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Grattarola F, Botto G, da Rosa I, et al. Biodiversidata: An Open-Access Biodiversity Database for Uruguay. Biodivers Data J. 2019;7:e36226doi: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e36226.
Grattarola, F., Botto, G., da Rosa, I., Gobel, N., González, E. M., González, J., Hernández, D., Laufer, G., Maneyro, R., Martínez-Lanfranco, J. A., Naya, D. E., Rodales, A. L., Ziegler, L., & Pincheira-Donoso, D. (2019). Biodiversidata: An Open-Access Biodiversity Database for Uruguay. Biodiversity data journal, 7e36226. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e36226
Grattarola, Florencia, et al. "Biodiversidata: An Open-Access Biodiversity Database for Uruguay." Biodiversity data journal vol. 7 (2019): e36226. doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e36226
Grattarola F, Botto G, da Rosa I, Gobel N, González EM, González J, Hernández D, Laufer G, Maneyro R, Martínez-Lanfranco JA, Naya DE, Rodales AL, Ziegler L, Pincheira-Donoso D. Biodiversidata: An Open-Access Biodiversity Database for Uruguay. Biodivers Data J. 2019 Jun 20;7:e36226. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e36226. eCollection 2019. PMID: 31274982; PMCID: PMC6597616.
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Biodivers Data J. 2019 Jun 20;7:e36226. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e36226. eCollection 2019.

Biodiversidata: An Open-Access Biodiversity Database for Uruguay.

Biodiversity data journal

Florencia Grattarola, Germán Botto, Inés da Rosa, Noelia Gobel, Enrique M González, Javier González, Daniel Hernández, Gabriel Laufer, Raúl Maneyro, Juan A Martínez-Lanfranco, Daniel E Naya, Ana L Rodales, Lucía Ziegler, Daniel Pincheira-Donoso

Affiliations

  1. School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Brayford Campus, Lincoln, United Kingdom School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Brayford Campus Lincoln United Kingdom.
  2. Department of Micriobiology and Immunology, Montana State Universitiy, Bozeman, United States of America Department of Micriobiology and Immunology, Montana State Universitiy Bozeman United States of America.
  3. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República Montevideo Uruguay.
  4. Programa para la Conservación de los Murciélagos de Uruguay, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Montevideo, Uruguay Programa para la Conservación de los Murciélagos de Uruguay, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Montevideo Uruguay.
  5. Laboratorio de Sistemática e Historia Natural de Vertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay Laboratorio de Sistemática e Historia Natural de Vertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República Montevideo Uruguay.
  6. Área Biodiversidad y Conservación, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Montevideo, Uruguay Área Biodiversidad y Conservación, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Montevideo Uruguay.
  7. Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Montevideo, Uruguay Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Montevideo Uruguay.
  8. NGO JULANA (Jugando en la Naturaleza), Montevideo, Uruguay NGO JULANA (Jugando en la Naturaleza) Montevideo Uruguay.
  9. Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, United States of America Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University Mississippi United States of America.
  10. Departamento de Ecología y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay Departamento de Ecología y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República Montevideo Uruguay.
  11. Centro Universitario Regional del Este (CURE), Universidad de la República, Maldonado, Uruguay Centro Universitario Regional del Este (CURE), Universidad de la República Maldonado Uruguay.
  12. MacroBiodiversity Lab, School of Science and Technology, Department of Biosciences, Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom MacroBiodiversity Lab, School of Science and Technology, Department of Biosciences, Trent University Nottingham United Kingdom.

PMID: 31274982 PMCID: PMC6597616 DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e36226

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The continental and marine territories of Uruguay are characterised by a rich convergence of multiple biogeographic ecoregions of the Neotropics, making this country a peculiar biodiversity spot. However, despite the biological significance of Uruguay for the South American subcontinent, the distribution of biodiversity patterns in this country remain poorly understood, given the severe gaps in available records of geographic species distributions. Currently, national biodiversity datasets are not openly available and, thus, a dominant proportion of the primary biodiversity data produced by researchers and institutions across Uruguay remains highly dispersed and difficult to access for the wider scientific and environmental community. In this paper, we aim to fill this gap by developing the first comprehensive, open-access database of biodiversity records for Uruguay (Biodiversidata), which is the result of a large-scale collaboration involving experts working across the entire range of taxonomic diversity found in the country.

NEW INFORMATION: As part of the first phase of Biodiversidata, we here present a comprehensive database of tetrapod occurrence records native from Uruguay, with the latest taxonomic updates. The database provides primary biodiversity data on extant Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves and Mammalia species recorded within the country. The total number of records collated is 69,380, spanning 673 species and it is available at the Zenodo repository: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2650169. This is the largest and most geographically and taxonomically comprehensive database of Uruguayan tetrapod species available to date and it represents the first open repository for the country.

Keywords: Amphibia ; Aves ; Mammalia ; Reptilia ; Biodiversity; Species Occurrence Records; Tetrapods; Uruguay

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