Integrating biodiversity distribution knowledge: toward a global map of life

Publication year: 2011 Source: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Available online 21 October 2011 Walter Jetz, Jana M. McPherson, Robert P. Guralnick Global knowledge about the spatial distribution of species is orders of magnitude coarser in resolution than other geographically-structured environmental datasets such as topography or land cover. Yet such knowledge is crucial in deciphering ecological and evolutionary processes and in managing global change. In this review, we propose a conceptual and cyber-infrastructure framework for refining species distributional knowledge that is novel in its ability to mobilize and integrate diverse types of data such that their collective strengths overcome individual weaknesses

Publication year: 2011 Source: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Available online 21 October 2011 Walter Jetz, Jana M. McPherson, Robert P. Guralnick Global knowledge about the spatial distribution of species is orders of magnitude coarser in resolution than other geographically-structured environmental datasets such as topography or land cover. Yet such knowledge is crucial in deciphering ecological and evolutionary processes and in managing global change. In this review, we propose a conceptual and cyber-infrastructure framework for refining species distributional knowledge that is novel in its ability to mobilize and integrate diverse types of data such that their collective strengths overcome individual weaknesses

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