VertNet: A new model for biodiversity data sharing

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Constable, Heather ^a   Guralnick, Robert ^b   Wieczorek, John ^a   Spencer, Carol ^a   Peterson, A Townsend ^c   Bart, Hank ^d   Bates, John ^d   Cotter, Gladys ^d   Hanken, James ^d   Moritz, Craig ^d   Simmons, Nancy ^d   Trueb, Linda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SHORT SURVEY; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 77649122583     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000309     Document Type: Short Survey

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