Research applications of primary biodiversity databases in the digital age

JE Ball-Damerow, L Brenskelle, N Barve, PS Soltis… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Our world is in the midst of unprecedented change—climate shifts and sustained,
widespread habitat degradation have led to dramatic declines in biodiversity rivaling …

[HTML][HTML] Global priorities for an effective information basis of biodiversity distributions

C Meyer, H Kreft, R Guralnick, W Jetz - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
Gaps in digital accessible information (DAI) on species distributions hamper prospects of
safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services, and addressing central ecological and …

Spatial bias in the GBIF database and its effect on modeling species' geographic distributions

J Beck, M Böller, A Erhardt, W Schwanghart - Ecological Informatics, 2014 - Elsevier
Species distribution modeling, in combination with databases of specimen distribution
records, is advocated as a solution to the problem of distributional data limitation in …

Lichen conservation in North America: a review of current practices and research in Canada and the United States

JL Allen, RT McMullin, EA Tripp… - Biodiversity and …, 2019 - Springer
Lichens are diverse symbiotic organisms that contribute essential functions to ecosystems
worldwide. Generally, lichens are under-represented in conservation assessments and …

Mass production of unvouchered records fails to represent global biodiversity patterns

BH Daru, J Rodriguez - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - nature.com
The ever-increasing human footprint even in very remote places on Earth has inspired
efforts to document biodiversity vigorously in case organisms go extinct. However, the data …

Geographical sampling bias in a large distributional database and its effects on species richness–environment models

W Yang, K Ma, H Kreft - Journal of Biogeography, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Recent advances in the availability of species distributional and high‐resolution
environmental data have facilitated the investigation of species richness–environment …

Online solutions and the 'W allacean shortfall': what does GBIF contribute to our knowledge of species' ranges?

J Beck, L Ballesteros‐Mejia, P Nagel… - Diversity and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To investigate the contribution to range filling, range extent and climatic niche space of
species of information contained in the largest databank of digitized biodiversity data: the …

Geographic variation in range size and beta diversity of groundwater crustaceans: insights from habitats with low thermal seasonality

M Zagmajster, D Eme, C Fišer, D Galassi… - Global ecology and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Three broad mechanisms have been proposed to explain geographic variation in
species range size: habitat area/heterogeneity, climate seasonality and long‐term climate …

Mapping ignorance: 300 years of collecting flowering plants in Africa

J Stropp, RJ Ladle, AC M. Malhado… - Global Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Spatial and temporal biases in species‐occurrence data can compromise broad‐scale
biogeographical research and conservation planning. Although spatial biases have been …

How many replicates to accurately estimate fish biodiversity using environmental DNA on coral reefs?

S Stauffer, M Jucker, T Keggin, V Marques… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying fish species diversity in rich tropical marine environments remains challenging.
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a promising tool to face this challenge …