DENSITY OF GEOREFERENCED SPECIES OCCURRENCE RECORDS PUBLISHED THROUGH GBIF HTTP://WWW.GBIF.ORG/OCCURRENCE | FEB 2015

GBIF MONTHLY UPDATE

January 2015

GBIF BY THE NUMBERS

526,027,836 species occurrence records

13,950datasets

651data-publishing institutions

http://www.gbif.org | 01 FEB 2015

http://www.gbif.org | 01 FEB 2015

GBIF BY THE NUMBERS - JANUARY

+558,347 species occurrence records

+23datasets

+2data-publishing institutions

LATEST NEWS

• GBIF and EU to improve biodiversity information for developing countriesThe European Union and GBIF have launched a four-year, €3.9 million project aimed at increasing the amount of biodiversity information available for developing countries.

• Malawi joins GBIF network as Associate Participant

• 2015 GBIF Capacity Enhancement Programme: call for proposals

• GBIF Ebbe Nielsen ChallengeDeadline to send in submissions is 2 March 2015.

http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/summary | 11 FEB 2015

DATA PUBLISHED THROUGH GBIF.ORG

http://www.gbif.org | 6 FEB 2015

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DATA PUBLISHERS

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. http://www.gbif.org | 6 FEB 2015

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DATA—BY GBIF PARTICIPANT

NOTE: Datasets are assigned to countries according to the location of the publishing institution, including aggregated datasets with contributors from many other countries. http://www.gbif.org | 6 FEB 2015

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1. Sweden 822,321 6. Belgium 54,962

2. United States 631,391 7. India 31,936

3. Denmark 519,781 8. Brazil 28,490

4. Netherlands 430,577 9. Germany 25,097

5. Norway 249,388 10. Canada 24,657

1. United States 209,615,018 6. Germany 18,758,148

2. Sweden 50,083,142 7. Finland 18,514,033

3. United Kingdom 47,238,017 8. France 17,510,657

4. Australia 36,654,612 9. Norway 17,431,131

5. Netherlands 21,699,172 10. Spain 10,201,696

Number of new records published—Top 10 participant Countries (1 to 31 Jan 2015)

Total number of records published—Top 10 Participant Countries (as of 31 Jan 2015)

QUARTERLY WEB TRAFFICus

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Country/Territory Sessions % Total Sessions Prev. rank

1 United States 46,554 13.75% 1

2 China 26,004 7.68% 8

3 Germany 20,158 5.95% 2

4 Spain 15,756 4.65% 3

5 France 13,641 4.03% 4

6 India 13,581 4.01% 6

7 United Kingdom 13,446 3.97% 5

8 Brazil 11,445 3.38% 7

9 Mexico 10,941 3.23% 9

10 Italy 9,655 2.85% 10

Google Analytics report for GBIF.org; access available upon request from comms@gbif.org | 01 FEB 2015

VISITS TO GBIF.ORG BY COUNTRY

Google Analytics report for GBIF.org; access available upon request from comms@gbif.org | 02 FEB 2015

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1. China 15,622 6. India 4,425

2. United States 14,799 7. France 4,417

3. Germany 6,305 8. Brazil 3,182

4. Spain 4,775 9. Mexico 3,164

5. United Kingdom 4,512 10. Italy 3,070

Jan 2015

DATA DOWNLOAD REQUESTS, BY COUNTRY

Requests for download do not necessarily result in data actually being downloaded. Based on country indicated by user login | 06 FEB 2015

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1. United States 867 6. Canada 275

2. Denmark 750 7. Spain 268

3. Mexico 534 8. United Kingdom 231

4. Brazil 431 9. France 168

5. Germany 317 10. Ecuador 130

1 Jan 2015 – 31 Jan 2015

CITATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH

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1. United States 119 6. Italy 23

2. Spain 42 7. Mexico 21

3. United Kingdom 40 8. Brazil 20

4. Germany 37 9. France 19

5. Australia 34 10. South Africa 17

Total 2014

Number of research publications from January to December 2014 citing use of GBIF-mediated data, ranked by country according to affiliation of author. Top tencountries shown.

Relationship line represents collaboration between authors affiliated in different countries.

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1. United States 9 4. Belgium 2

2. Germany 4 4. Denmark 2

3. Mexico 3 4. France 2

4. Singapore 2

4. Switzerland 2

Jan 2015

Number of research publications in January 2015 citing use of GBIF-mediated data, ranked by country according to affiliation of author. Top eight countries shown.

RESEARCH EXAMPLES

• Campbell, J. Access to scientific data in the 21st century: rationale and illustrative usage rights review. Data Science Journal. Author country: United States.

• Candela, L., et al. Data journals: A survey. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Author country: Italy.

