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Creative Use of Mountain Biodiversity Databases: The Kazbegi Research Agenda of GMBA-DIVERSITAS
Körner, Christian Donoghue, Michael Fabbro, Thomas Häuse, Christoph Nogués-Bravo, David Arroyo, Mary T. Kalin Soberón, Jorge Speers, Larry Spehn, Eva M. Sun, Hang
Körner, Christian
Donoghue, Michael
Fabbro, Thomas
Häuse, Christoph
Nogués-Bravo, David
Arroyo, Mary T. Kalin
Soberón, Jorge
Speers, Larry
Spehn, Eva M.
Sun, Hang
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Geo-referenced archive databases on mountain organisms are very promising tools for achieving a better understanding of mountain biodiversity and predicting its changes. The Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) of DIVERSITAS, in cooperation with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, encourages a global effort to mine biodiversity databases on mountain organisms. The wide range of climatic conditions and topographies across the world's mountains offers an unparalleled opportunity for developing and testing biodiversity theory. The power of openly accessible, interconnected electronic databases for scientific biodiversity research, which by far exceeds the original intent of archiving for mainly taxonomic purposes, has been illustrated. There is an urgent need to increase the amount and quality of geo-referenced data on mountain biodiversity provided online, in order to meet the challenges of global change in mountains.
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2007-08-01
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International Mountain Society
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Körner, Christian et al. (2007). "Creative Use of Mountain Biodiversity Databases: The Kazbegi Research Agenda of GMBA-DIVERSITAS." Mountain Research and Development, 27(3):276-281. http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1659/mrd.0880