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Admirality Bay Benthos

Invertebrates
Species
Local
Observational
Publicly available
A short-term time series of soft and hard bottom benthic organisms across the range of depths of Georges Bank. Data are available at OBIS. The OBIS compiled data includes…

Alwyn H. Gentry Forest Transect Dataset

Woody Plants
Population
Local
Observational
Publicly available
Over 22 years, Alwyn H. Gentry collected data from 226 sites on six continents. Gentry and his collaborators collected all plants with stem diameters equal to or exceeding…

AnAge: The Animal Ageing & Longevity Database

Amphibians / Reptiles
Birds
Fishes
Invertebrates
Mammals
Species
Global
Compilation
This dataset has compiled life history parameters, with a focus on senesence, for a wide variety of taxa, mostly animals, but also including a few plants and fungi.

Andrews LTER

Microbes
Fishes
Invertebrates
Woody Plants
Regional
Experimental
Observational
This web site hosts data collected at the Andrews Long Term Eological Research Station in the western Casade Range of Oregon.

Animal Movement (Movebank)

Amphibians / Reptiles
Birds
Invertebrates
Mammals
Species
Global
Observational
Georeferenced
This web site stores global data to track the movement of animals.

Arctic LTER

Microbes
Herbaceous plants
Woody Plants
Regional
Experimental
Observational
This web site hosts data collected at the Arctic Long Term Ecological Research Station at the Toolik Field Station in Alaska.

Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program

Invertebrates
Species
Regional
Observational
Time series
Publicly available
The Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program was implemented in 1998 with the aim of collecting and analyzing the biological, chemical, and physical data to detect and monitor…

Australian Institute of Marine Science – Long-term monitoring Program: Visual Census Fish Data (Great Barrier Reef)

Fishes
Species
Community
Regional
Observational
Time series
Publicly available
Data description: http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=4035

Avian Knowledge Network

Birds
Population
Community
Continental
Compilation
Time series
Georeferenced
This web site hosts time series data sets from hundreds of independent projects aiming to understand the patterns and dynamics of bird populations across the western…

Avian body size and life history

Birds
Species
Global
Compilation
Publicly available
EcoData Retriever ready
This dataset compares avian body sizes with mating characteristics for 3769 species.

Avibase

Birds
Species
Population
Compilation
Publicly available
Database including information on distribution, taxonomy, and synonyms for birds.

Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organization

Mammals
Species
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
The Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organization makes five datasets available through OBIS; Aerial, Opportunistic Sightings, On-transect Sightings, Strandings, Turtles. Each…

Baltimore Ecosystem Study

Microbes
Birds
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Mammals
Woody Plants
Local
Experimental
Observational
This web site hosts data from research in metropolitan Baltimore as a part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network.

Barnacle, fucoid, and mussel recruitment

Invertebrates
Population
Community
Local
Experimental
Time series
Publicly available
EcoData Retriever ready
This data set describes differences in macroalgal stands and mussel beds between ice scour disturbances in sheltered intertidal shores between 1997-2007.

Biodiversity Effects on Ecosystems, Communities, and Populations

Mammals
Experimental
Meta-analysis
Publicly available
This metadataset describes the effects of biodiversity on response variables of experimental studies published between 1974-2004.

Biodiversity Effects on Species Richness

Ecosystem
Experimental
Meta-analysis
Publicly available
This dataset summarized the effect of experimentally reducing species richess has on abundance or biomass of the focal group, abundance or biomass of the focal group’s…

Biomass Allocation and Growth Data of Seeded Plants

Woody Plants
Species
Global
Compilation
Publicly available
This data set compiles information regarding the biomass of leaf, stem, and root biomass for plants.

Birdlife global species range maps for birds

Birds
Species
Regional
Continental
Global
Observational
Data request
BirdLife/Naturserve range maps for all of the bird species in the world (> 10,000 species). Data is available by request.

Body Mass of Late Quarternary Mammals

Mammals
Species
Global
Compilation
Publicly available
This dataset compiles body mass of all known mammals across geographic and  taxonomic space and evolutionary time.

Body Size of Consumers

Species
Ecosystem
Global
Compilation
Publicly available
Georeferenced
This dataset contains over 16,000 records or a consumer body size and its resources.

Bonanza Creek LTER

Invertebrates
Woody Plants
Regional
Experimental
Observational
This web site hosts data gathered at the Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research Station in the interior of Alaska.

