Biodiversity

Accessing, handling, and referencing open biodiversity data using the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Workshop material introducing concepts and giving practical examples for obtaining GBIF data using `rgbif`. Presented at the Living Norway Colloquium 2023 in Trondheim.

An Introduction to GBIF & rgbif

An introduction to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), its organisation, data, data standards, and accrediation scheme.

Setting up rgbif

Set-up instructions for `rgbif` and preparations for the workshop.

Working with the GBIF Backbone

A quick overview of name resolution with `rgbif`.

Discovering Data with rgbif

A quick overview of data discovery with `rgbif`.

Downloading Data with rgbif

A quick overview of data retrieval with `rgbif`.

Handling Data with rgbif

A quick overview of data retrieval with `rgbif`.

Citing GBIF Data

A quick overview of data retrieval with `rgbif`.

Climate Data & GBIF Records

A quick overview of `KrigR` use with GBIF records.

Ecological Network Resilience & Extinction Proxies - Updating Projections of Ecological Networks

Exploration of biodiversity scenarios of 81 mutualistic networks following extinction simulations according to different primary extinction risk proxies, ecological network resilience characteristics, and extinction cascade directionalities.