Integrating biodiversity distribution knowledge: toward a global map of life
Integrating biodiversity distribution knowledge: toward a global map of life
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DOI：
10.1016/j.tree.2011.09.007
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发表时间：
2012-03-01
影响因子：
16.8
通讯作者：
Guralnick, Robert P.
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作者：
Jetz, Walter;McPherson, Jana M.;Guralnick, Robert P.
关于物种空间分布的全球知识的分辨率比地形或土地覆盖等其他地理结构的环境数据集粗几个数量级。然而，这些知识对于解读生态和进化过程以及管理全球变化至关重要。在这篇综述中，我们提出了一个概念和网络基础设施框架，用于提炼物种分布知识，该框架的新颖之处在于它能够调动和整合不同类型的数据，从而使它们的集体优势克服个体弱点。最终目标是建立一个公共的、在线的、经过质量审查的“生命地图”，为每个物种整合和可视化可用的分布知识，同时也促进用户反馈和动态生物多样性分析。这种基础设施的第一个里程碑现已实现。
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. The ultimate aim is a public, online, quality-vetted 'Map of Life' that for every species integrates and visualizes available distributional knowledge, while also facilitating user feedback and dynamic biodiversity analyses. First milestones toward such an infrastructure have now been implemented.