Breeding Bird Census

Birds
Population
Community
Local
Regional
Continental
Observational
Spot-mapping data for birds combined with information on the local vegetation. This includes information on the number and position of singing males and breeding pairs, as…

Breeding Bird Survey of North America

Birds
Population
Local
Observational
Publicly available
The North American Breeding Bird Survey (1966-present) consists of data on the diversity and abundance of summer bird assemblages at approximately 5000 sites across the…

CDC Morbidity and Mortality World Report

Parasite / Disease
Continental
The CDC MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality World Report) provides data on disease incidence for nationally notifiable human diseases.

CRED Pacific Algae

Invertebrates
Species
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) developed a rapid ecological assessment to determe the algal diversity and abundance…

California Current Ecosystem LTER

Birds
Invertebrates
Mammals
Regional
Experimental
Observational
This web site hosts data collected at the California Current coastal pelagic ecosysten Long Term Ecological Research Station.

California Estuary Metaweb

Birds
Fishes
Invertebrates
Parasite / Disease
Ecosystem
Local
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
This dataset depicts food webs from three North American Pacific Coast Estuaries and includes details regarding parastic characters, body-size, biomass, and ontogeny.

Canadian DFO Central and Arctic Stock Assessments

Fishes
Invertebrates
Species
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) developed a rapid ecological assessment to determe the algal diversity and abundance…

Canadian DFO Fish Trawl Surveys

Fishes
Species
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
The dataset compiles Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Maritimes Research Vessel Trawl Surveys and reports the abundance and weight of demersal fish species…

Canadian DFO Invertebrate Trawl Surveys

Invertebrates
Species
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
The dataset compiles Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Maritimes Research Vessel Trawl Surveys and reports the abundance and weight of invertebrate species…

Canadian Snow Crab Trawl

Invertebrates
Species
Local
Observational
Publicly available
Trawl survey data used primarily for assessing the status of snow crab stocks in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence are available at OBIS. The OBIS compiled data includes…

Canopy Geometry and Plant Architecture at a Leaf Scale

Woody Plants
Species
Observational
Georeferenced
This dataset profiles allometric relationships of fruit trees using 3-D mapping, including one apple, two mango, two rubber, and one walnut. 

Canopy Height and Elevation of a Neotropical Rain Forest

Woody Plants
Community
Regional
Observational
Using airborne remote sensing, this dataset characterizes the canopy height of a tropical rain forest landscape.

Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve

Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Mammals
Woody Plants
Regional
Experimental
Observational
This web site hosts data collected at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in central Minnesota as a part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network.

Census of Marine Zooplankton

Invertebrates
Species
Regional
Compilation
Publicly available
A compliation of marine zooplankton occurance from sample collections, species information, community genes and genomes, and BLAST search. are available at OBIS. The OBIS…

Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER

Amphibians / Reptiles
Microbes
Birds
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Woody Plants
Local
Observational
This web site hosts data collected for the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long Term Ecological Research Station in the arid mentropolis of Phoenix.

Christmas Bird Count

Birds
The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a long-standing program of the National Audubon Society, with over 100 years of citizen science involvement. It is an early-winter bird…

Coastal Ecology of the Virginian Biogegraphic Province

Fishes
Ecosystem
Regional
Observational
This dataset describes water quality and aquatic communities for estuaries, bays, and tidal rivers between Cape Cod, MA and Cape Henry, VA.

Colorado Butterfly Diversity

Invertebrates
Community
Local
Observational
This dataset decribes the response of grassland butterfly diversity to habitat and urbanization.

Continuous Plankton Recorder

Microbes
Invertebrates
Community
Regional
Observational
Time series
Publicly available
Data request
The Continuous Plankton Recorder is a device developed by Sir Alister Hardy in 1931. Since then, his effort has been standardized and continued by the Sir Alister Hardy…

Coweeta LTER

Regional
This web site hosts data from the Coweeta Long Term Ecological Research Station in the southern Appalachian Mountains.

Croatian Fish Community

Fishes
Community
Local
Observational
This data set describes the species-area relationship using a community of fish from the Adriatic Sea.

DataONE Data Repository

Publicly available
Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE) is a long-term data repository dedicated to open, persistent, robust, and secure access to well-described and easily discovered…

Demography of Mint in Florida Scrub

Herbaceous plants
Population
Local
Experimental
Observational
Georeferenced
This dataset follows endemic mint species in Florida to observe the population demography as well as response to fire.

