全球聚合的生物多样性数据对预测性和描述性研究产生影响
Dirk Steinke1, Birgit Gemeinholzer2, Enrique Martínez-Meyer3
1Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
概括
全球生物多样性信息设施 (GBIF) 越来越多地被世界各地的研究人员使用. 它的开放生物多样性数据支持关键的环境评估和多样化的研究,突出了不断发展的数据基础设施的需要.
科学领域:
- 生物多样性信息学 生物多样性信息学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
背景情况:
- 全球生物多样性信息设施 (GBIF) 是生物多样性信息的主要全球数据集成商.
- GBIF数据对于生物多样性和进化科学研究至关重要.
- 使用生物多样性数据进行全球环境评估的需求越来越大.
研究的目的:
- 分析过去五年全球生物多样性信息设施 (GBIF) 的增长和使用模式.
- 展示全球科学界如何利用开放生物多样性数据进行研究.
- 了解使用GBIF数据的研究主题,数据集和分析方法的多样化.
主要方法:
- 对12193项利用GBIF介导数据的研究进行了文献分析.
- 研究主题,数据类型和分析方法的分类.
- 在五年时间内跟踪GBIF数据的增长和参与.
主要成果:
- 由于全球环境评估,研究人员对GBIF数据的参与度增加.
- 种类分布建模的普遍性和对人类纪挑战的研究 (保护,气候变化,入侵物种).
- 大量使用观测数据,包括公民科学数据,并对相关数据集和分析方法进行多样化.
结论:
- 在当代生物多样性研究和全球环境评估中,GBIF数据起着至关重要的作用.
- 使用GBIF数据的研究的专题和方法多样化强调了其日益增长的重要性.
- 科学需求的快速发展需要不断开发像GBIF这样的数据基础设施,以保持相关性.
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