Both classical taxonomy and DNA barcoding are engaged in the task of digitizing the living
world. Much of the taxonomic literature remains undigitized. The rise of open access …

While the regional distribution of non-native species is increasingly well documented for
some taxa, global analyses of non-native species in local assemblages are still missing …

Taxonomy and nomenclature data are critical for any project that synthesizes biodiversity
data, as most biodiversity data sets use taxonomic names to identify taxa. Open Tree of Life …

With the advent of the US National Science Foundation's Advancing Digitization of
Biodiversity Collections program and related worldwide digitization initiatives, the rate of …

While studies of taxonomy usually focus on species description, there is also a taxonomic
correction process that retests and updates existing species circumscriptions on the basis of …

Threats to global biodiversity are increasingly recognised by scientists and the public as a
critical challenge. Molecular sequencing technologies offer means to catalogue, explore …

This project aims to develop and implement novel ways of publication, visualization, and
dissemination of biodiversity and biodiversity-related data and thus bring the Open …

Sabah, a Malaysian state at the north-eastern tip of Borneo, is situated in one of the Earth's
biodiversity hotspots yet its freshwater gastropod diversity remains poorly known. An …

Biodiversity catalogs are an invaluable resource for biological research. Efforts to
scientifically document biodiversity have not been evenly applied, either because of …

Taxonomic literature contains information about virtually ever known species on Earth. In
many cases, all that is known about a taxon is contained in this kind of literature, particularly …