• Chomicki, G., et al. Phylogenetics and molecular clocks reveal the repeated evolution of ant-plants after the late Miocene in Africa and the early Miocene in Australasia and the Neotropics. New Phytologist. Author country: Germany.

• Esperón-Rodríguez, et al. Comparing environmental vulnerability in the montane cloud forest of eastern Mexico: a vulnerability index. Ecological Indicators. Author country: Mexico.

• Ferretti, F., et al. Falling through the cracks: the fading history of a large iconic predator. Fish and Fisheries. Author countries: United States; Spain; France; Croatia.

A complete archive of research citing used of GBIF can be accessed at http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library 10 FEB 2015

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• Huang, D. W., et al. The future of evolutionary diversity in reef corals. Philosophical transactions B. Author countries: Singapore, United States.

• Owen, C. L., et al. A synthetic phylogeny of freshwater crayfish: insights for conservation. Philosophical Transactions B. Author Country: United States.

• Pekarsky, S., et al. Enriching the isotopic toolbox for migratory connectivity analysis: a new approach for migratory species breeding in remote or unexplored areas. Diversity and Distributions. Author countries: Israel, Germany, Canada.

• Wisz, M. S., et al. Arctic warming will promote Atlantic–Pacific fish interchange. Nature Climate Change. Author countries: Denmark, Greenland, Switzerland, France.

RESEARCH EXAMPLES (CONTINUED)

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A complete archive of research citing used of GBIF can be accessed at http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library 10 FEB 2015

NUMBER OF GBIF PARTICIPANTS

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Voting Participants

MAP OF GBIF COUNTRY PARTICIPANTS

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GBIF PARTICIPANT LIST

* Signature of 2012 MoU pending, previous status shown | http://www.gbif.org/participation/list9 FEB 2015

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1. 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. Kenya 19. Madagascar (moved from ACP)20. Mauritania21. Mexico22. Netherlands23. New Zealand24. Norway25. Peru *26. Portugal27. Republic of Korea28. Slovakia *29. Slovenia * 30. South Africa31. Spain32. Sweden33. Tanzania34. Uganda (moved from ACP)35. United Kingdom36. United States37. Uruguay

Associate Country Participants

1. Austria2. Brazil3. Canada4. Central African Republic5. Guinea6. India7. Indonesia *8. Israel9. Japan10. Luxembourg11. Malawi12. Pakistan13. Philippines 14. Poland15. Republic of Congo16. Switzerland *17. Togo

Other Associate Participants

1. ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)2. Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS)3. Biodiversity Heritage Library4. BioNET-Andionet5. BioNET-INTERNATIONAL6. Bioversity International7. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)8. Canadensys9. Chinese Academy of Sciences10. Chinese Taipei11. Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo (CYTED)12. Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL)13. Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF)14. Discover Life15. 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. Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum (PBIF)30. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)31. Society for the Management of Electronic Biodiversity Data (SMEBD)32. Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)33. Species 200034. TDWG35. UNEP-WCMC36. VertNet37. Wildscreen38. World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC)

GBIF Affiliates

1. Data Observation Network for Earth (DataOne)2. International Oceanographic Commission of the

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (IOC/UNESCO)

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SOURCES OF FUNDING

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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 ServiceKenya National Museums of KenyaMadagascar Centre National de Recherches sur l’Environnement (CNRE)Mauritania École 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 NorwayPeru Ministerio del AmbientePortugal 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

Uruguay Dirección de Innovación, Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo (DICYT)USA National Science Foundation

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

Agencies contributing to GBIF core funds Supplementary fundingUniversity of Copenhagen (IT equipment)

I4Life

Eye on Earth

OpenUp!

EU BON

GIASIP, CBD

GBIO 4, CBD

EMODNET Biology 2

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Ministry of the Environment of Japan

BID - EU

Note on AgenciesVoting Participants that have financially contributed or declared their intention to contribute to GBIF core funds within the period of January 2014 until present.

Note on Supplementary fundingProjects or agencies that contributed or declared their intention to contribute to GBIF supplementary funds within the period of January 2014 until present.

CURRENT AFFILIATIONSPartner Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP)

Member, Dialogue group Biodiversity Knowledge Network for the European Union (KNEU)

Observer Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Observer Convention on Migratory Species

Council Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

Participant European Biodiversity Observation Network (EU BON)

Partner Eye on Earth Biodiversity Special Initiative

Member, Steering committee Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN)

Partner Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership (GIASIP)

Partner Global Partnership for Plant Conservation (GPPC)

Participant Group on Earth Observations (GEO)

Member, Steering committee Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO-BON)

Observer Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

Associate data unit IOC-UNESCO International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange/Ocean Biogeographic Information System (IODE/OBIS)

Member, Policy & Science Board LifeWatch

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