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GBIF MONTHLY UPDATE May 2016

GBIF BY THE NUMBERS 645,236,117 species occurrence records 28,173 datasets 809 data-publishing institutions http://www.gbif.org | 03 MAY 2016

GBIF BY THE NUMBERS: APR 2016 -7,711,947 species occurrence records +12,291 datasets +5 data-publishing institutions http://www.gbif.org | 3 MAY 2016 NOTE: A data clean up in April removed 7.7 million occurrence records. Also in April, Plazi.org published more than 12,000 checklists, resulting in a spike in the number of datasets.

LATEST NEWS • Call for nominations of graduate students for the 2016 Young Researchers Award. GBIF nodes staff earn first digital badges for data publishing • The GBIF Secretariat has awarded digital badges to 10 participants who completed training on biodiversity data publishing support and promotion. New report offers recommendations on improving GBIF- • mediated data for distribution modelling. http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/summary | 03 MAY 2016

DATA PUBLISHED THROUGH GBIF.ORG Occurrence records (millions) 700 650 600 550 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 http://www.gbif.org | 3 MAY 2016

DATA PUBLISHERS Number of institutions registered as GBIF data publishers 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 . http://www.gbif.org | 3 MAY 2016

DATA — BY GBIF PARTICIPANT Number of new records published — Top 10 participant Countries Total number of records published — Top 10 Participant Countries (1 to 30 April 2016) (as of 30 April 2016) 1. Denmark 2,972,094 6. Netherlands 1,091,496 1. United States 270,879,075 6. Netherlands 24,237,916 2. United States 2,247,369 7. Australia 851,138 2. Sweden 53,694,683 7. Norway 23,704,689 3. Norway 2,234,144 8. Costa Rica 808,503 3. United Kingdom 49,597,614 8. Germany 19,385,580 4. Spain 2,225,368 9. South Africa 422,699 4. France 39,725,739 9. Finland 16,612,731 5. Belgium 1,620,423 10. Ireland 279,566 5. Australia 37,480,629 10. Spain 13,614,997 NOTE : Datasets are assigned to countries according to the location of the publishing institution, including aggregated datasets with contributors from many other countries. http://www.gbif.org | 04 MAY 2016

QUARTERLY WEB TRAFFIC 1 Feb 2016 – 30 Apr 2016 compared with 1 Nov 2015 – 31 Jan 2016 Rank Country/Territory Sessions % Total Sessions Prev. rank Pages / Session 16.35% 1 4.41 1 United States 65,575 2 India 22,263 5.55% 2 2.42 3 Spain 17,954 4.48% 4 5.52 4.31% 3 3.44 4 France 17,307 4.14% 6 5.27 5 United Kingdom 16,618 6 Germany 16,386 4.08% 5 4.82 7 Brazil 15,260 3.80% 7 6.25 3.64% 8 8.61 8 Mexico 14,606 9 Colombia 11,418 2.85% 10 4.98 10 Italy 9,649 2.41% 11 4.13 Google Analytics report for GBIF.org: Access available upon request from comms@gbif.org | 3 MAY 2016

VISITS TO GBIF.ORG BY COUNTRY April 2016 1. United States 22,572 6. Mexico 5,468 2. India 7,606 7. Germany 5,364 3. Spain 6,462 8. United Kingdom 5,246 4. France 5,840 9. Colombia 4,432 5. Brazil 5,505 10. Italy 3,284 Access available upon request from comms@gbif.org | 03 MAY 2016

DATA DOWNLOAD REQUESTS, BY COUNTRY 1 January – 30 April 2016 Total of 29,123 requests From 4,383 users in 118 countries, islands and territories 1. United States 5749 6. Brazil 1826 2. Mexico 4045 7. China 1025 3. Spain 2323 8. France 833 4. United Kingdom 1989 9. Australia 756 5. Colombia 1887 10. Belgium 753 Requests for download do not necessarily result in data actually being downloaded. Based on country indicated by user login | 04 MAY 2016

CITATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH Annual number of peer-reviewed publications using GBIF-mediated data 3 MAY 2016

USE CITATIONS, BY COUNTRY OF AUTHORS April 2016 1. United States 15 6. Czech Republic 2 2. Germany 5 6. France 2 3. China 4 6. Kenya 2 3. Mexico 4 6. Netherlands 2 5. Brazil 3 6. South Africa 2 6. Australia 2 6. Sweden 2 6. Canada 2 6. Switzerland 2 6. Colombia 2 Number of research publications in April 2016 citing use of GBIF-mediated data, ranked by country according to affiliation of author. Top 16 countries shown. Total 2016 1. United States 34 7. United Kingdom 9 2. France 13 8. Australia 7 2. Germany 13 8. Canada 7 4. Mexico 12 10. Spain 6 4. China 12 10. Netherlands 6 6. Brazil 10 Number of research publications in 2016 citing use of GBIF-mediated data, ranked by country according to affiliation of author. Top 11 countries shown. 03 MAY 2016

RESEARCH EXAMPLES April 2016 • Pech-May A, Peraza-Herrera G, Moo-Llanes DA, et al . Assessing the importance of four sandfly species (Diptera: Psychodidae) as vectors of Leishmania mexicana in Campeche, Mexico. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. Author countries: Argentina, Mexico • Nylinder S, Razafimandimbison SG & Anderberg AA. From the Namib around the world: biogeography of the Inuleae – Plucheinae (Asteraceae). Journal of Biogeography. Author country: Sweden • Biber-Freudenberger L, Ziemacki J, Tonnang HEZ, et al . Future risks of pest species under changing climatic conditions. PLoS ONE. Author countries: Germany, Kenya • Rekadwad BN & Khobragade CN. Digital data for quick response (QR) codes of alkalophilic Bacillus pumilus to identify and to compare bacilli isolated from Lonar Crator Lake, India. Data in Brief 7. Author country: India A complete archive of research citing use of GBIF can be accessed at http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library 04 MAY 2016

RESEARCH EXAMPLES (CONTINUED) April 2016 Tolley KA, Alexander GJ, Branch WR, et al . Conservation status and • threats for African reptiles. Biological Conservation. Author countries: South Africa, United States Lee-Yaw JA, Kharouba HM, Bontrager M, et al . A synthesis of transplant • experiments and ecological niche models suggests that range limits are often niche limits. Ecology Letters. Author countries: Canada, Switzerland, United States, Ireland • Ostrowski M-F, Prosperi J-M & David J. Potential implications of climate change on Aegilops species distribution: sympatry of these crop wild relatives with the major European crop Triticum aestivum and conservation issues. PLoS ONE. Author country: France A complete archive of research citing use of GBIF can be accessed at http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library 4 MAY 2016

GBIF MEMBER STATES AND ORGANIZATIONS 120 Other Associate Participants Associate Country Participants 100 Voting Participants 47 80 46 43 40 39 38 37 39 34 31 34 33 60 29 24 16 17 24 15 16 23 22 18 40 11 20 16 21 21 18 11 15 11 7 20 38 37 37 36 34 33 32 32 29 29 26 26 25 24 22 21 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 4 MAY 2016

MAP OF GBIF COUNTRY PARTICIPANTS 3 MAY 2016