The process of standardizing taxon names, taxonomic name harmonization, is necessary to
properly merge data indexed by taxon names. The large variety of taxonomic databases and …

Biodiversity information and precise knowledge are critical for its conservation and
management for sustainable development. With the advancement of information technology …

Growing concerns about the quality of aggregated biodiversity data are lowering trust in
large-scale data networks. Aggregators frequently respond to quality concerns by …

There are a multitude of biodiversity informatics projects, datasets, databases and initiatives
at the global level, and many more at regional, national, and sometimes local levels. In such …

Research has become more data-intensive over the last few decades. Sharing research
data is often a challenge, especially for interdisciplinary collaborative projects. One primary …

Wild harvested plants (WHP) and crop wild relatives (CWR), part of the segment of natural
diversity that is collectively known as 'Plant Genetic Resources', have great socioeconomic …

Efforts to describe spatial patterns of freshwater diversity and to evaluate their underlying
factors have traditionally been focused on some animal groups (eg amphibians, fish or …

In a recent paper in ZooKeys, Wiemers et al.(2018) provided an updated list of European
butterfly names. In this list the authors follow gender agreement for species names, when …

Centralized biodiversity data aggregation is too often failing societal needs due to pervasive
and systemic data quality deficiencies. We argue for a novel approach that embodies the …

Background In this contribution we present detailed distribution and abundance data for
arthropod species identified during the BALA–Biodiversity of Arthropods from the Laurisilva …