Distribution and Host Range of Chytridiomycosis in Australia

Amphibians / Reptiles
Parasite / Disease
Species
Population
Continental
Observational
Georeferenced
This dataset contains the current distribution and host range of the vertebrate disease Chytridiomycosis in  Australia determined from sampling sick and dead frogs from…

Dryad Data Repository

Publicly available
Dryad is a general-purpose data repository. It’s goal is to make data underlying scientific publictions discoverable, freely reusable, and citable. Dryad partners with…

ECNASAP Groundfish Atlas

Fishes
Species
Regional
Observational
Time series
Publicly available
The East Coast North America Strategic Assessment Project (ECNASAP) makes their Groundfish Atlas data available at OBIS. Data includes fishery-independent groundfish…

EPA EMAP Database

Fishes
Invertebrates
Species
Continental
Observational
Publicly available
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) monitor water and sediment conditions at costal estuary…

Early and Middle Triassic Benthic Foraminifers

Fossil
Community
Local
Observational
This data set describes taxonomic diversity and size distibution of benthic foraminifers from a carbonate platform in south China.

Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS)

Global
Observational
This web site hosts an on-line repository for remote sensing and aerial photograpy initiated by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Geological Survey.

Eastern Wood

Birds
Population
Community
Local
Time series
The Eastern Wood breeding bird census is a long-term annual census of breeding birds in an oak-wood habitat located on Bookham Common, Surrey, UK. “Eastern Wood” refers to…

FAUNMAP

Fossil
Mammals
Community
Continental
Compilation
Geographic information on the distribution of late Quaternary mammals of the U.S.

First-Flowering of Plants in the Great Plains

Herbaceous plants
Community
Regional
Observational
This dataset describes first-flowering dates of native and non-native plant species from 1910 -1961 in Fargo, North Dakota.

FishNet

Fishes
Species
Global
Compilation
Georeferenced
This web site hosts data compiled from natural history museums and other biodiversity institutions to establish a global network of fish records.

Floral Reflectance Database

Herbaceous plants
Species
Global
Observational
This web site hosts information regarding the color signature (color and reflectance) of flowers.

Florida Coastal Everglades LTER

Microbes
Fishes
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Woody Plants
Regional
Experimental
Observational
This web site hosts data from the Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecoogical Research Station in Everglades National Park.

Forest Inventory and Analysis Database

Woody Plants
Population
Continental
Observational
The FIADB contains community information for sites throughout forested lands of the US and its territories. There are three stages of sampling, which affects the type of…

Forest Stand Structure of the cental Western Ghats

Woody Plants
Community
Regional
Observational
Georeferenced
This dataset contains a single sampling of trees and lianas in 22000 km² of Karnataka, India.

Georges Bank Plankton

Invertebrates
Species
Observational
Time series
Publicly available
A short-term time series of plankton at multiple depths for Georges Bank. Data are available at OBIS. The OBIS compiled data includes species name, individual count…

Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER

Microbes
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Local
Regional
Experimental
Observational
This web site hosts data from the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research station on the Altamhaha, Doboy, and Sapelo Sounds.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Publicly available
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility is an international open data infrastructure, funded by governments that provides free and open access to biodiversity data.

Global Biotraits Database

Birds
Population
Compilation
Publicly available
A large compilation of empirical data on how traits respond to environmental drivers.

Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Data (GIVD)

Herbaceous plants
Woody Plants
Species
Global
Compilation
Georeferenced
This web site hosts a metadatabase for worldwide vegetation data.

Global Pollen Database

Fossil
Community
Global
Observational
This web site hosts data from pollen grains which are accumulated in lakebed sediments and provide records of past vegetation.

Global Population Dynamics Database

Population
Time series
This web site hosts the largest collection of animal and plant population data throughout the world, within nearly 5,000 time series.

Global Wood Density

Woody Plants
Species
Global
Compilation
This data set decribes wood density for trees throughout the globe, including >16000 entries of >8000 taxa from 205 references.

Grassland Species and Biogeochemistry

Herbaceous plants
Community
Ecosystem
Regional
Observational
Georeferenced
This data set describes vascular plant and bryophyte species as well as biogeochemical data for acid grasslands of the Atlantic region of Europe.

Growth of Giant Kelp in California

Species
Local
Time series
This dataset describes variation in net primary production and growth of giant kelp in the Santa Barbara Channel, California. 

