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Biodiversity Effects on Species Richness

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 primary resource, and/or the depletion of resources by that trophic group. Dataset Location: Ecological Archives Methods: Experimental studies were chosen for their focus and...MORE

Body Size of Consumers

This dataset contains over 16,000 records or a consumer body size and its resources. Dataset Location: Ecological Data Site Location: United Kingdom, United States, Antarctica Sites Georefferenced: Yes (not all entries) Data Collected: body size, taxonomy, location, habitat, feeding interaction, metabolism Best practices: Error code -999. Additional considerations: These data...MORE

Net Primary Productivity of Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems

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

Observational

Global

North Temperate Lakes LTER Data Catalog

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. Data Location: http://lter.limnology.wisc.edu/datacatalog/search Site Location: Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, and other lakes in the Yahara Lake District, southern Wisconsin; Trout Lake,...MORE

Paleobiology Database

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

Boreal Forest

Desert

Mediterranean / Chaparral

Amphibians / Reptiles

NatureServe

This web site hosts information about species and ecosystems of the Western Hemisphere, including several types of biodiversity data. Data Location: http://www.natureserve.org/getData/index.jsp Data Available: species, location, conservation status, commonness/rareness, spatial data Comments: This web site compiles data from a number of different programs, including: NatureServe Explorer; InfoNatura; Web Services for...MORE

Amphibians / Reptiles

Global Population Dynamics Database

This web site hosts the largest collection of animal and plant population data throughout the world, within nearly 5,000 time series. Data Location: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/cpb/research/patternsandprocesses/gpdd Data Available: mammals, birds, zooplankton counts, etc. Comments: A log-in is requested for the organizers to track the use of the data. A search page and...MORE

Population

Time series

Animal Movement (Movebank)

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

Amphibians / Reptiles

Croatian Fish Community

This data set describes the species-area relationship using a community of fish from the Adriatic Sea. Dataset Location: Dryad Site Location: south edge of Brac Island, Adriatic Sea, Croatia Site Georefferenced: No Species Collected: Gobius sp., Blenni sp., Symphodus sp., Diplodus sp., Serranus sp., Oblada sp., Chromis sp., Sarpa sp.,...MORE

Vertebrate Biodiversity Data Networks

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

Amphibians / Reptiles