TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kooyman, Robert
A1  - Rossetto, Maurizio
A1  - Laffan, Shawn
T1  - Using Australian Virtual Herbarium data to find all the woody rain forest plants in Australia
T2  - Cunninghamia : a journal of plant ecology for eastern Australia
N2  - Data bases that provide continental and global scale information about species distributions provide a valuable resource for environmental, ecological and evolutionary research. However to bring a large dataset to a standard that is suitable for quantitative analysis, data quality needed to be checked. Here we provide a worked example using a large dataset (c. 320,000 records) from Australia’s Virtual Herbarium (AVH) database, based on an initial data request for full distribution data for c. 2600 woody rain forest species known to occur in Australia. To reconcile inconsistencies around taxonomic identity prior to merging with our trait data-base, and resolve issues around spatial resolution and accuracy, we implemented extensive data filtering using a ‘cloud-based’ solution (Google Refine). This systematic process resulted in 1) the removal of close to 45% of the records originally downloaded, and 2) a clean and powerful data set based on herbarium backed distribution records for Australia’s woody rain forest species. Such resources can contribute significantly to improving research outcomes related to understanding Australia’s vegetation.
Y1  - 2012
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29595
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-295953
SN  - 2200-405X
SN  - 0727-9620
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
SP  - 177
EP  - 180
PB  - Mount Annan Botanic Garden, The Administration Officer
CY  - Mount Annan, NSW
ER  -