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Supplementary material 1 from: Chapman AD, Belbin L, Zermoglio PF, Wieczorek J, Morris PJ, Nicholls M, Rees ER, Veiga AK, Thompson A, Saraiva AM, James SA, Gendreau C, Benson A, Schigel D (2020) Developing Standards for Improved Data Quality and for Selecting Fit for Use Biodiversity Data. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 4: e50889. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.4.50889
Vocabulary of Terms used for the TDWG Task Group on Data Quality Tests and Assertions, plus key additional terms from the Use Case Study. Ther terms are consistent with the terms used in the Fitness for Use Framework (Veiga et al. 2017)
Figure 4 in Optimizing biodiversity informatics to improve information flow, data quality, and utility for science and society
Figure 4. Graphical representation of original and recently modified pathways for feedback regarding Primary Biodiversity Data, showing information transfer among users, providers, and aggregators. Such feedback consists of suggested improvements or additions to data fields, for example a change in species identification or a newly determined georeference. The diagrams contrast two complementary mechanisms: (a) the original feedback loop (currently dominant); and (b) the emerging feedback pendulum (proposed for expansion). In a: (1) the user sends feedback to the provider (e.g., a given natural history museum); (2) if the provider makes a corresponding change to its database, the updated information is sent to the aggregator; and (3) that information becomes available for query by all users. In practice, because many providers do not consistently make such changes (denoted by an X), users do have access to updated information (dashed line). In b: (1) the user sends feedback to the aggregator; (2) the aggregator simultaneously both annotates the record (visible to all users) and sends the suggested information to the provider; (3) if the provider makes a corresponding change to its database, the updated information is sent to the aggregator; and (4) the aggregator makes the updated information available for query by all users. Note that even if a provider takes no action regarding the suggested information, the annotations placed by the aggregator are nevertheless available to users. Additionally, because the quantifications of data quality and use described in the text allow for benchmarks that can be tracked over time, we anticipate that the feedback pendulum will help providers become more successful in justifying and securing funding to make data improvements based on feedback from users.
Supplementary material 1 from: Zermoglio PF, Plos A, Acosta N, Amaya L, Escobar DA, Grattarola F, Mancina CA, Nuñez F, Plata CA, Quintero E, Vargas M (2020) Latin American Plea for Incorporation of Other, Non-English Languages in TDWG Standards Documentation. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 4: e58973. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.4.58973
Signatories to the petition for incorporation of other languages to the Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) standards and documentation
Data from: Environmental DNA reveals that rivers are conveyer belts of biodiversity information
DNA sampled from the environment (eDNA) is a useful way to uncover biodiversity patterns. By combining a conceptual model and empirical data, we test whether eDNA transported in river networks can be used as an integrative way to assess eukaryotic biodiversity for broad spatial scales and across the land–water interface. Using an eDNA metabarcode approach, we detect 296 families of eukaryotes, spanning 19 phyla across the catchment of a river. We show for a subset of these families that eDNA samples overcome spatial autocorrelation biases associated with the classical community assessments by integrating biodiversity information over space. In addition, we demonstrate that many terrestrial species are detected; thus suggesting eDNA in river water also incorporates biodiversity information across terrestrial and aquatic biomes. Environmental DNA transported in river networks offers a novel and spatially integrated way to assess the total biodiversity for whole landscapes and will transform biodiversity data acquisition in ecology.
