Basic biodiversity data, such as species composition, distribution and phylogenetic relationships, are fundamental prerequisites for a better understanding of tropical rain forest evolution.
Representative plant species data from the Swiss biodiversity monitoring programme were analyzed covering a broad environmental gradient of four altitudinal belts and seven biogeographic regions.
For example, the Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative (GFBI, http://www.gfbinitiative.org) has synthesized data from nearly 800,000 permanent forest vegetation plots in 44 countries for analysis of forest community ecological function and structure (Liang et al. 2016).
The Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative (GFBI) is a new global research network focused on the use of "big data" to share information about biodiversity loss and climate change.
They both attended this month's UN biodiversity conference in Cancun, Mexico.
Visit the Natural History Museum's UK biodiversity portal....................... GrrlScientist can also be found here: Maniraptora.
Then in 2008 it jumped to over 2,000," says Luis Suárez, WWF biodiversity officer in Madrid.
According to scientists at a recent United Nations-sponsored biodiversity conference, that target will not be met.
Farooqui, the Ministry of Environment and Forests official overseeing the United Nations biodiversity convention.
Roque Sevilla, a former mayor of Quito tired of hearing chainsaws on his doorstep, has created Mashpi Lodge biodiversity reserve.
LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER "Biodiversity 911: Saving Life on Earth," a childkid-friendly exhibit that tells the story of biodiversity using science, humor and creativity.
