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The Big Questions For Biodiversity Informatics
Peterson, A. Townsend Knapp, Sandra Guralnick, Robert P. Soberón, Jorge Holder, Mark T.
Peterson, A. Townsend
Knapp, Sandra
Guralnick, Robert P.
Soberón, Jorge
Holder, Mark T.
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Abstract
Science is a sequence of generating new ideas, detailed explorations, incorporation of the results into a toolbox for understanding data, and turning them into useful knowledge. One recent development has been large-scale, computer-aided management of biodiversity information. This emerging field of biodiversity informatics has been growing quickly, but without overarching scientific questions to guide its development; the result has been developments that have no connection to genuine insight and forward progress. We outline what biodiversity informatics should be, a link between diverse dimensions of organismal biology – genomics, phylogenetics, taxonomy, distributional biology, ecology, interactions, and conservation status – and describe the science progress that would result. These steps will enable a transition from ‘gee-whiz’ to fundamental science infrastructure.
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This is the publisher's version, which the author has permission to share. The original version may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772001003739369
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2010
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Taylor & Francis
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Analysis, Biodiversity data capture, Data integration, Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Informatics, Interpretation, Phylogeny
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Peterson, T., Knapp, S., Guralnick, R., Soberón, J., Holder, M. 2010. The Big Questions For Biodiversity Informatics. Systematics and Biodiversity 8(2): 159-168.