Unlocking the Legacy: The untapped value of data in taxonomic literature
Jeremy Miller, Donat Agosti, Guido Sautter Terry Catapano, David King, Serrano Pereira, Rutger Vos, Soraya Sierra
pro-iBiosphere final conference, 12 June 2014, Bouchart Castle, Meise, Belgium
Unlocking the Legacy: The untapped value of data in taxonomic literature #pibmei
1. Jeremy Miller1,2
, Donat Agosti2,3
, Guido Sautter2
, Terry Catapano2,4
,
David King5
, Serrano Pereira1
, Rutger Vos1
, Soraya Sierra1
Unlocking the Legacy
The Untapped Value of Data in Taxonomic Literature
1. Naturalis Biodiveristy Center, Leiden, Netherlands; 2. Plazi, Zinggstrasse 16,
Bern, Switzerland; 3. Naturhistorisches Museum, Bern, Switzerland; 4. Columbia
University, New York, United States of America; 5. The Open University, Milton
Keynes, United Kingdom
Report from the pro-iBiosphere Spider Pilot and data visualization hackathon
3. GBIF Records Species in GBIF
Plants
Birds
Hymenoptera
Spiders
Other
Plants
Birds
Hymenoptera
Spiders
animals
Other
animals
%DescribedspeciesinGBIF
Species occurrence data in GBIF
4. Moritz, C., K.S. Richardson, S. Ferrier, G.B. Monteith, J. Stanisic, S.E. Williams, T. Whiffin. 2001. Biogeographical concordance and efficiency of taxon
indicators for establishing conservation priority in a tropical rainforest biota. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, Series B 268: 1875-1881.
Insects
Snails and Insects
•strong predictors of conservation priorities for vertebrates, but not vice versa
•have finer-scale distribution patterns and higher local endemicity than
vertebrates and plants
Snails Vertebrates Lauraceae
Snails
Vertebrates
Lauraceae
Insects
Vertebrates
Lauraceae
Insects
Snails
Vertebrates
Insects
Snails
Lauraceae
Testing surrogates to establish conservation priorities
Value of species occurrence data