GBIF monthly update – August 2014

Latest newsLatest news

• New programme officers for GBIF Secretariat

• Naturalis and Canadensys now GBIF Participants

• Irish GBIF award winner uses statistics to measure sampling effort

• Indian GBIF award winner explores data from social networking

• GBIF launches v1 of its web service API

Last updated: 2014-08-05

Data publication

Data published through GBIF Data published through GBIF

Last updated: 2014-08-05

GBIF data publishers GBIF data publishers

Last updated: 2014-08-05

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.

Data breakdown by GBIF Participant Data breakdown by GBIF Participant

Last updated: 2014-08-14

Top 10 Participant Countries—Number of new records published (1 January – 31 July 2014)

Top 10 Participant Countries—Total number of records published (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 downloadsGBIF.org

GBIF.org statisticsGBIF.org statistics

Last updated: 2014-08-05

Daily visits to GBIF.org (01 May - 04 August 2014)

Top 10 countries, by numbers of visitors (01 May - 04 August 2014)

Source: Google Analytics. Access to full data available on request to GBIF Secretariat. Email: info@gbif.org

Data download requests from GBIF.org

Data download requests from GBIF.org

Last updated: 2014-08-19

Requests for download do not necessarily result in data actually being downloaded. Based on country indicated by user login.

48,977 total requests from users in 106 countries, islands and territories

Top 10 countries, by download requests(1 Jan - 31 July 2014)

Data use in research

GBIF citation in research 2008-2014GBIF citation in research 2008-2014

Last updated: 2014-08-05

2014 Research citing use of GBIF,

by country of authors

2014 Research citing use of GBIF,

by country of authors

Last updated: 2014-08-05

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.

• Amirkia, V., et al.Alkaloids as drug leads – A predictive structural and biodiversity-based analysis. Phytochemistry Letters. Author country: United Kingdom

• Harsch, M. A., et al. Species distributions shift downward across western North America. Global Change Biology. Author country: United States

• 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

New research examples citing use of GBIF

New research examples citing use of GBIF

Last updated: 2014-08-05

A complete archive of research citing use of GBIF can be accessed at http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library/

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

New research examples citing use of GBIF (continued)

New research examples citing use of GBIF (continued)

Last updated: 2014-08-05

GBIF participation information

GBIF participation 2001-2014GBIF participation 2001-2014

Last updated: 2014-08-13

GBIF country participantsGBIF country participants

Last updated: 2013-10-29

GBIF participationGBIF participation

Last updated: 2014-08-13

Voting Participants1.Andorra (moved from ACP)2.Argentina *3.Australia4.Belgium5.Benin (moved from ACP)6.Burkina Faso (moved from ACP)7.Chile8.Colombia (moved from ACP)9.Costa Rica10.Denmark11.Estonia12.Finland13.France14.Germany15.Ghana (moved from ACP)16.Iceland17.Ireland18.Japan19.Kenya 20.Madagascar (moved from ACP)21.Mauritania22.Mexico23.Netherlands24.New Zealand25.Norway26.Peru *27.Portugal28.Republic of Korea29.Slovakia *30.Slovenia * 31.South Africa32.Spain33.Sweden34.Tanzania35.Uganda (moved from ACP)36.United Kingdom37.United States

Associate Country Participants1.Austria2.Brazil3.Canada (moved from VP)4.Central African Republic5.Guinea6.India7.Indonesia *8.Israel9.Luxembourg10.Pakistan11.Philippines 12.Poland13.Republic of Congo14.Switzerland *15.Togo

Other Associate Participants1. ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)2. Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS)3. BioNET-Andionet4. BioNET-INTERNATIONAL5. Bioversity International6. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)7. Canadensys8. Chinese Academy of Sciences9. Chinese Taipei10. Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo (CYTED)11. Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL)12. Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF)13. Discover Life14. DIVERSITAS15. Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)16. Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT)17. European Environment Agency (EEA)18. ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability19. 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 Center26. Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA)27. NatureServe28. NordGen29. 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 200035. TDWG36. UNEP-WCMC37. VertNet38. Wildscreen39. World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC)

* Signature of 2012 MoU pending, previous status shown.

GBIF funding and affiliations

GBIF fundingGBIF funding

Last updated: 2014-08-05

Andorra Institute d´estudis AndorransArgentina CONICET – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y TécnicasAustralia Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO National Research Collections AustraliaBelgium Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (belspo)Benin Laboratoire des Sciences ForestièresChile Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente (CONAMA)Colombia Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biólogicos Alexander von HumboldtCosta Rica Asociación Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)Denmark The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and InnovationEstonia Ministry of EnvironmentFinland Academy of FinlandFrance Direction Générale pour la Recherche et l’Innovation (DGRI)Germany Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

German Aerospace Center, BMBFGhana Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)Iceland Ministry for the Environment and Natural ResourcesIreland National Parks & Wildlife ServiceJapan Ministry of the Environment of JapanMadagascar Centre National de Recherches sur l’Environnement (CNRE)Mauritania Ecole Normale Supérieure de NouakchottMexico Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and ScienceNew Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and EmploymentNorway The Research Council of NorwayPortugal Foundation for Science and TechnologyRepublic of Korea Ministry of Education, Science and TechnologySlovak Republic Ministry of the EnvironmentSlovenia Ministry of Higher Education, Science and TechnologySouth Africa Department of Science and TechnologySweden Swedish Research CouncilTanzania Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH)Uganda Uganda National Council for Science and TechnologyUnited Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Royal Botanic Gardens, KewNatural History Museum, London Joint Nature Conservation Committee

USA National Science Foundation

Smithsonian InstitutionU.S. Department of StateU.S. Department of Agriculture

Contributing agencies Externally received grantsUniversity of Copenhagen (IT equipment)I4Life

OpenUp!

EU BON

GIASIP, CBD

EMODNET Biology 2

ViBRANT

GBIF current affiliationsGBIF current affiliations

Last updated: 2014-03-26

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