Gulf of Maine Intertidal Communities

Invertebrates
Community
Local
Experimental
EcoData Retriever ready
Georeferenced
This dataset provides records of density and cover meaurements of an intertital community. Two datasets have been published spanning 1996-2007.

Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Benthic Organisms

Invertebrates
Species
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
Benthic organism occurence data from the Outer Continental Shelf of the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico are available at OBIS. The OBIS compiled data includes species…

Harvard Forest

Birds
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Parasite / Disease
Woody Plants
Regional
This web site hosts data from the Harvard Forest as a part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network.

Herbaceous Plant Response to N Fertilization

Herbaceous plants
Community
Ecosystem
Continental
Experimental
Compilation
Georeferenced
This dataset compiles the herbaceous plant response to 35 N fertilization experiments.

HerpNET

Amphibians / Reptiles
Species
Global
Compilation
Georeferenced
This web site hosts a global network of herpetological collections data from natural history museums, currently including 50 institutions and 5.5 million speciments.

Hubbard Brook Birds

Birds
Community
Local
Observational
Bird Abundances at Hubbard Brook (1969-2010) and on three replicate plots (1986-2000) in the White Mountain National Forest.

Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study

Microbes
Birds
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Woody Plants
Regional
Experimental
Observational
This web site hosts data from the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study as a part of the Long Term Ecological Research Network.

Human Oral Microbiome Database

Microbes
Global
Compilation
This web site hosts data on over 600 species of bacteria found in the human oral cavity including: taxonomy and genomic information.

Human infectious disease taxonomy

Parasite / Disease
Global
Compilation
A table listing 332 human infectious agents, their taxonomic grouping, and reservoir and vector hosts as determined by the Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network…

JODC Plankton Dataset

Microbes
Species
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
The Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC) complies plankton observations by Japan’s Coast Guard, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, Japan Meteorology…

Jornada Basin LTER

Amphibians / Reptiles
Birds
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Mammals
Parasite / Disease
Woody Plants
Regional
Experimental
Observational
Publicly available
This web site hosts data from the Jornada Basin Long Term Ecological Research Network in the northern Chihuahuan Desert.

Kellogg Biological Station LTER

Herbaceous plants
Regional
Experimental
Observational
This web site hosts data from the Kellogg Biological Station Long Term Ecological Research Network in the southwestern Michigan.

Kelp holdfast assemblages

Invertebrates
Community
Local
Regional
Observational
This dataset describes the biodiversity of fauna (including Arthropoda, Annelida, Mollusca, and Bryozoa) inhabiting kelp holdfasts in northeastern New Zealand at several…

Konza LTER Small Mammals

Mammals
Experimental
Time series
The Konza Long-term Ecological Research site (LTER) is located on a 3,847 ha tall-grass prairie reserve in Kansas. Konza LTER is divided into experimental watersheds, where…

Konza Prairie LTER

Amphibians / Reptiles
Microbes
Birds
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Mammals
Woody Plants
Regional
Experimental
Observational
This web site hosts data from the Konza Prairie Long Term Ecological Research Network from a central US grassland.

LTER Data Portal

This web site hosts a search engine for the United States Long Term Ecological Research Network.

Land Condition Trend Analysis Avian Database: Ecological Guild-based Summaries

Birds
Species
Continental
Compilation
This report documents an… “LCTA database update that provides selected ecological attributes (particularly for the nesting season) for 676 bird species occurring within the…

Leaf Toughness Traits in a Neotropical Forest

Woody Plants
Species
Local
Observational
This data set describes leaf toughness traits for 197 tree and shrub species from a Panamanian neotropical forest.

Long-term Canopy Dynamics in an Old-Growth Forest

Woody Plants
Community
Local
Observational
EcoData Retriever ready
This dataset follows the canopy dynamics of an old growth forest in northern Michigan.

Luquillo Dataset 107: El Verde Grid Invertebrate Data

Invertebrates
Time series
El Verde Grid Invertebrate Data is a long-term observational study of the snail community at the Luquillo LTER on Puerto Rico.

Luquillo Dataset 23: Grid Points Bird Counts

Birds
Time series
The Luquillo Grid Points Bird Count is a long-term observational study of the bird community at the Luquillo LTER on Puerto Rico. While Dataset 23 includes files for several…

Luquillo LTER

Amphibians / Reptiles
Microbes
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Woody Plants
Regional
Experimental
Observational
This web site hosts data from the Luquillo Long Term Ecological Research Network from both tropical forest and metropolis ecosystems of Puerto Rico.

