GBIF MONTHLY UPDATE

June 2015

GBIF BY THE NUMBERS

537,915,901 species occurrence records

14,230 datasets

716data-publishing institutions

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

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

GBIF BY THE NUMBERS - MAY

+4,248,604 species occurrence records

+107datasets

+53data-publishing institutions

LATEST NEWS

• GBIF France launches new national data portal for biodiversity Atlas of Living France provides free access to over 17 million biodiversity records published globally by institutions in France.

• Africa Rising celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity with programme launch, joint declarationRelease of ‘Declaration on biodiversity information for sustainable

development in Africa’ closes international conference and first regional meeting for new BID programme.

http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/summary | 01 JUN 2015

DATA PUBLISHED THROUGH GBIF.ORG

http://www.gbif.org | 1 JUN 2015

Trend in primary biodiversity records (millions)

DATA PUBLISHED THROUGH GBIF.ORG

Negative monthly figures reflect withdrawal of data, usually removal of duplicates.

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

New species occurrence records (millions)Month by month, 2015 vs. 2014

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 | 01 JUN 2015

Trend in number of institutions registered as GBIF data publishers

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 | 04 JUN 2015

1. United States 2,951,100 6. Brazil 1,660,476

2. Sweden 2,476,199 7. Finland 1,572,265

3. United Kingdom 2,372,307 8. Denmark 1,187,322

4. Australia 2,260,641 9. Netherlands 630,252

5. Belgium 2,230,015 10. Spain 391,161

1. United States 209,679,618 6. Finland 20,036,123

2. Sweden 51,325,126 7. Germany 18,909,265

3. United Kingdom 49,543,695 8. France 17,577,672

4. Australia 38,955,381 9. Norway 17,425,011

5. Netherlands 21,578,737 10. Spain 10,578,485

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

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

QUARTERLY WEB TRAFFIC 1 Mar 2015 – 2 Jun 2015compared with 1 Mar 2014 – 2 Jun 2014

Rank Country/Territory Sessions % Total Sessions Prev. rank

1 United States 155,677 31.12% 1

2 China 20,262 4.05% 2

3 India 18,726 3.74% 4

4 Spain 18,347 3.67% 5

5 Germany 18,148 3.63% 3

6 France 16,246 3.25% 6

7 Brazil 15,516 3.10% 9

8 United Kingdom 15,172 3.03% 7

9 Mexico 14,982 3.00% 8

10 Colombia 11,400 2.28% 11

Google Analytics report for GBIF.org: April statistics skewed by errors introduced in late April and resolved in early May. Access available upon request from comms@gbif.org | 03 JUN 2015

VISITS TO GBIF.ORG BY COUNTRY

Google Analytics report for GBIF.org; April statistics skewed by errors introduced in late April and resolved in early May. Access available upon request from comms@gbif.org | 03 JUN 2015

1. United States 16,649 6. Mexico 5,378

2. India 6,065 7. France 5,018

3. Spain 5,896 8. United Kingdom 4,622

4. Brazil 5,703 9. Colombia 4,103

5. Germany 5,601 10. Italy 3,250

May 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 | 03 JUN 2015

1. Mexico 6,786 6. Spain 2,330

2. United States 5,591 7. United Kingdom 1,856

3. China 4,137 8. Ecuador 1,611

4. Denmark 3,770 9. Colombia 1,414

5. Brazil 3,307 10. France 1,411

Total of

41,056 requests

from 4565 users in

127 countries, islands and territories

1 Jan 2015 – 31 May 2015

CITATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH

04 JUN 2015

Annual number of peer-reviewed publications using GBIF-mediated data

USE CITATIONS, BY COUNTRY OF AUTHORS

04 JUN 2015

Total 2015

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

May 2015 May 2015

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

1. United States 67 6. Australia 13

2. United Kingdom 33 7. Belgium 12

3. Germany 19 7. China 12

4. Mexico 17 8. Colombia 11

5. Brazil 15 9. France 9

1. United States 21 7. China 2

2. United Kingdom 10 7. France 2

3. Brazil 7 7. Italy 2

4. Germany 5 7. Mexico 2

5. Colombia 3 7. Netherlands 2

6. Australia 3 7. Spain 2

7. Belgium 2 7. Peru 2

RESEARCH EXAMPLES

• Báez S, Malizia A, Carilla J, et al. Large-scale patterns of turnover and basal area change in Andean forests. PLoS ONE. Author countries: Ecuador, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, United States, Germany, United Kingdom

