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Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Data (GIVD)

This web site hosts a metadatabase for worldwide vegetation data. Database Location: http://www.givd.info/index.php?id=558 Sites Georefferenced: Yes Comments: Registration is available for further access to the website [ HERE ]. Citation: Dengler, J., Jansen, F., Glöckler, F., Peet, R. K., De Cáceres, M., Chytrý, M., Ewald, J., Oldeland, J., Finckh, M.,...MORE

Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS)

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. Data Location: http://eros.usgs.gov/#/Find_Data Data Available: Aerial Photography, Satellite Imagery, Elevation maps, Land Cover, Digitized Maps Comments: EROS hosts all data retrieved from remote sensing...MORE

Observational

Global

AnAge: The Animal Ageing & Longevity Database

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. Dataset Location: http://genomics.senescence.info/species/ Data collection summary/Methods: This dataset is a compilation of life history traits from the literature, and other databases, with...MORE

Amphibians / Reptiles

Human infectious disease taxonomy

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 Database (GIDEON). Data Location: Ecological Archives Comments: Identifies 332 infectious agents, their taxonomic grouping, reservoir and vector hosts. Does not include GIDEON national presence/absence data...MORE

Parasite / Disease

Compilation

Global

Human Oral Microbiome Database

This web site hosts data on over 600 species of bacteria found in the human oral cavity including: taxonomy and genomic information. Data Location: HOMD Comments: One of the purposes of HOMD is to provide descriptions of each of the species together with tools used in the analysis of their...MORE

Microbes

Compilation

Global

Sleep in Mammals

This dataset compiles brain and body weight, life span, gestation time, time sleeping, and predation and danger indices for 62 mammals. Dataset Location: http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/datasets/sleep Comments: Overall time spent sleeping is broken down into slow-wave and paradoxical sleep. Citation: Allison, Truett and Cicchetti, Domenic V. (1976), "Sleep in Mammals: Ecological and...MORE

Breeding Bird Census

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 well as information on the number of nests and fledglings. Plots vary in scale from 10 hectares (in closed habitats) to 40 hectares (in...MORE

eBird

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 Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society. 'Checklists' include presence/absence, species count, and location information for a single obervation event. Four...MORE

Birdlife global species range maps for birds

BirdLife/Naturserve range maps for all of the bird species in the world (> 10,000 species). Data is available by request. Data location: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/info/spcdownloadMORE