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Proceedings of TDWG : Conference Abstract
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Conference Abstract
Linking molecular and morphological biodiversity evidence by building a single name space
Dmitry Schigel‡, Markus Döring§, Roderic Page|, Urmas Kõljalg¶, Paul DN Hebert#
‡ Global Biodiversity Information Facility - Secretariat, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
§ GBIF, Copenhagen, Denmark
| University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
¶ University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
# Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, Guelph, Canada
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Corresponding author: Dmitry Schigel (dschigel@gbif.org)
Received: 22 Aug 2017 | Published: 22 Aug 2017
© 2017 Dmitry Schigel, Markus Döring, Roderic Page, Urmas Kõljalg, Paul Hebert
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation: Schigel D, Döring M, Page R, Kõljalg U, Hebert P (2017) Linking molecular and morphological biodiversity evidence by building a single name space. Proceedings of TDWG 1: e20503. https://doi.org/10.3897/tdwgproceedings.1.20503
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Abstract
GBIF is working on the solution to represent molecular (DNA) evidence of species presence in time and space alongside the currently prevailing morphological evidence. Among many benefits of this approach are filling the geographic and taxonomic gaps and adequate representation of functionally important organism groups. Experimental modification of GBIF backbone includes provisional non-Linnaean names from UNITE and BOLD systems, enabling indexing georeferenced sequences alongside other records. Life on Earth does not depend on the language we use to name taxa, single index and access point to global biodiversity data is essential for good science and adequate decision making.
Keywords
GBIF, backbone, OTU, nomenclature
Presenting author
Dmitry Schigel