Data from: Plant population success across urban ecosystems – a framework to inform biodiversity conservation in cities
1. In a rapidly urbanising world, the ability of plant species to survive and build self-sustaining populations in urban environments is increasingly important for biodiversity conservation. Yet the contribution of cities to biodiversity conservation remains unclear because ecologists have studied biodiversity patterns, largely without considering the population establishment of plants and the ways in which different kinds of urban ecosystems harbour native and endangered plant species. These limitations can mislead conservation policies for cities. 2. To better-understand how urban ecosystems can contribute to biodiversity conservation, we propose a framework that links the population status (casual or established) of plant species with ecosystem novelty and highlights barriers to population establishment in different types of urban ecosystems, from natural remnants to novel ecosystems. 3. To quantify the relative importance of natural remnants vs. human-shaped ecosystems for the conservation of self-sustaining urban plant populations we re-analyse a unique dataset from a metropolitan region in Europe with information on the population status of 1199 plant species. 4. Results demonstrate that urban ecosystems harbour many established native and endangered species although a considerable share (37%) of species of conservation concern are confined to natural remnants. In hybrid and immature novel ecosystems, high species numbers reflect many species with only casual populations. The role of novel ecosystems as habitats for native and endangered plant species increases as novel ecosystems mature. 5. Synthesis and applications. General information about plant species richness in urban environments may mislead conservation policies as different kinds of urban ecosystems can play different roles in harbouring species of conservation concern. Moreover, presence-absence data can mask establishment failures of species. This proposed framework helps to distinguish between casual and established populations of plant species, and highlights barriers to population persistence in urban ecosystems; reflecting different land uses and land use histories over time. Revealing the role of natural remnants vs. hybrid vs. novel ecosystems as habitats for species of conservation concern illustrates opportunities for biodiversity conservation in all urban ecosystems and can support setting priorities for conservation.
Enhancing georeferenced biodiversity inventories: automated information extraction from literature records reveal the gaps
<p>Data and code supplement to our article revised submission to PeerJ.</p> <p> </p> <p>The file is compressed using standard zip. The uncompressed size is about 50 GB. There is a readme.md in the archive, which explains the structure of the contents.</p> <p> </p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>We use natural language processing (NLP) to retrieve location data for cheilostome bryozoan species (text-mined occurrences [TMO]) in an automated procedure. We compare these results with data combined from two major public databases (DB): the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Using DB and TMO data separately and in combination, we present latitudinal species richness curves using standard estimators (Chao2 and the Jackknife) and range-through approaches. Our combined DB and TMO species richness curves quantitatively document a bimodal global latitudinal diversity gradient for extant cheilostomes for the first time, with peaks in the temperate zones. 79% of the georeferenced species we retrieved from TMO (N = 1408) and DB (N = 4549) are non-overlapping. Despite clear indications that global location data compiled for cheilostomes should be improved with concerted effort, our study supports the view that many marine latitudinal species richness patterns deviate from the canonical latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG). Moreover, combining online biodiversity databases with automated information retrieval from the published literature is a promising avenue for expanding taxon-location datasets.</p>
Supplementary material 2 from: Penev L, Paton A, Nicolson N, Kirk P, Pyle RL, Whitton R, Georgiev T, Barker C, Hopkins C, Robert V, Biserkov J, Stoev P (2016) A common registration-to-publication automated pipeline for nomenclatural acts for higher plants (International Plant Names Index, IPNI), fungi (Index Fungorum, MycoBank) and animals (ZooBank). In: Michel E (Ed.) Anchoring Biodiversity Information: From Sherborn to the 21st century and beyond. ZooKeys 550: 233–246. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.550.9551
IPNI response XML : Explanation note: XML response of IPNI to the query in Suppl. material 1. The response is sent back to Pensoft and contains the registration numbers of the new genus name and the new combination [exemplified with the paper of Robinson and Skvarla (2013)].
Supplementary material 4 from: Penev L, Paton A, Nicolson N, Kirk P, Pyle RL, Whitton R, Georgiev T, Barker C, Hopkins C, Robert V, Biserkov J, Stoev P (2016) A common registration-to-publication automated pipeline for nomenclatural acts for higher plants (International Plant Names Index, IPNI), fungi (Index Fungorum, MycoBank) and animals (ZooBank). In: Michel E (Ed.) Anchoring Biodiversity Information: From Sherborn to the 21st century and beyond. ZooKeys 550: 233–246. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.550.9551
TaxPub response XML : Explanation note: TaxPub XML returned from ZooBank to Pensoft containing UUIDs of the article, authors and new taxon names [exemplified with the paper of Morffe and Rodríguez (2013)].
