Biodiversidata: An Open-Access Biodiversity Database for Uruguay.

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 g

SUBMITTER: Grattarola F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6597616 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature