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View article: Globally aggregated biodiversity data impact predictive and descriptive research
Globally aggregated biodiversity data impact predictive and descriptive research Open
Here, we present an analysis of the growth and use of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) over the last 5 y. GBIF is the world’s largest data integrator for biodiversity information and plays a central role in research acro…
View article: Progression of saproxylic fungal communities in fine woody debris in boreal forests of Oulanka, Finland, assessed by DNA metabarcoding
Progression of saproxylic fungal communities in fine woody debris in boreal forests of Oulanka, Finland, assessed by DNA metabarcoding Open
This publication presents a dataset of saproxylic (dead wood) fungi which addresses the limited understanding of saproxylic fungal diversity, community structure and colonisation dynamics in fine woody debris (FWD). This knowledge gap is l…
View article: Using Image-based AI for insect monitoring and conservation - InsectAI COST Action
Using Image-based AI for insect monitoring and conservation - InsectAI COST Action Open
The InsectAI COST action will support insect monitoring and conservation at the national and continental scale in order to understand and counteract widespread insect declines. The Action will bring together a critical mass of researchers …
View article: Developing Prototype Digital Twins for biodiversity conservation and management: achievements, challenges and perspectives
Developing Prototype Digital Twins for biodiversity conservation and management: achievements, challenges and perspectives Open
The BioDT project, funded by the European Union Horizon Europe Programme, seeks to investigate and push the boundaries of methodological, intellectual, data, technical and relevance aspects of the digital twin (DT) approach for understandi…
View article: Building Biodiversity Digital Twins
Building Biodiversity Digital Twins Open
A digital twin is a replica of a system, process, or object realized as a digital version. Digital twins are widespread in engineering and aim to can help many kinds of organizations simulate real situations and their outcomes, ultimately …
View article: Prototype Biodiversity Digital Twin: Disease Outbreaks
Prototype Biodiversity Digital Twin: Disease Outbreaks Open
African swine fever is a transmissible virus impacting wild and domestic swine populations. In Europe, it is non-native and the recently introduced genotype affects wild boar populations with occasional outbreaks in domestic pigs. The abil…
View article: Prototype Biodiversity Digital Twin: Phylogenetic Diversity
Prototype Biodiversity Digital Twin: Phylogenetic Diversity Open
Phylogenetic diversity (PD) represents a fundamental measure of biodiversity, encapsulating the extent of evolutionary history within species groups. This measure, pivotal for understanding biodiversity's full dimension, has gained recogni…
View article: Prototype Biodiversity Digital Twin: prioritisation of DNA metabarcoding sampling locations
Prototype Biodiversity Digital Twin: prioritisation of DNA metabarcoding sampling locations Open
Advancements in environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding have revolutionised our capacity to assess biodiversity, especially for cryptic or less-studied organisms, such as fungi, bacteria and micro-invertebrates. Despite its cost-effectivene…
View article: Sharing insect data through GBIF: novel monitoring methods, opportunities and standards
Sharing insect data through GBIF: novel monitoring methods, opportunities and standards Open
Technological advancements in biological monitoring have facilitated the study of insect communities at unprecedented spatial scales. The progress allows more comprehensive coverage of the diversity within a given area while minimizing dis…
View article: Bridging Biodiversity and Health: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility’s initiative on open data on vectors of human diseases
Bridging Biodiversity and Health: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility’s initiative on open data on vectors of human diseases Open
There is an increased awareness of the importance of data publication, data sharing, and open science to support research, monitoring and control of vector-borne disease (VBD). Here we describe the efforts of the Global Biodiversity Inform…
View article: The UNITE database for molecular identification and taxonomic communication of fungi and other eukaryotes: sequences, taxa and classifications reconsidered
The UNITE database for molecular identification and taxonomic communication of fungi and other eukaryotes: sequences, taxa and classifications reconsidered Open
UNITE (https://unite.ut.ee) is a web-based database and sequence management environment for molecular identification of eukaryotes. It targets the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and offers nearly 10 million such…
View article: Data Standards and Interoperability Challenges for Biodiversity Digital Twin: A novel and transformative approach to biodiversity research and application
Data Standards and Interoperability Challenges for Biodiversity Digital Twin: A novel and transformative approach to biodiversity research and application Open
The Biodiversity Digital Twin (BioDT) project (2022-2025) aims to create prototypes that integrate various data sets, models, and expert domain knowledge enabling prediction capabilities and decision-making support for critical issues in b…
View article: Want to Describe and Share Biodiversity Inventory and Monitoring Data? The Humboldt Extension for Ecological Inventories Can Help!