Supplementary material 1 from: Penev L, Paton A, Nicolson N, Kirk P, Pyle RL, Whitton R, Georgiev T, Barker C, Hopkins C, Robert V, Biserkov J, Stoev P (2016) A common registration-to-publication automated pipeline for nomenclatural acts for higher plants (International Plant Names Index, IPNI), fungi (Index Fungorum, MycoBank) and animals (ZooBank). In: Michel E (Ed.) Anchoring Biodiversity Information: From Sherborn to the 21st century and beyond. ZooKeys 550: 233–246. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.550.9551
XML response of IPNI : Explanation note: XML query sent from Pensoft to IPNI on the day of acceptance of the manuscript for publication [exemplified with the paper of Robinson and Skvarla (2013)].
Supplementary material 3 from: Penev L, Paton A, Nicolson N, Kirk P, Pyle RL, Whitton R, Georgiev T, Barker C, Hopkins C, Robert V, Biserkov J, Stoev P (2016) A common registration-to-publication automated pipeline for nomenclatural acts for higher plants (International Plant Names Index, IPNI), fungi (Index Fungorum, MycoBank) and animals (ZooBank). In: Michel E (Ed.) Anchoring Biodiversity Information: From Sherborn to the 21st century and beyond. ZooKeys 550: 233–246. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.550.9551
XML response of TaxPub : Explanation note: TaxPub XML of a ready-to-publish manuscript submitted from Pensoft to ZooBank [exemplified with the paper of Morffe and Rodríguez (2013)].
Leafcutter ants of the genus Atta in the Insects Collection at the Field Museum of Natural History. The field data on the attached tags are transcribed for entry into databases such as AntWeb and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Photograph: Matthew Nelsen. in The Evolution of Natural History Collections
Leafcutter ants of the genus Atta in the Insects Collection at the Field Museum of Natural History. The field data on the attached tags are transcribed for entry into databases such as AntWeb and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Photograph: Matthew Nelsen.
Supplementary material 3 from: Groom Q, Desmet P, Reyserhove L, Adriaens T, Oldoni D, Vanderhoeven S, Baskauf SJ, Chapman A, McGeoch M, Walls R, Wieczorek J, Wilson JR.U, Zermoglio PFF, Simpson A (2019) Improving Darwin Core for research and management of alien species. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 3: e38084. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.38084
The Convention on Biological Diversity pathway vocabulary adapted from Harrower et al. 2017. Including proposed simple labels for these terms.
Supplementary material 1 from: Groom Q, Desmet P, Reyserhove L, Adriaens T, Oldoni D, Vanderhoeven S, Baskauf SJ, Chapman A, McGeoch M, Walls R, Wieczorek J, Wilson JR.U, Zermoglio PFF, Simpson A (2019) Improving Darwin Core for research and management of alien species. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 3: e38084. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.38084
Distinct values for dwc:establishmentMeans and their frequency from observations on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility on 27 February 2017. Taken from GitHub repository of the Darwin Core Questions & Answers Site (https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/tree/master/data/GBIFDistinctValues).
Supplementary material 2 from: Groom Q, Desmet P, Reyserhove L, Adriaens T, Oldoni D, Vanderhoeven S, Baskauf SJ, Chapman A, McGeoch M, Walls R, Wieczorek J, Wilson JR.U, Zermoglio PFF, Simpson A (2019) Improving Darwin Core for research and management of alien species. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 3: e38084. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.38084
A tab-delimited file mapping values (synonyms; orthographic and language variations) found in Darwin Core dwc:establishmentMeans to a controlled vocabulary.
