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Title: | Biologer: an open platform for collecting biodiversity data | Authors: | Popović, Miloš Vasić, Nikola Koren, Toni Burić, Ivona Živanović, Nenad Kulijer, Dejan Golubović, Ana |
Keywords: | Eastern Europe;Balkan Peninsula;Serbia;Croatia;Bosnia and Herzegovina;Darwin Core;Species observation;Database | Issue Date: | 2020 | Rank: | M23 | Project: | Rufford Small Grants project No: 20507-B Rufford Small Grants projects No: 24652-B Evolution in Heterogeneous Environments: Adaptation Mechanisms, Biomonitoring and Conservation of Biodiversity Diversity of the amphibians and reptiles on the Balkan Peninsula: evolutionary and conservation aspects 451-03-68/2020-14/200124 451-03-68/2020-14/200178 |
Journal: | Biodiversity Data Journal | Abstract: | Background We have developed a new platform named "Biologer" intended for recording species observations in the field (but also from literature resources and collections). The platform is created as user-friendly, open source, multilingual software that is compatible with Darwin Core standard and accompanied by a simple Android application. It is made from the user’s perspective, allowing everyone to choose how they share the data. Project team members are delegated by involved organisations. The team is responsible for development of the platform, while local Biologer communities are engaged in data collection and verification. New information Biologer has been online and available for use in Serbia since 2018 and was soon adopted in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In total, we have assembled 536 users, who have collected 163,843 species observation records data from the field and digitalised 33,458 literature records. The number of active users and their records is growing daily. Out of the total number of gathered data, 89% has been made open access by the users, 10% is accessible on the scale of 10×10 km and only 1% is closed. In the future, we plan to provide a taxonomic data portal that could be used by local and national initiatives in Eastern Europe, aggregate all data into a single web location, create detailed data overview and enable fluent communication between users. |
URI: | https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4177 | ISSN: | 1314-2828 1314-2836 |
DOI: | 10.3897/BDJ.8.e53014 |
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