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Analysis of more than 4,000 studies conducted between 2003 and 2019 that used data from the world's largest biodiversity data network, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, finds that data use increased along with data availability; the authors also find patterns of global and multidisciplinary data use, suggesting that biodiversity data integration enables research at multiple scales and in multiple taxonomies.
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Article #20-18093: "Data integration enables global biodiversity synthesis," by J. Mason Heberling, Joseph T. Miller, Daniel Noesgaard, Scott B. Weingart, and Dmitry Schigel.
MEDIA CONTACT: J. Mason Heberling, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA; email: <HeberlingM@CarnegieMnh.Org>; Daniel Noesgaard, GBIF Secretariat, Copenhagen, Denmark; tel: +45 61 96 83 18 ; email: <dnoesgaard@gbif.org>; Kyle Copas, GBIF Secretariat, Copenhagen, Denmark; tel: +45 28 75 14 75 ; email: <kcopas@gbif.org>
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences