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Cleaning GBIF data for the use in Ecology
Abstract
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility, www.gbif.org) is for sure THE most remarkable biodiversity data aggregator worldwide giving access to more than 1 billion records across all taxonomic groups. The data provided via these sources are highly valuable for research. However, some issues exist concerning data heterogeneity, as they are obtained from various collection methods and sources.
About This Material
This is a Hands-on Tutorial from the GTN which is usable either for individual self-study, or as a teaching material in a classroom.
Questions this will address
- How can I get ecological data from GBIF?
- How do I check and clean the data from GBIF?
- Which ecoinformatics techniques are important to know for this type of data?
Learning Objectives
- Get occurrence data on a species
- Visualize the data to understand them
- Clean GBIF dataset for further analyses
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Keywords: Ecology, data cleaning, data management, gbif
Target audience: Students
Resource type: e-learning
Version: 5
Status: Active
Prerequisites:
Introduction to Galaxy Analyses
Learning objectives:
- Get occurrence data on a species
- Visualize the data to understand them
- Clean GBIF dataset for further analyses
Date modified: 2024-06-27
Date published: 2022-10-28
Scientific topics: Ecology
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