• Castañeda-Álvarez NP, de Haan S, Juárez H et al. Ex situ conservation priorities for the wild relatives of potato (Solanum L. Section Petota). PLoS ONE. Author countries: Colombia, United Kingdom, Peru, Netherlands, United States

• Fernández M & Hamilton H. Ecological niche transferability using invasive species as a case study. PLoS ONE. Author country: United States

• Hof AR & Svahlin A. The potential effect of climate change on the geographical distribution of insect pest species in the Swedish boreal forest. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. Author country: Sweden

A complete archive of research citing used of GBIF can be accessed at http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library 04 JUN 2015

May 2015

• Lemoine NP. Climate change may alter breeding ground distributions of Eastern migratory monarchs (Danaus plexippus) via range expansion of Asclepias host plants. PLoS ONE. Author country: United States

• Moonlight PW, Richardson JE, Tebbitt MC, et al. Continental-scale diversification patterns in a megadiverse genus: the biogeography of Neotropical Begonia. Journal of Biogeography. Author countries: United Kingdom, Colombia, United States, Singapore, China, Taiwan

• Murray RG, Popescu VD, Palen WJ & Govindarajulu P. Relative performance of ecological niche and occupancy models for predicting invasions by patchily-distributed species. Biological Invasions. Author country: Canada

RESEARCH EXAMPLES (CONTINUED)

May 2015

A complete archive of research citing used of GBIF can be accessed at http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library 04 JUN 2015

• Park DS & Potter D. Why close relatives make bad neighbors: phylogenetic conservatism in niche preferences and dispersal disproves Darwin's naturalization hypothesis in the thistle tribe. Molecular Ecology. Author country: United States

• Smith L, Tekiela D & Barney J. Predicting biofuel invasiveness: a relative comparison to crops and weeds. Invasive Plant Science and Management. Author country: United States

• Title PO & Burns KJ. Rates of climatic niche evolution are correlated with species richness in a large and ecologically diverse radiation of songbirds. Ecology Letters. Author country: United States

RESEARCH EXAMPLES (CONTINUED)

May 2015

A complete archive of research citing used of GBIF can be accessed at http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library 04 JUN 2015

NUMBER OF GBIF PARTICIPANTS

3 MAR 2015

2001-2015

MOU 2001-2006

MOU 2007-2011 MOU 2012

MAP OF GBIF COUNTRY PARTICIPANTS

03 MAR 2015

GBIF PARTICIPANT LIST

* Signature of 2012 MoU pending, previous status shown | http://www.gbif.org/participation/list2 MAR 2015

Voting Participants

1.Andorra 2.Argentina *3.Australia4.Belgium5.Benin6.Burkina Faso 7.Chile8.Colombia9.Costa Rica10.Denmark11.Estonia12.Finland13.France14.Germany15.Ghana16.Iceland17.Ireland18.Kenya 19.Madagascar 20.Mauritania21.Mexico22.Netherlands23.New Zealand24.Norway25.Peru 26.Portugal27.Republic of Korea28.Slovakia *29.Slovenia * 30.South Africa31.Spain32.Sweden33.Tanzania34.Togo35.Uganda 36.United Kingdom37.United States38.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 *

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. Plazi31. 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)

GBIF Affiliates

1.Data Observation Network for Earth (DataOne)2.International Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (IOC/UNESCO)

Feb 2015

SOURCES OF FUNDING

02 MAR 2015

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, BMBF

Ghana 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 Science, ICT and Future Planning Slovak 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 funding

University of Copenhagen (IT equipment)

I4Life

Eye on Earth

OpenUp!

EU BON

GIASIP, CBD

GBIO 4, CBD

EMODNET Biology 2

ViBRANT

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, Advisory Board 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

10 APR 2015