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GBIF monthly update – August 2014
Latest news
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New programme officers for GBIF Secretariat
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Naturalis and Canadensys now GBIF Participants
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Irish GBIF award winner uses statistics to measure
sampling effort
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Indian GBIF award winner explores data from social
networking
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GBIF launches v1 of its web service API
Last updated: 2014-08-05
Data publication
Data published through GBIF
480
460
440
420
400
Primary biodiversity records (millions)
380
360
340
320
300
280
260
240
220
200
180
160
140
120
100
80
Last updated: 2014-08-05
Number of institutions registered as GBIF data publishers
GBIF data publishers
660
640
620
600
580
560
540
520
500
480
460
440
420
400
380
360
340
320
300
280
260
240
220
200
A sharp rise in the number of data publishers in September 2013 results from institutions choosing to register as separate
entities rather than sharing datasets through a single publisher at their national node institution.
Last updated: 2014-08-05
Data breakdown by GBIF Participant
Top 10 Participant Countries—Number of new records published
Millions
(1 January – 31 July 2014)
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Top 10 Participant Countries—Total number of records published
Last updated: 2014-08-14
(as of 31 July 2014)
Data distribution in GBIF
Density of georeferenced species occurrence records published through GBIF
(see http://www.gbif.org/occurrence)
Last updated: 2014-07-09
Visits & data downloads
GBIF.org
GBIF.org statistics
Daily visits to GBIF.org (01 May - 04 August 2014)
Top 10 countries, by numbers of visitors (01 May - 04 August 2014)
Last updated: 2014-08-05
Source: Google Analytics. Access to full data available on request to GBIF Secretariat. Email: [email protected]
Data download requests from
GBIF.org
48,977 total requests from users in 106 countries, islands and territories
Top 10 countries, by download requests
(1 Jan - 31 July 2014)
Requests for download do not necessarily result in data actually being downloaded.
Based on country indicated by user login.
Last updated: 2014-08-19
Data use in research
GBIF citation in research 2008-2014
300
GBIF mentioned
GBIF discussed
GBIF-mediated data used
249
250
No. of peer-reviewed publications
229
200
169
169
148
150
100
90
89
76
66 66
61
57
52
48
43
50
72
63
35
33
26
17
0
2008
Last updated: 2014-08-05
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 (Jan-July)
2014 Research citing use of GBIF,
by country of authors
Number of research publications from January to June 2014 citing use of GBIF-mediated data,
ranked by country according to affiliation of at least one author. Top 13 countries shown.
Last updated: 2014-08-05
New research examples citing use of
GBIF
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Amirkia, V., et al.
Alkaloids as drug leads – A predictive structural and biodiversity-based
analysis. Phytochemistry Letters. Author country: United Kingdom
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Harsch, M. A., et al.
Species distributions shift downward across western North America. Global
Change Biology. Author country: United States
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Higgins, S. I., et al.
Invasive plants have broader physiological niches. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Author countries: New
Zealand, South Africa
A complete archive of research citing use of GBIF can be accessed at http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library/
Last updated: 2014-08-05
New research examples citing use of
GBIF (continued)
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Hjarding, A., et al.
Red List assessments of East African chameleons: a case study of why we
need experts. Oryx. Author countries: Denmark, South Africa
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Pinkernell, S., et al.
Potential effects of climate change on the distribution range of the main
silicate sinker of the Southern Ocean. Ecology and Evolution. Author
country: Germany
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Schulp, C. J. E., et al.
Wild food in Europe: A synthesis of knowledge and data of terrestrial wild
food as an ecosystem service. Ecological Economics. Author countries: The
Netherlands, France
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Tingley, R., et al.