Want to Describe and Share Biodiversity Inventory and Monitoring Data? The Humboldt Extension for Ecological Inventories Can Help! Open
Access to high-quality ecological data is critical to assessing and modeling biodiversity and its changes through space and time. The Darwin Core standard has proven to be immensely helpful in sharing species occurrence data (see Wieczorek…
View article: eDNA Metabarcoding Data in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
eDNA Metabarcoding Data in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Open
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international network and data infrastructure that provides free and open access to biodiversity data from around the world, enabling scientists, policymakers, and the public to exp…
View article: Preface: Georeferenced Freshwater Biodiversity Data
Preface: Georeferenced Freshwater Biodiversity Data Open
The special issue on “Georeferenced freshwater biodiversity data”, sponsored by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), has the aim of mobilising georeferenced data on freshwater organisms to become openly accessible.
View article: MycoPins: a metabarcoding-based method to monitor fungal colonization of fine woody debris
MycoPins: a metabarcoding-based method to monitor fungal colonization of fine woody debris Open
The MycoPins method described here is a rapid and affordable protocol to monitor early colonization events in communities of wood-inhabiting fungi in fine woody debris. It includes easy to implement field sampling techniques and sample pro…
View article: Biodiversity data supports research on human infectious diseases: Global trends, challenges, and opportunities
Biodiversity data supports research on human infectious diseases: Global trends, challenges, and opportunities Open
The unprecedented generation of large volumes of biodiversity data is consistently contributing to a wide range of disciplines, including disease ecology. Emerging infectious diseases are usually zoonoses caused by multi-host pathogens. Th…
View article: The founding charter of the Omic Biodiversity Observation Network (Omic BON)
The founding charter of the Omic Biodiversity Observation Network (Omic BON) Open
Omic BON is a thematic Biodiversity Observation Network under the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), focused on coordinating the observation of biomolecules in organisms and the environment. Our foundin…
View article: Publishing data to support the fight against human vector-borne diseases
Publishing data to support the fight against human vector-borne diseases Open
Vector-borne diseases are responsible for more than 17% of human cases of infectious diseases. In most situations, effective control of debilitating and deadly vector-bone diseases (VBDs), such as malaria, dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever…
View article: Introducing guidelines for publishing DNA-derived occurrence data through biodiversity data platforms
Introducing guidelines for publishing DNA-derived occurrence data through biodiversity data platforms Open
DNA sequencing efforts of environmental and other biological samples disclose unprecedented and largely untapped opportunities for advances in the taxonomy, ecology, and geographical distributions of our living world. To realise this poten…
View article: Emerging technologies revolutionise insect ecology and monitoring
Emerging technologies revolutionise insect ecology and monitoring Open
Insects are the most diverse group of animals on Earth, but their small size and high diversity have always made them challenging to study. Recent technological advances have the potential to revolutionise insect ecology and monitoring. We…
View article: Urbanization affects oak–pathogen interactions across spatial scales
Urbanization affects oak–pathogen interactions across spatial scales Open
The world is rapidly urbanizing, thereby transforming natural landscapes and changing the abundance and distribution of organisms. However, insights into the effects of urbanization on species interactions, and plant–pathogen interactions …
View article: 18th Congress of European Mycologists Bioblitz 2019 – Naturalists Contribute to the Knowledge of Mycobiota and Lichenobiota of Białowieża Primeval Forest
18th Congress of European Mycologists Bioblitz 2019 – Naturalists Contribute to the Knowledge of Mycobiota and Lichenobiota of Białowieża Primeval Forest Open
A total of 561 records of 233 species of fungi are reported from the Polish part of Białowieża Forest as a result of a short-term inventory that was conducted during the 18th Congress of European Mycologists (September 18–29, 2019). Four s…
View article: Data integration enables global biodiversity synthesis
Data integration enables global biodiversity synthesis Open
Significance As anthropogenic impacts to Earth systems accelerate, biodiversity knowledge integration is urgently required to support responses to underpin a sustainable future. Consolidating information from disparate sources (e.g., commu…
View article: Species Diversity With Comprehensive Annotations of Wood-Inhabiting Poroid and Corticioid Fungi in Uzbekistan
Species Diversity With Comprehensive Annotations of Wood-Inhabiting Poroid and Corticioid Fungi in Uzbekistan Open
Uzbekistan, located in Central Asia, harbors high diversity of woody plants. Diversity of wood-inhabiting fungi in the country, however, remained poorly known. This study summarizes the wood-inhabiting basidiomycte fungi (poroid and cortic…
View article: Narrow Substrate Requirements Alongside Rapid Substrate Turnover for Wood-Inhabiting Fungi: A Case Study of Pleurotus Calyptratus (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) in Ukraine
Narrow Substrate Requirements Alongside Rapid Substrate Turnover for Wood-Inhabiting Fungi: A Case Study of Pleurotus Calyptratus (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) in Ukraine Open
Background Pleurotus calyptratus is a wood-inhabiting oyster mushroom which produces fruiting bodies on logs, stumps and branches of both dead and living Populus tremula and P. alba. Easily recognisable in the field fruit bodies and strict…