MARMAP Chevron Trap Survey

Fishes
Species
Regional
Observational
Fish abundance and biomass data collected during the day using chevron traps on the coast of the southeastern United States by the Marine Resources, Monitorring, Assessment…

MARMAP Florida Antillean Trap Survey

Fishes
Species
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
Fish abundance and biomass data collected during the day using Florida Antillean traps on the coast of the southeastern United States by the Marine Resources, Monitorring…

MARMAP Neuston Net Survey

Fishes
Species
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
Fish abundance and biomass data collected during the day using Neuston nets on the coast of the southeastern United States by the Marine Resources, Monitorring, Assessment…

Macrozoobenthos of the Baltic Sea

Invertebrates
Species
Local
Observational
Time series
Publicly available
Time series data on species composition and biomass or abundance of macrozoobenthos in the Belt Sea and the Baltic proper by the Research Institute Warnemünde are available…

Maine Inshore Trawl

Fishes
Invertebrates
Species
Local
Observational
Time series
Fish and invertebrate abundance and size data collected by shrimp net for in and near shore areas of the New Hampshire and Maine coast. Data are available at OBIS. The OBIS…

Mammal Networked Information System

Mammals
Species
Global
Compilation
Georeferenced
This web site hosts data compiled from 17 North American Institutions about taxonimic and geographic records of mammals.

Mammal abundance of the Great Basin

Mammals
Ecosystem
Regional
Observational
This dataset follows coyotes, lagomorphs, and rodents from 1962-1993 in Idaho and Utah.

Mammalian Life History

Mammals
Species
Global
Compilation
EcoData Retriever ready
This dataset compiles general life history characteristics for various taxa and body size groups of placental non-volant mammals.

Marine Nature Conservation Review Benthos Data

Fishes
Invertebrates
Species
Regional
Observational
Time series
The MNCR was initiated to provide a comprehensive baseline of information on marine habitats and their associated species around the coast of Britain focusing on benthic…

Mediterranean Plants and Fire

Herbaceous plants
Woody Plants
Compilation
Traits related to persistence and regeneration after fire are compiled for vascular plants in a Meditterranean environment.

Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS)

Birds
Species
Continental
Observational
The original wiki entry for this dataset contained only the metadata tags above. See the source page for context.

NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network)

Amphibians / Reptiles
Birds
Fishes
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Mammals
Woody Plants
Community
Ecosystem
Continental
Experimental
Observational
Time series
Publicly available
Via NEON’s overview page: Data will be collected from 106 sites (60 terrestrial, 36 aquatic and 10 aquatic experimental) across the U.S. (including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto…

NOAA SEFSC Pelagic Fisheries Logbook

Fishes
Species
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
The dataset reports the National Oceanis and Atmospheric Adminisration (NOAA) Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Fisheries Logbook System. Logbooks record the…

National Phenology Network

The USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN) monitors the influence of climate on the phenology of plants, animals, and landscapes. We do this by encouraging people to…

NatureServe

Amphibians / Reptiles
Birds
Fishes
Herbaceous plants
Mammals
Woody Plants
Continental
This web site hosts information about species and ecosystems of the Western Hemisphere, including several types of biodiversity data.

Nematode Communities of Costa Rica

Invertebrates
Community
Local
Observational
This data set describes nematode communities within the tropical rainforest of Costa Rica.

Neogene Mammals of the Old World (NOW)

Fossil
Mammals
Global
This website hosts data containing information about land mammal taxa and locality from the Eurasian Miocene to the Pleistocene.

Neotoma Paleoecological Database

Fossil
Herbaceous plants
Mammals
Woody Plants
Species
Community
Local
Regional
Continental
Global
Observational
Compilation
Time series
Publicly available
Georeferenced
This website and database hosts records of fossil pollen, charcoal, and mammal assemblages, as well as plant macrofossils, largely from North America, but also globally…

Neotropical stingless bee (meliponine) plant visitation

Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Woody Plants
Species
Local
Experimental
Observational
Compilation
Includes published and unpublished records of Neotropical stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini) plant usage determined through both transect studies and pollen…

Neotropical stingless bee (meliponine) species traits

Invertebrates
Species
Experimental
Observational
Compilation
Includes all Neotropical stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini) species, with trait data collected from the literature and unpublished data. Traits include worker…

Nesting and Recruitment of a Turtle

Amphibians / Reptiles
Population
Local
Observational
This dataset follows painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) and records the nesting behavior and depredation.

