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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 continental U.S. and Canada. Sampling began in 1966 and many sites have time-series that are at least 20 years long.MORE
242 vertebrate species are described within this datset including information on life history traits, species distribution maps and phylogenetics. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Site Location: Australian Wet Tropics, northeastern Queensland (between -16.5 - 19.5 o N) Sites Georefferenced: Output includes GPS layers Methods: Life history attributed were acquired from individual...MORE
This dataset catalogs field estimates of net primary productivity for natural and agricultural ecosystems worldwide from approximately 1870-1980. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Sites Georefferenced: Yes Timespan: 1869-1982 Methods: Field measurements off above-ground NPP were collected from the literature and complied in a standardized fashion. Methodology of field techniques are not...MORE
This web site hosts information about the entire fossil record, including information about fossil collections, individual plants and animals, taxonomic groups, references to publications, stratigraphic units, time scales, and time intervals. Data Location: paleobiodb.org Data Available: collection, occurrence, specimen records, taxonomic names/opinion, measurements of specimens Comments: Tools are available on...MORE
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 storage, wood density, soil, plant functional traits, and arthpod monitoring. Dataset Location: http://www.ctfs.si.edu/group/Resources/Data Site Location: Barro Colorado Island, Panama(9.154 O N, 79.846 O W);...MORE
This web site hosts information regarding the color signature (color and reflectance) of flowers. Data Location: http://reflectance.co.uk/ Data Available: species, location, reflectance (wavelengths 300-700nm) Comments: A search is available by term [ HERE ] or by color in hexagon units [ HERE ]. Citation: Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V,...MORE
This web site stores global data to track the movement of animals. Data Location: http://www.movebank.org/ Sites Georefferenced: Yes Data Available: species, location Citation: Wikelski, M., and Kays, R. 2010. Movebank: archive, analysis and sharing of animal movement data. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.movebank.org , Accessed on <date>.MORE
This data set describes nematode communities within the tropical rainforest of Costa Rica. Dataset Location: Dryad Site Location: La Selva Biological Research Station, Costa Rica (10 o 26' N, 83 o 59' W) Sites Georefferenced: No Methods: Species were identified using molecular operational taxonomic units measured by an 18S ribosomal...MORE
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