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View article: Aligning EU policies to address biological invasions: assessing invasion impacts across sectors
Aligning EU policies to address biological invasions: assessing invasion impacts across sectors Open
Invasive alien species (IAS) affect various policy sectors, including environment, trade, and agriculture. In Europe, each of these sectors is usually regulated under different European Union legislation, but IAS is not prioritised in most…
View article: Balancing the supply and demand for taxonomy: an analysis of European taxonomic capacity and policy needs
Balancing the supply and demand for taxonomy: an analysis of European taxonomic capacity and policy needs Open
Taxonomy is a cornerstone of biological science and essential to biodiversity policy, yet it faces persistent structural challenges collectively known as the “taxonomic impediment”. These include limited capacity, uneven geographic and tax…
View article: Natural history specimens collected and/or identified and deposited.
Natural history specimens collected and/or identified and deposited. Open
Natural history specimen data collected and/or identified by Sofie Meeus, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0715-8647. Claims or attributions were made on Bionomia, https://bionomia.net using specimen data from the Global Biodiversity Informatio…
View article: OneSTOP: OneBiosecurity systems and technology for people, places and pathways
OneSTOP: OneBiosecurity systems and technology for people, places and pathways Open
The overarching objective of OneSTOP is to pioneer an innovative and joined-up approach to biosecurity for terrestrial invasive alien species, strengthening the interconnections between animal, plant, human and environmental health. OneSTO…
View article: Capacity building needed to reap the benefits of access to biodiversity collections
Capacity building needed to reap the benefits of access to biodiversity collections Open
Societal Impact Statement Global conservation efforts increasingly depend on digitised natural history collections, yet the benefits of this digital data are not equally shared. We analysed biodiversity specimens and citation data from Mon…
View article: Capacity building needed to reap the benefits of access to biodiversity collections
Capacity building needed to reap the benefits of access to biodiversity collections Open
Summary This research examines biodiversity specimens from two areas of the Caribbean to understand patterns of collection and the roles of the people involved. Using open data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and W…
View article: Envisaging a global infrastructure to exploit the potential of digitised collections
Envisaging a global infrastructure to exploit the potential of digitised collections Open
Tens of millions of images from biological collections have become available online over the last two decades. In parallel, there has been a dramatic increase in the capabilities of image analysis technologies, especially those involving m…
View article: FAIR but not Necessarily Open: Sensitive data in the domain of biodiversity
FAIR but not Necessarily Open: Sensitive data in the domain of biodiversity Open
In the framework of implementing the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), there is still confusion between the concept of data FAIRness (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable, Wilkinson et al. 2016) and the idea of open and free…
View article: European Taxonomists in Profile: A Data-Driven Approach
European Taxonomists in Profile: A Data-Driven Approach Open
This presentation focuses on the service aspect of taxonomy in Europe, encompassing the description, identification, and nomenclature of taxa. This aspect of taxonomy supports all biological research, and working taxonomists contribute to …
View article: Natural history specimens collected and/or identified and deposited.
Natural history specimens collected and/or identified and deposited. Open
Natural history specimen data collected and/or identified by Sofie Meeus, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0715-8647. Claims or attributions were made on Bionomia, https://bionomia.net using specimen data from the Global Biodiversity Informatio…
View article: An annotated list of horizon scanned technologies with potential for application in alien species citizen science projects
An annotated list of horizon scanned technologies with potential for application in alien species citizen science projects Open
Context The contribution of volunteers in recording invasive alien species (IAS) has been fostered by technological developments such as social media, apps, low-cost sensors, search engines and predictive analytics. These technology develo…
View article: An annotated list of horizon scanned technologies with potential for application in alien species citizen science projects
An annotated list of horizon scanned technologies with potential for application in alien species citizen science projects Open
Context The contribution of volunteers in recording invasive alien species (IAS) has been fostered by technological developments such as social media, apps, low-cost sensors, search engines and predictive analytics. These technology develo…
View article: More than a Bit of Fun: The Multiple Outcomes of a Bioblitz
More than a Bit of Fun: The Multiple Outcomes of a Bioblitz Open
Bioblitzes are a popular approach to engage people and collect biodiversity data. Despite this, few studies have actually evaluated the multiple outcomes of bioblitz activities. We used a systematic review, an analysis of data from more th…
View article: Interactions data on Iguana iguana and other taxa from its native and invasive range
Interactions data on Iguana iguana and other taxa from its native and invasive range Open
Biotic interactions data of the Common Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) and other taxa from its native distribution and areas where it has been introduced. This represents an addition to the previously published data set 10.5281/zenodo.6355576
View article: Interactions data on Iguana iguana and other taxa from its native and invasive range