Net Primary Productivity of Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems

Global
Observational
Georeferenced
This dataset catalogs field estimates of net primary productivity for natural and agricultural ecosystems worldwide from approximately 1870-1980.

New Zealand NIWA Biological Obervations

Birds
Fishes
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Mammals
Species
Regional
Observational
Compilation
Publicly available
New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Marine Biodata is available at OBIS; includes occurrence details of New Zealand marine fauna and…

North American Mammals

Mammals
Species
Continental
Compilation
Georeferenced
This web site houses species accounts and georaphical data of mammals for north america including phylogenetic information and skull, bone, and teeth images.

North American Sessile Marine Invertebrates

Invertebrates
Species
Continental
Observational
Publicly available
The North American Sessile Marine Invertebrate Survey is conducted with settling plates to monitor native and invasive species. Data are available at OBIS. The OBIS compiled…

North Pacific Groundfish Observer

Fishes
Invertebrates
Mammals
Species
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
The North Pacific Groundfish Observer database consists of fish, invertebrate, and marine mammal observations collected by fishery biologists while deployed on board…

North Temperate Lakes LTER Data Catalog

Microbes
Fishes
Invertebrates
Ecosystem
Regional
Experimental
Observational
Time series
This web site hosts data collected at the North Temperate Lakes LTER  in Wisconsin since at least 1981 organized by the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin.

Northeast Fisheries Science Center Benthic Database

Fishes
Invertebrates
Species
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Benthic Database is available at OBIS; Original data includes depth, sediment type, gear type, number, weight, family, class…

Ocean Biogeographical Information System

Amphibians / Reptiles
Microbes
Birds
Fishes
Invertebrates
Mammals
Species
Global
Observational
Publicly available
The Ocean Biogeographical Information System is a catalog of global marine species inventory. The data is reported through interactive mapping software from which you can…

Old-growth Lowland Tropical Rain Forest Tree Performance

Woody Plants
Community
Local
Observational
Time series
Georeferenced
This dataset follows a lowland tropical rain forest for 17 years in Costa Rica.

Ornithological Information System

Birds
Species
Global
Compilation
This web site hosts millions of bird specimen records indexed by taxonomy and georgraphy.Data Location: ORNIS

Paleobiology Database

Amphibians / Reptiles
Microbes
Fossil
Birds
Fishes
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Mammals
Parasite / Disease
Woody Plants
Species
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Local
Regional
Continental
Global
Observational
Publicly available
This web site hosts information about the entire fossil record, including information about fossil collections, individual plants and animals, taxonomic groups, references…

PanTHERIA

Mammals
EcoData Retriever ready
A global species-level data set of key life-history, ecological and geographical traits of all known extant and recently extinct mammals compiled from the literature. It…

Partnership for Inderdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans

Invertebrates
Population
Ecosystem
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
This web site hosts data collected in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem, including biologial, chemical, and phyisical data about nearshore ocean ecosystems.

Patterns of widespread decline in North American bumble bees

Invertebrates
Species
Population
Community
Regional
Continental
Observational
Georeferenced
This is a paper published in PNAS about patterns of decilne in North American bumble bees that is quite broad in scope (netted and identified 9,006 bumble bees in the west…

Phytoplankton from the White Sea, Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea and Arctic Basin 1993-2003

This dataset describes the Arctic plankton species and diversity in a study area northwest of Russia, and was collected as part of the Arctic Ocean Diversity project.

Plant and small-mammal responses to large-herbivore exclusion in an African savanna: five years of the UHURU experiment.

Mammals
Community
Local
Publicly available
Assessing the direct and indirect consequences of nonrandom species removal within guilds of strongly interacting species, such as large mammalian herbivores, is an…

Plant quadrats in mixed-grass prairie

Herbaceous plants
Community
Local
Experimental
Time series
EcoData Retriever ready
Quadrats (36 ungrazed; 15 grazed) in a Kansas mixed grass prairie that were censused annually from 1932 to 1972. Located in Hays, Kansas, all individual plants were mapped…

Pollinator Conservation Digital Library: A Project of the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC)

Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Woody Plants
Species
Continental
Experimental
Observational
Compilation
“The Pollinator Conservation Digital Library is a knowledge base and online community for pollinator researchers.  Through this interactive site you can browse and search…

Portal Long Term Desert Plant, Ant, and Rodent Manipulation

Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Mammals
Woody Plants
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Local
Experimental
Time series
Publicly available
EcoData Retriever ready
Georeferenced
This dataset describes long-term (1977-2002) experimental manipulations of ant, plant and rodent species in a desert ecosystem, among other alterations to the system.