Supplementary material 1 from: Penev L, Koureas D, Groom Q, Lanfear J, Agosti D, Casino A, Miller J, Arvanitidis C, Cochrane G, Barov B, Hobern D, Banki O, Addink W, Kõljalg U, Ruch P, Copas K, Mergen P, Güntsch A, Benichou L, Benito Gonzalez Lopez J (2021) Towards Interlinked FAIR Biodiversity Knowledge: The BiCIKL perspective. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 5: e74233. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.5.74233
The BiCIKL (Biodiversity Community Integrated Knowledge Library) Project Presentation: Goals and Ambitions
Matrix aggregation of species of Phyla Annelida (Polychaeta), Mollusca, Arthropoda (Decapoda, Stomatopoda, Amphipoda, and Chelicerata), and Echinodermata registered of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico region by Ocean Biodiversity Information Systems of the research "Evaluation of the use of Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) for capturing the biological diversity of two coral reefs in the Yucatán Península, México"
<p>This database consists of an aggregation matrix of species from Ocean Biodiversity Information Systems using as geographic filters the Caribbean Sea region (ID 34287) and the Gulf of Mexico region (ID 34287) nomenclature and hierarchical classification of each Phyla from World Register of Marine Species used for the calculation of average taxonomic distinction of species belonging to the Phyla Annelida (Polychaeta), Mollusca, Arthropoda (Decapoda, Stomatopoda, Amphipoda, and Chelicerata), and Echinodermata associated to Autonomous Reefs Monitoring Structures from the research “Evaluation of the use of Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) to estimate cryptic diversity in two coral reefs of the Yucatan Península, México”</p> <p><strong>*Corresponding autor: </strong>edlinguerra@gmail.com</p> <p>BIS Ocean Biodiversity Information System. Available online: <a href="http://www.iobis.org/">www.iobis.org</a>.</p> <p>Horton, T.; Gofas, S.; Kroh, A.; Poore, G.C.B.; Read, G.; Rosenberg, G.; Stöhr, S.; Bailly, N.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Brandão, S.N.; et al. Improving nomenclatural consistency: A decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species. <em>Eur. J. Taxon.</em> <strong>2017</strong>, <em>2017</em>, doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.389.</p> <p><span lang="EN-US">was produced in collaboration with the Biodiversidad Marina de Yucatán project. </span><a href="https://www.bdmy.org.mx/carteles-publicaciones/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.bdmy.org.mx/,</a> Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México and Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores</p>
Additional information for "Global shortfalls in documented actions to conserve biodiversity"
<p>Data, code and workflow to support findings of the paper "Global shortfalls in documented actions to conserve biodiversity". This ZIP folder contains an R project with a workflow to reproduce the results, figures, manuscript and associated supplementary material.</p> <h2>Code</h2> <p>The R code for all processing and analysis is all contained within the 'code' subdirectory. Scripts are numbered to indicate the running order. R markdown code and associated files (e.g. BIB and CSL files) for producing the documents are contained within the 'manuscript' subdirectory. All of the code is also available on <a href="https://github.com/rasenior/ConservationActions">GitHub</a>. </p> <h2>Data</h2> <p>The 'data' subdirectory contains everything needed to run the code as a demo. The original source data is not included because it is not ours to share. The processed data <em>are</em> available, at the path 'data/analysis'. These data are the same as used in the published manscript, thus enabling the results, figures and manuscript to be reproduced.</p> <h2>Figures</h2> <p>Most of the figures are generated by running the code with the data provided. Two figures are provided in the 'figs' subdirectory because they were created semi-manually:</p> <ul> <li> Figure 4 - the R code produces a CSV file ('figs/Fig4.csv') that was used to manually create Figure 4, first in PowerPoint ('figs/Fig4.pptx') and then exported to PNG ('figs/Fig4.png')</li> <li>Figure S1 - the code produces the individual schematic diagrams of Figure S1, which were combined together in Inkscape ('figs/FigS1.svg') and then exported to PNG ('figs/FigS1.png')</li> </ul>
Data from: Environmental DNA reveals that rivers are conveyer belts of biodiversity information
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Data from: Using past planning practice to inform biodiversity net gain in residential developments
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Data from: Plant population success across urban ecosystems – a framework to inform biodiversity conservation in cities
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