As a step toward addressing this challenge, the Core Science Analytics and Synthesis (CSAS) program of the US Geological Survey (USGS) is developing Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON), an integrated and permanent resource for biological occurrence data from the United States. BISON...
Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) [WWW Document]. URL https://bison.usgs.gov/index.jsp?scientificName=Poa#home. Google Scholar Vowell et al., 2017 Vowell, J., Hydrologist, F., Lima, R., Forester, B., Holland, R., 2017. Results of Florida's 2011 silvicultural BMP...
2 ✉, Kari Lahti1, Esko Piirainen1, Mikko Heikkinen1, Olli Raitio1 & Aino Juslén3 Biodiversity informatics has advanced rapidly with the maturation of major biodiversity data infrastructures (BDDIs), such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility sharing unprecedented data ...
EIA - An R package wrapping the US Energy Information Administration open data API. eiapy - A simple wrapper for the U.S. Energy Information Administration API. feo-client - Crafted for energy systems modellers seeking access to data for nodes, assets, technologies, as well as the data supp...
. Nevertheless, there are too many proposed schemes of other types (e.g., large dams) that could have detrimental effects on biodiversity. Until we recognize that conserving biodiversity is in the interest of local and global communities, the very schemes put in place to prolong our welfare ...
Accessible fine-scale information concerning the distribution of Chondrichthyes, and fish in general, is lacking for Kuwait. Recent findings by Alsaffar and Chen (2019) suggest that the coastal waters around Bubiyan Island harbour a particularly biodiverse range of fish, also serving as an important...
nationwide distribution compared to PPAs, with PAs such as the Malka Mari and Lake Turkana national parks which are located in very remote areas serving as critical protective islands and likely to host highly phylogenetically and functionally diverse mammal assemblages. Even so, several PPAs are ...
His research resulted in the finding of iodide serving as an inorganic antioxidant in kelp, the first described from a living system, impacting atmospheric and marine chemistry.- A certified scientific diver, Frithjof has worked extensively in the South Atlantic (Ascension and Falkland Islands), but...
“Under a capitalist framework, social institutions can be manipulated to doctor “facts” in serving the ruling class. An erroneous fact can unite the ruling class, while it can put people against each other, being divided, exploited and subjugates. Capitalist hierarchy curates a theat...
Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON)Guala, Stinger