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VertNet consists of four global diversity databases housed on independent web sites: Mammal Natworked Information System, Ornithological Information System, HerpNET, and FishNet 2. Data Location: VertNet Comments: This large-scale data repository organizes extensive publically available data and diversity information from primary data contributors acting to construct their datasets in a...MORE
This web site hosts millions of bird specimen records indexed by taxonomy and georgraphy. Data Location: ORNIS Data Georefferenced: Yes Comments: This data repository compiles data from 42 institutions and 5 countries and provides a search engine for searching by specimen record, taxonomic index, and geographic index [ HERE ],...MORE
This web site hosts a global network of herpetological collections data from natural history museums, currently including 50 institutions and 5.5 million speciments. Data Location: HerpNET Sites Georefferenced: Yes Comments: Data are searchable by data provider, scientific name and locality [ HERE ]. HerpNET is part of the VertNet cooperative...MORE
This web site hosts data compiled from natural history museums and other biodiversity institutions to establish a global network of fish records. Data Location: FishNet 2 Sites Georefferenced: Yes Comments: Data is searchable by taxon and location [ HERE ]. FishNet is part of the VertNet cooperative data network. Example...MORE
This web site hosts data compiled from 17 North American Institutions about taxonimic and geographic records of mammals. Data Location: MaNIS Sites Georefferenced: Yes Comments: Data are searchable by specimen record, taxonomic index, and geographic index [ HERE ]. MaNIS is part of the VertNet cooperative data network. Example Citation:...MORE
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
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
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
Database including information on distribution, taxonomy, and synonyms for birds. Data location: http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/ Uses: Of particular interest is the tool for comparing two differt checklists. This provides information to help combine datasets that are based on different taxonomies, and the determine what has changed from one version of the taxonomy...MORE