Open AccessDistorted Views of Biodiversity: Spatial and Temporal Bias in Species Occurrence Data
Author(s) -
Elizabeth H. Boakes,
Philip J.K. McGowan,
Richard A. Fuller,
Changqing Ding,
Natalie E. Clark,
Kim O’Connor,
Georgina M. Mace
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000385
Subject(s) - biodiversity , biology , spatial analysis , citizen science , ecology , data science , remote sensing , geography , computer science , botany
Boakes et al. compile and analyze a historical dataset of 170,000 bird sightings over two centuries and show how changing trends in data gathering may confound a true picture of biodiversity change.
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