A web-based GIS tool for exploring the world's biodiversity: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility Mapping and Analysis Portal Application (GBIF-MAPA)

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-60

  Flemons, Paul ^a   Guralnick, Robert ^b,c   Krieger, Jonathan ^b   Ranipeta, Ajay ^a   Neufeld, David ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity mapping; Global Biodiversity Information Facility; Online Geographic Information Systems; Species richness; Survey gap analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATABASE; GIS; INTERNET; MAPPING; SPECIES RICHNESS; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 34247551273     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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