Portal Project - Mammals

Mammals
Population
Community
Local
Experimental
Observational
Time series
The Portal Project is a long-term ecological study that has been monitoring small mammal community responses to climate and experimental manipulation of dominant rodent…

Powdermill Biological Station Small Mammal Database

Mammals
Community
Local
Time series
Powdermill Nature Reserve monitored small mammal populations from 1979-1999.

Predator and prey body sizes in marine food webs

Ecosystem
Global
Compilation
Georeferenced
This dataset is a compilation of predator prey sizes from 27 locations ranging from the tropics to the poles.

REVIZEE Fisheries

Fishes
Invertebrates
Species
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
Brazilian Ministry of the Environment fisheries prospecting data from cruise reports are available at OBIS. The OBIS compiled data includes species name, individual count…

Rabbit exclosures, disturbance, and grassland data 2004-present, Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile

Herbaceous plants
Mammals
Community
Local
Experimental
Time series
Please see details in the cited publication.  In addition to the presence absence data, there are also photos of each subplot from 2005 onward.

Rain Forest Vertebrates of Australia

Amphibians / Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
Regional
Observational
Compilation
242 vertebrate species are described within this datset including information on life history traits, species distribution maps and phylogenetics.

Redvers Waterfowl Census

Birds
Community
Time series
The Redvers Waterfowl Census is an annual census breeding pairs of waterfowl at the Redvers Waterfowl Study area in Canada.

Sagebrush Steppe Plants

Herbaceous plants
Woody Plants
Community
Local
Observational
Time series
This dataset descibes apporximately 50 years of sagebrush vegetatation in 26 permanent 1m² quadrats.Dataset Location: Ecological Archives

Seabird 2000

Birds
Species
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
A full census of breading seabirds of Britain and Ireland for 1994 - 2003.

Sevilleta LTER

Amphibians / Reptiles
Microbes
Birds
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Mammals
Parasite / Disease
Woody Plants
Population
Regional
Experimental
Observational
This web site hosts data collected at the Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Reasearch Station in New Mexico.

Sevilleta LTER Small Mammal Census

Mammals
Time series
The Sevilleta (SEV) Long-term Ecological Research site (LTER) is located on a 100,000 ha wildlife refuge in central new Mexico where long-term monitoring of small mammal…

Short-Grass Steppe LTER Small Mammal Census

Mammals
Time series
The Short-Grass Steppe (SGS) Long-term Ecological Research site (LTER) is a long-term census of small mammals conducted twice yearly at six separate trapping locations…

Shortgrass Steppe LTER

Birds
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Mammals
Woody Plants
Regional
Experimental
Observational
This web site hosts data from the Shortgrass Steppe Long Term Ecological Research Network on the Central Plains Experimental Range and the Pawnee National Grasslands

Skokholm Bird Observatory

Birds
Time series
The Skokholm Bird Observatory is a 1 km² island off the coast of Wales, UK. Since 1928, annual surveys of breeding birds on the island have been conducted.

Sleep in Mammals

Mammals
Species
Global
Compilation
This dataset compiles brain and body weight, life span, gestation time, time sleeping, and predation and danger indices for 62 mammals.

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Invertebrates
Woody Plants
Community
Regional
Observational
Time series
This data set was collected by the Center for Tropical Forest Science at the Smithsonian research facilities in the Panama Canal Watershed, including forest census, carbon…

South African Coordinated Waterbird Counts

Birds
Species
Regional
Observational
Time series
The Coordinated Waterbird Count Project monitors South Africa’s waterbird populations and the conditions of the wetlands which are important for waterbirds. The species…

South West Pacific OBIS Data

Fishes
Invertebrates
Species
Regional
Observational
Compilation
Publicly available
The South West Pacific OBIS section provides a compilation of their data available at OBIS; The South West Pacific section of OBIS is administered by the New Zealand…

Southern Ocean Dietary Database

Ecosystem
Continental
Compilation
This is a complilation of data sets that focus on dietary assessent and stable isotopes of marine life in the oceans surrounding Antarctica.

