ML Gaynor - Updated April 2020.
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Warning - Some of these repositories feed into each other, duplicate records may exist among data aggregators. Methods to detect and remove duplicates for different research applications are available and/or in development.
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>It's important to note some of these feed off each other. The head of BISON spoke at UF once and showed this slide pic.twitter.com/4uCjTZI9bU
— Shawn Taylor (@dataEcologist) April 29, 2020
Overview of a subset of biodiversity occurrence record aggregators, web portals are linked in the aggregators column. If a collection is stored or available in Darwin Core (DwC) format, a checkmark is indicated. Checkmarks also indicate that an Application Programming Interface (API) is available, R packages, or Python libraries are available, which streamlines access to data and standardizes formatting.
| Aggregators | Focus | DwC | API | R packages | Python |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALA - Atlas of Living Australia | P, A | ✓ | ✓ | ALA4R1 | |
| Berkeley Ecoengine | P, A | ✓ | ✓ | Ecoengine2 | |
| CNABH | Br | ✓ | |||
| eBird | Bi | ✓ | ✓ | Auk3 | ebird-api |
| FishNet2 | F | ✓ | ✓ | fishnet | |
| GBIF | B | ✓ | ✓ | Rgbif4 | pygbif |
| iDigBio | B | ✓ | ✓ | Ridigbio5 | idigbio |
| iNaturalist | P, A | ✓ | ✓ | Rinat6 | |
| LepNet | Lep | ✓ | |||
| Lichen Portal | Li | ✓ | |||
| Macaulay Library | Bi, F, Ap, Mm | WarbleR7 | |||
| Macroalgal Herbarium Consortium Portal | Ma | ✓ | |||
| Mid-AtlanticHerbaria Consortium | P | ✓ | |||
| MyCoPortal | Fu | ✓ | RMyCoPortal8 | ||
| OBIS | Pm, Am | ✓ | ✓ | Robis9 | |
| SEINet North American plant network | P | ✓ | |||
| SERNEC | P | ✓ | |||
| SCAN | At | ✓ | |||
| CNH | P | ✓ | |||
| Tri-Trophic Thematic Collections Network | P, At | ||||
| BISON | P, A | ✓ | ✓ | Rbison10 | |
| VertNET | V | ✓ | ✓ | RVertNet11 | |
| Canadensys | B | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Chinese virtual herbarium | P |
Abbreviations: Aggregators- ALA (Atlas of Living Australia), CNABH (Consortium of North American Bryophyte Herbaria), GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility), LepNet (Lepidoptera of North America Network), MyCoPortal (Mycology Collections data Portal), OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System), SERNEC (Southeast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections), SCAN (Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network), CNH (Consortium of Northeastern Herbaria), BISON (Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation). Focus-A (Animals), Am (Marine Plants), Ap (amphibians), At (Arthropod), B (Broad taxonomically), Br (Bryophytes), Bi (Birds), F (Fish), Fu (Fungus), I (invertebrates), Lep (Lepidoptera), Li (Lichen), Ma (macroalgae) Mm (Mammals), P (Plants), Pm (Marine plants), V (Vertebrates).