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GBIF MONTHLY UPDATE August 2015

GBIF BY THE NUMBERS 566,329,309 species occurrence records 14,284 datasets 760 data-publishing institutions http://www.gbif.org | 03 AUG 2015

GBIF BY THE NUMBERS - JULY +22,969,904 species occurrence records -13 datasets +6 data-publishing institutions The small drop in the number of datasets reflects the addition of 47 datasets in July and the deletion of duplicate datasets. http://www.gbif.org | 06 AUG 2015

LATEST NEWS Pre-announcement: BID call for proposals from Africa • GBIF will issue the first call for proposals for its BID programme in the African region in September 2015, with a potential total of € 900,000 in funding assigned to this call. GBIF’s 2014 Annual Report published • The GBIF Secretariat has published its annual report for 2014, describing progress made in meeting the goals of the 2014-2016 work programme. http://www.gbif.org/newsroom/summary | 07 AUG 2015

DATA PUBLISHED THROUGH GBIF.ORG Trend in primary biodiversity records (millions) 600 550 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 http://www.gbif.org | 7 AUG 2015

DATA PUBLISHED THROUGH GBIF.ORG New species occurrence records (millions) Month by month, 2015 vs. 2014 70 58.6 60 50 40 30 2014 22.96 2015 20 10.6 8.8 10 8 5.5 7.5 5.44 4.41 3 4.26 2.7 0.9 3.6 3.6 0.7 0 0.62 0.53 -2.8 -10 Negative monthly figures reflect withdrawal of data, usually removal of duplicates. http://www.gbif.org | 07 AUG 2015

DATA PUBLISHERS Trend in number of institutions registered as GBIF data publishers 800 750 700 650 600 550 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 A sharp rise in the number of data publishers in September 2013 results from institutions choosing to register as separate entities rather than sharing datasets through a single publisher at their national node institution. http://www.gbif.org | 07 AUG 2015

DATA — BY GBIF PARTICIPANT Number of new records published — Top 10 participant Countries Total number of records published — Top 10 Participant Countries (1 Jan to 31 July 2015) (as of 31 July 2015) 1. France 20,939,588 6. United Kingdom 2,383,625 1. United States 211,965,141 6. Netherlands 22,694,665 2. United States 5,372,240 7. Belgium 2,273,507 2. Sweden 51,813,811 7. Finland 20,157,042 3. Sweden 4,488,039 8. Netherlands 2,200,580 3. United Kingdom 49,549,616 8. Norway 19,104,633 4. Brazil 3,711,527 9. Norway 2,160,046 4. Australia 40,231,702 9. Germany 19,034,250 5. Australia 3,594,939 10. Finland 1,736,075 5. France 38,323,786 10. Spain 10,590,460 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 | 07 AUG 2015

QUARTERLY WEB TRAFFIC 1 May 2015 – 31 Jul 2015 compared with 1 May 2014 – 31 Jul 2014 Rank Country/Territory Sessions % Total Sessions Prev. rank 1 United States 42,632 12.33% 1 6.05% 2 2 *China 20,914 3 Germany 17,024 4.92% 3 4.82% 4 4 India 16,671 5 Brazil 15,524 4.49% 6 4.30% 5 6 Spain 14,863 7 France 13,500 3.90% 7 8 Mexico 12,989 3.76% 8 9 United Kingdom 12,561 3.63% 9 10 Colombia 9,594 2.77% 10 2.62% 11 11 Italy 9,071 *Statistics for late June include uncorrected anomalies for traffic originating in China Google Analytics report for GBIF.org: Access available upon request from comms@gbif.org | 07 AUG 2015

VISITS TO GBIF.ORG BY COUNTRY July 2015 1. United States 12,262 6. Spain 4,143 2. China 6,094 7. France 4,033 3. Germany 5,573 8. United Kingdom 3,857 4. India 5,421 9. Mexico 3,152 5. Brazil 4,330 10. Colombia 2,686 Access available upon request from comms@gbif.org | 07 AUG 2015

