BioGeomancer: Automated georeferencing to map the world's biodiversity data

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1908-1909

  Guralnick, Robert P ^a,b   Wieczorek, John ^c   Beaman, Reed ^d   Hijmans, Robert J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 33751041414     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040381     Document Type: Short Survey

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