Interactions data on Iguana iguana and other taxa from its native and invasive range Open
Biotic interactions data of the Common Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) and other taxa from its native distribution and areas where it has been introduced. This represents an addition to the previously published data set 10.5281/zenodo.6355576
View article: Envisaging a global infrastructure to exploit the potential of digitised collections
Envisaging a global infrastructure to exploit the potential of digitised collections Open
Tens of millions of images from biological collections have become available online in the last two decades. In parallel, there has been a dramatic increase in the capabilities of image analysis technologies, especially those involving mac…
View article: Recommendations for interoperability among infrastructures
Recommendations for interoperability among infrastructures Open
The BiCIKL project is born from a vision that biodiversity data are most useful if they are presented as a network of data that can be integrated and viewed from different starting points. BiCIKL’s goal is to realise that vision by linking…
View article: Re-connecting Communities in Biodiverse Places to their Biological Heritage: The case of iguanas on Grand Cayman
Re-connecting Communities in Biodiverse Places to their Biological Heritage: The case of iguanas on Grand Cayman Open
For centuries, naturalists from the Global North have traveled southwards to collect specimens of species from regions where there were many. The legacy of this is that the large natural history collections and the biodiverse regions of th…
View article: Promoting scientific literacy in evolution through citizen science
Promoting scientific literacy in evolution through citizen science Open
Evolutionary understanding is central to biology. It is also an essential prerequisite to understanding and making informed decisions about societal issues such as climate change. Yet, evolution is generally poorly understood by civil soci…
View article: Systematic literature review on bioblitzes - Methodology and results
Systematic literature review on bioblitzes - Methodology and results Open
This dataset contains supplementary material to a review paper on bioblitzes (submitted). This dataset contains following files: 1a. Systematic literature review methods.pdf 1b. Reference list reviewed papers.pdf 1c. Reference list reviewe…
View article: Systematic literature review on bioblitzes - Methodology and results
Systematic literature review on bioblitzes - Methodology and results Open
This dataset contains supplementary material to a review paper on bioblitzes (submitted). This dataset contains following files: 1a. Systematic literature review methods.pdf 1b. Reference list reviewed papers.pdf 1c. Reference list reviewe…
View article: Interactions data on Iguana iguana and other taxa from the Cayman Islands, extended with interaction data of Cyclura lewisi
Interactions data on Iguana iguana and other taxa from the Cayman Islands, extended with interaction data of Cyclura lewisi Open
Biotic interactions data of the Green Iguana (Iguana iguana), extracted from the literature. Extended data set with species interaction data of the Blue Iguana (Cyclura lewisi) from the Cayman Islands.
View article: Interactions data on Iguana iguana and other taxa from the Cayman Islands, extended with interaction data of Cyclura lewisi
Interactions data on Iguana iguana and other taxa from the Cayman Islands, extended with interaction data of Cyclura lewisi Open
Biotic interactions data of the Green Iguana (Iguana iguana), extracted from the literature. Extended data set with species interaction data of the Blue Iguana (Cyclura lewisi) from the Cayman Islands.
View article: Interactions data on Iguana iguana and other taxa from the Cayman Islands
Interactions data on Iguana iguana and other taxa from the Cayman Islands Open
Biotic interactions data of the Green Iguana Iguana iguana, extracted from the literature.
View article: Alien CSI Akrotiri Bioblitz 2019
Alien CSI Akrotiri Bioblitz 2019 Open
The Akrotiri Bioblitz in Cyprus was a one-off event held as part of the Alien-CSI COST Action (CA17122). It took place for 24 hours between Wednesday, February 27 and Thursday, February 28, 2019. The aim of this bioblitz was to improve kno…
View article: Alien CSI Akrotiri Bioblitz 2019
Alien CSI Akrotiri Bioblitz 2019 Open
The Akrotiri Bioblitz in Cyprus was a one-off event held as part of the Alien-CSI COST Action (CA17122). It took place for 24 hours between Wednesday, February 27 and Thursday, February 28, 2019. The aim of this bioblitz was to improve kno…
View article: Systematic literature review on bioblitzes - Methodology and results
Systematic literature review on bioblitzes - Methodology and results Open
This dataset contains supplementary material to a review paper on bioblitzes (submitted). This dataset contains following files: 1a. Systematic literature review methods.pdf 1b. Reference list reviewed papers.pdf 1c. Reference list reviewe…
View article: Network analysis of specimen co-collection
Network analysis of specimen co-collection Open
We took data on the collectors of specimens from natural history collections. Co-collectors of specimens were extracted from the data and a network of co-collection was constructed. This network was used to analyze the age and gender balan…
View article: Promoting scientific literacy in Evolution through citizen science
Promoting scientific literacy in Evolution through citizen science Open
This is a summary poster/infographic of the main messages of the paper under the same name published in Proceedings B Link to the publication: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1077
View article: Hacking Infrastructures Together: Towards better interoperability of infrastructures
Hacking Infrastructures Together: Towards better interoperability of infrastructures Open
The BiCIKL Project is born from a vision that biodiversity data are most useful if they are viewed as a network of data that can be integrated and viewed from different starting points. BiCIKL’s goal is to realize that vision by linking bi…