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BiodiversityCatalogue, the biodiversity sciences web services registry

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:52:00 GMT

BioVel, the biodiversity virtual e-Laboratory (http://www.biovel.eu/) makes available this public, curated registry of biodiversity web services. If you plan to build applications that access automatically this kind of services, this is a good place to start your search.

Guía del SIB Colombia para publicación de datos a través de IPT

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:59:20 GMT

El Sistema de Información sobre Biodiversidad (SIB) de Colombia ha publicado esta guía breve en español sobre la publicación de datos primarios sobre biodiversidad a través del ‘Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT)’ de GBIF. Este guía está basada en el original en inglés y francés creado por la red Canadensys.
Aunque la guía está centrada en la publicación de datos a través del SIB Colombia, el procedimiento descrito es prácticamente igual para cualquier gestor de datos que quiera usar el IPT para publicar datos sobre bioidversidad a través cualquier participante de GBIF. Para obtener ayuda en este proceso, tendrá que contactar con el nodo de GBIF asociado a dicho participante.

Anymals+plants mobile application

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:58:20 GMT

The anymals + plants smartphone application, supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, enables users to upload geo-referenced wildlife observations via their Android device. Data extracted from GBIF help to provide a list of species users can expect to find in a particular locality. More information is available at https://www.anymals.org/.
The interface of the application is available in English, German and Spanish.

GBits Newsletter no. 33 (Traditional Chinese)

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:51:00 GMT

GBits Newsletter no. 33 (Simplified Chinese)

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:48:31 GMT

Mapping Species Distributions: Spatial Inference and Prediction

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:15:39 GMT

This is a reference resource when talking about species distribution models and mapping.
NOTE: this resource is not freely available online.

Presentation: Mapping Species Distributions - Spatial Inference & Prediction

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:01:38 GMT

This presentation, hosted by the University of Lund in Sweden, is a complete introduction to the topic of species distributions models.

Dépliant GBIF, édition 2012

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:27:56 GMT

Dépliant qui donne en six pages un aperçu clair et concis sur le GBIF et ses activités. Le dépliant contient des descriptions courtes des différents domaines d’activité du GBIF, quelques exemples de réalisations et des différents utilisations, ainsi que des liens vers plus d’informations.

GBits Newsletter no. 33

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:53:20 GMT

March 2013

GBits Science Supplement no. 7

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:54:43 GMT

The GBits Science Supplement keeps you abreast of the increasing number of scientific studies making use of data accessed through GBIF. This is the seventh edition, covering February-March 2013.

Presentation: Are protected areas enough to conserve terrestrial biodiversity in a 2050 climate?

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:18:55 GMT

Presentation by 2009 Ebbe Nielsen Prize winner, Andy Jarvis at the 2009 GBIF Science Symposium on 7 October 2009.

NPT Startup review survey

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:51:02 GMT

This survey is targeted to GBIF Participant Node teams who want to participate in the review of the first version of the Nodes Portal Toolkit Startup. They are invited to fill it once they have checked the different elements of the review package: please check in the ‘access options’ section below to access the other elements of this package.