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TDWG (mostly)
thinks about point
occurrences
But what about
other sources of
geographic
distribution data
and info.?
SPECIES INVENTORY
(and why focus
on this type?)
MAP OF LIFE INTEGRATES INVENTORIES WITH OTHER DATA SOURCES
THE PURPLE AREAS ARE FROM CHECKLISTS DOCUMENTING PRESENCE
Fundamental question: How complete was the inventory?
Answers tell us much needed information about….
Absence
Taxon coverage: How well did survey
method capture groups of interest?
Spatial and habitat coverage: How well
did the survey canvas spatial extent and
different habitat types?
Temporal coverage: How well did the survey
cover seasonal or even daily range?
Yale-CU Boulder-BioSynC sponsored workshop to develop species
inventory metadata vocabulary in Spring 2013
GOAL: Documenting completeness and inferring absence
OUTPUTS:
1) A draft set of terms (~70) and mappings to other vocabs (EML, Dwc, ENVO, BMDE);
2) How terms could be expressed in BCO
3) A formhub form to capture contents based on the form;
4) ~20 inventories assayed (with hundreds by end of year)
Species Inventory Metadata – What now?
Use these completeness assessments to do better niche modeling