Improved access to integrated biodiversity data for science, practice, and policy - The European Biodiversity Observation Network (EU BON)

Nature Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-65

  Hoffmann, Anke ^a   Penner, Johannes ^a   Vohland, Katrin ^a   Cramer, Wolfgang ^b   Doubleday, Robert ^c   Henle, Klaus ^d   Kõljalg, Urmas ^e   Kühn, Ingolf ^d   Kunin, William E ^f   Negro, Juan José ^g   Penev, Lyubomir ^h   Rodríguez, Carlos ^g   Saarenmaa, Hannu ⁱ   Schmeller, Dirk S ^d   Stoev, Pavel ^h   Sutherland, William J ^c   Tuama, Éamonn Ó ^j   Wetzel, Florian T ^a   Häuser, Christoph L ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^b AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^h BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^j GBIF   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Bio repository; Biodiversity information; Biodiversity observation recording; Biodiversity portal; Data interoperability; Data management; Dissemination; Earth Observation; GEO BON; GEOSS; Informatics infrastructure; Monitoring; Science policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903629109     PISSN: 13146947     EISSN: 13143301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.6.6498     Document Type: Article

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