DATA DOWNLOAD REQUESTS, BY COUNTRY 1 Jan 2015 – 31 July 2015 Total of 51,968 requests from 5648 users in 133 countries, islands and territories 1. Mexico 10,633 6. United Kingdom 2,192 2. United States 7,358 7. Colombia 2,128 3. China 4,411 8. Ecuador 1,791 4. Brazil 4,405 9. France 1,571 5. Spain 3,373 10. Germany 1,280 Requests for download do not necessarily result in data actually being downloaded. Based on country indicated by user login | 10 AUG 2015

CITATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH Annual number of peer-reviewed publications using GBIF-mediated data 2015 (Jan- 238 Jul) 2014 357 2013 249 2012 229 2011 169 2010 148 2009 89 2008 52 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 10 AUG 2015

USE CITATIONS, BY COUNTRY OF AUTHORS July 2015 July 2015 1. United States 17 5. Germany 4 2. United Kingdom 9 8. Belgium 3 3. Australia 5 8. Italy 3 3. China 5 8. South Africa 3 5. Canada 4 8. Switzerland 3 5. France 4 Number of research publications in July 2015 citing use of GBIF-mediated data, ranked by country according to affiliation of author. Top eleven countries shown. Total 2015 1. United States 97 6. China 19 2. United Kingdom 47 6. Brazil 19 3. Germany 25 8. Belgium 15 4. Mexico 23 8. Spain 15 5. Australia 20 10. France 13 Number of research publications from January to July 2015 citing use of GBIF-mediated data, ranked by country according to affiliation of author. Top ten countries shown. 10 AUG 2015

RESEARCH EXAMPLES July 2015 • Dodd AJ, Burgman MA, McCarthy MA, et al . The changing patterns of plant naturalization in Australia. Diversity and Distributions. Author country: Australia. • Estrada-Peña A, de la Fuente J, Ostfeld RS, et al . Interactions between tick and transmitted pathogens evolved to minimise competition through nested and coherent networks. Scientific Reports. Author countries: Spain, United States, France. • Gallardo B, Zieritz A & Aldridge DC. The importance of the human footprint in shaping the global distribution of terrestrial, freshwater and marine invaders. PLoS ONE. Author countries: United Kingdom, Spain. • Groom Q. Using legacy botanical literature as a source of phytogeographical data. Plant Ecology and Evolution. Author country: Belgium. A complete archive of research citing used of GBIF can be accessed at http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library 11 AUG 2015

RESEARCH EXAMPLES (CONTINUED) July 2015 • Kerr JT, Pindar A, Galpern P, et al . Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents. Science. Author countries: Canada, United Kingdom, Belgium, United States. • Kraemer MUG, Sinka ME, Duda KA, et al . The global distribution of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus . eLife. Author countries: United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, Sweden, Belgium, Indonesia, Taiwan. • Sunday JM, Pecl GT, Frusher S, et al . Species traits and climate velocity explain geographic range shifts in an ocean-warming hotspot. Ecology Letters. Author countries: Canada, Australia, United Kingdom. • Tejedor Garavito N, Newton AC, Golicher D, et al . The relative impact of climate change on the extinction risk of tree species in the montane tropical Andes. PLoS ONE. Author country: United Kingdom. A complete archive of research citing used of GBIF can be accessed at http://www.mendeley.com/groups/1068301/gbif-public-library 11 AUG 2015

NUMBER OF GBIF PARTICIPANTS 2001-2015 120 Other Associate Participants MOU 2012 MOU 2007-2011 Associate Country Participants 100 Voting Participants MOU 2001-2006 47 80 46 43 39 38 37 39 34 31 34 33 60 29 24 16 24 15 16 23 22 18 40 11 20 16 21 21 18 11 15 11 7 20 38 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 3 MAR 2015

MAP OF GBIF COUNTRY PARTICIPANTS 03 MAR 2015