distribution map for L. eketi, L. seyboui, L. kiellandi
Map 1 in Clusia falcata (Clusiaceae), an endangered species with exceptionally narrow leaves endemic to Chiapas, Mexico
Map 1. Distribution map of Clusia falcata in Chiapas, Mexico.
Map 1 in On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Oxypoda species of the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
Map 1: Distribution of Oxypoda platyptera FAIRMAIRE based on revised records.
Map 5 in On the taxonomy and zoogeography of some Oxypoda species of the West Palaearctic region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
Map 5: Distribution of Oxypoda hispanica BERNHAUER based on revised records.
Map 1 in Six new species and additional records of Lathrobium from the Palaearctic region
Map 1: Type localities of Lathrobium bucharense KOCH (triangle) and L. bananum nov.sp. (circle).
Fig. 1. Distribution map for Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906 in A review of Bittacidae (Mecoptera) in Guizhou, China with descriptions of three new species
Fig. 1. Distribution map for Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906 in Guizhou, China.
Supplementary material 1 from: Scacchetti P, Pansonato-Alves J, Utsunomia R, Oliveira C, Foresti F (2011) Karyotypic diversity in four species of the genus Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758 (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes, Gymnotidae): physical mapping of ribosomal genes and telomeric sequences. Comparative Cytogenetics 5(3): 223-235. https://doi.org/10.3897/compcytogen.v5i3.1375
Nexus file of aligned COI and COII nucleotide sequences.
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Allen Brain Atlas
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Annotated Behaviour and Observability Dataset (ABODe)
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DANDI Archive for NWB datasets
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International Brain Laboratory public data
The International Brain Laboratory public data releases expose standardized mouse decision-making experiments, including Neuropixels recordings, widefield calcium imaging, behavior, and session metadata accessed through the ONE API.
OpenNeuro
OpenNeuro is a free, open platform for sharing neuroimaging datasets, with public search, dataset pages, and download paths for web, S3, DataLad, and the OpenNeuro CLI.