Realized niche shift during a global biological invasion. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Author
countries: Australia, Brazil, Portugal
Last updated: 2014-08-05
GBIF participation
information
GBIF participation 2001-2014
120
Other Associate Participants
MOU 2007-2011
Associate Country Participants
100
MOU 2012
Voting Participants
MOU 2001-2006
80
43
46
47
39
31
60
34
38
39
15
15
33
34
29
24
18
40
11
7
15
18
22
23
24
11
20
21
21
16
32
33
37
29
32
37
29
35
26
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
11
20
21
22
24
25
26
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
0
Last updated: 2014-08-13
GBIF country participants
Last updated: 2013-10-29
GBIF participation
Voting Participants
1. Andorra (moved from ACP)
2. Argentina *
3. Australia
4. Belgium
5. Benin (moved from ACP)
6. Burkina Faso (moved from ACP)
7. Chile
8. Colombia (moved from ACP)
9. Costa Rica
10. Denmark
11. Estonia
12. Finland
13. France
14. Germany
15. Ghana (moved from ACP)
16. Iceland
17. Ireland
18. Japan
19. Kenya
20. Madagascar (moved from ACP)
21. Mauritania
22. Mexico
23. Netherlands
24. New Zealand
25. Norway
26. Peru *
27. Portugal
28. Republic of Korea
29. Slovakia *
30. Slovenia *
31. South Africa
32. Spain
33. Sweden
34. Tanzania
35. Uganda (moved from ACP)
36. United Kingdom
37. United States
Associate Country Participants
1. Austria
2. Brazil
3. Canada (moved from VP)
4. Central African Republic
5. Guinea
6. India
7. Indonesia *
8. Israel
9. Luxembourg
10. Pakistan
11. Philippines
12. Poland
13. Republic of Congo
14. Switzerland *
15. Togo
Other Associate Participants
1. ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)
2. Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS)
3. BioNET-Andionet
4. BioNET-INTERNATIONAL
5. Bioversity International
6. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)
7. Canadensys
8. Chinese Academy of Sciences
9. Chinese Taipei
10. Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo (CYTED)
11. Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL)
12. Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF)
13. Discover Life
14. DIVERSITAS
15. Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)
16. Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT)
17. European Environment Agency (EEA)
18. ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
19. Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN)
20. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
21. International Barcode of Life Consortium (iBOL)
22. International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)
23. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
24. International Long-Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER)
25. Naturalis Biodiversity Center
26. Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA)
27. NatureServe
28. NordGen
29. Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) *
30. Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum (PBIF)
31. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
32. Society for the Management of Electronic Biodiversity Data (SMEBD)
33. Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)
34. Species 2000
35. TDWG
36. UNEP-WCMC
37. VertNet
38. Wildscreen
39. World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC)
* Signature of 2012 MoU pending, previous status shown.
Last updated: 2014-08-13
GBIF funding and
affiliations
GBIF funding
Contributing agencies
Andorra
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Benin
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Iceland
Ireland
Japan
Madagascar
Mauritania
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Republic of Korea
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
South Africa
Sweden
Tanzania
Uganda
United Kingdom
USA
Institute d´estudis Andorrans
CONICET – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas
Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (belspo)
Laboratoire des Sciences Forestières
Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente (CONAMA)
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biólogicos Alexander von Humboldt
Asociación Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)
The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation
Ministry of Environment
Academy of Finland
Direction Générale pour la Recherche et l’Innovation (DGRI)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
German Aerospace Center, BMBF
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources
National Parks & Wildlife Service
Ministry of the Environment of Japan
Centre National de Recherches sur l’Environnement (CNRE)
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Nouakchott
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
The Research Council of Norway
Foundation for Science and Technology
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
Ministry of the Environment
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology
Swedish Research Council
Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH)
Uganda National Council for Science and Technology
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Natural History Museum, London
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
National Science Foundation
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Last updated: 2014-08-05
Externally received grants
University of Copenhagen (IT
equipment)
I4Life
OpenUp!
EU BON
GIASIP, CBD
EMODNET Biology 2
ViBRANT
GBIF current affiliations
1.
Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP): partner
2.
Encyclopedia of Life (EOL): council
3.
Eye on Earth Biodiversity Special Initiative: partner
4.
Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN): steering committee member
5.
Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership (GIASIP): partner
6.
Global Partnership for Plant Conservation (GPPC): partner
7.
Group on Earth Observations (GEO): participant
8.
Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO-BON):
steering committee member
9.
European Biodiversity Observation Network (EU BON): participant
10. LifeWatch Policy & Science Board: member
11. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): observer
12. Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES):
observer
13. Biodiversity Knowledge Network for the European Union (KNEU):
member of dialogue group.
14. Convention on Migratory Species Strategic Plan Working Group: observer
Last updated: 2014-03-26