St. Croix USVI Fish Assessment

Fishes
Invertebrates
Species
Local
Observational
Time series
Publicly available
Fish and macroinvertebrate abundance and size data collected for reefs and seagrass habitats surounding St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) by the Center…

St. John USVI Fish Assessment

Fishes
Invertebrates
Species
Local
Observational
Time series
Fish and macroinvertebrate abundance and size data collected for reefs and seagrass habitats surounding St. John  in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) by the Center…

TRY Database of Vascular Plant Traits

Herbaceous plants
Woody Plants
Species
Global
Compilation
Data request
Georeferenced
This data describes plant traits from throughout the globe and includes 1,000 traits for more than 64,000 plant species.

Tree Demography of India Dipterocarp Forest

Woody Plants
Community
Local
Observational
This dataset contains twenty years (1990-2010) of tree demography in a permanent sample plot containing 3870 Dipterocarp species in the Pushpagiri Wildlife Sannctuary of…

US GAP Land Cover for the US

Ecosystem
Local
Regional
Continental
Compilation
Publicly available
Data request
The USGS Gap Analysis Program (GAP) Land Cover Data Set includes detailed vegetation and land use patterns for the continental United States. The data set incorporates the…

US GAP Protected Areas Database for the US (PAD-US)

Species
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Local
Regional
Continental
Compilation
Publicly available
Data request
The USGS Gap Analysis Program (GAP) PAD-US is the national inventory of U.S. terrestrial and marine  protected areas that are dedicated to the preservation of biological…

US GAP Species Ranges and Distributions

Amphibians / Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
Species
Local
Regional
Continental
Compilation
Publicly available
Data request
The USGS Gap Analysis Program (GAP) is delineating species range and predicted distribution maps for more than 2,000 species that occur within the continental US as well as…

US Land Cover

Regional
Observational
This dataset contains maps of land cover patterns across the conterminous United States.

Understory Vegetation of Quebec

Herbaceous plants
Woody Plants
Community
Local
Time series
Georeferenced
This dataset contains nine years (1998-2006) of understory vegetation sampling along an elevation gradient in a recovering forest in Quebec from logging and fire disturbance.

Vascular Plants of an Oklahoma Tallgrass Prairie

Herbaceous plants
Woody Plants
Population
Community
Local
Observational
Time series
EcoData Retriever ready
Georeferenced
This dataset describes 12 years of vascular plant composition at the Tallgrass Prairie Reserve in Oklahoma measured at multiple spatial scales at a local level.

Vascular Plants of the North Carolina Piedmont Forest

Woody Plants
Community
Local
Observational
This dataset uses a forest community to assess the effects of scale on plant biodiversity as well as the effect of a huricane disturbance.

Vegetation of Mount St. Helens

Herbaceous plants
Community
Local
Observational
Georeferenced
This dataset describes thirty years (1980-2009) of vegetation recovery from volcanic events on Mount St. Helens established from 92 permanent sampling plots and accounting…

Vertebrate Biodiversity Data Networks

Amphibians / Reptiles
Birds
Fishes
Mammals
Species
Global
Compilation
VertNet consists of four global diversity databases housed on independent web sites: Mammal Natworked Information System, Ornithological Information System, HerpNET, and…

Virginia Coast Reserve LTER site

Microbes
Birds
Fishes
Herbaceous plants
Mammals
Woody Plants
Ecosystem
Regional
Experimental
Observational
Data from the Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research site.

Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey

Birds
Species
Population
Continental
Observational
Time series
Publicly available
Survey information available here.

Waters of Woods Hole

Fishes
Herbaceous plants
Invertebrates
Species
Local
Observational
A digital record of a historic comprehensive survey of the marine benthic fauna and flora of Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, MA are available at OBIS. The OBIS compiled…

Whale Catches in the Southern Ocean

Mammals
Species
Regional
Observational
Publicly available
Season whale catches in the Southern Ocean compiled by the Austrailian Antarctic Data Center are available at OBIS. The OBIS compiled data includes species name, individual…

WoRMS- World Register of Marine Species

Microbes
Fishes
Invertebrates
Species
Global
Compilation
Publicly available
A species list of marine organisms, with current taxonomic information, including any synonomies that might exist. Can search by geographic region.

eBird

Birds
Species
Local
Regional
Continental
Global
Observational
EcoData Retriever ready
eBird is a catalog of ‘checklists’ for bird species observed globally by novice and experienced bird observers reporting to the eBird Citizen Science Project run by the…
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