A comparative evaluation of technical solutions for long-term data repositories in integrative biodiversity research

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-24

  Bach, Kerstin ^a   Schäfer, Daniel ^a   Enke, Neela ^b   Seeger, Bernhard ^a   Gemeinholzer, Birgit ^c   Bendix, Jörg ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Collaborative research projects; Data exchange; Data standards; Long term data repositories

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; METADATA; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84865165524     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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