Appropriate application of information from biodiversity databases is critical when investigating species distributions and diversity: a comment on Dallas et al. ()

Ecol Lett. 2018 Jul;21(7):1119-1120. doi: 10.1111/ele.12959.

Abstract

Using data from biodiversity informatics resources, Dallas et al. (Ecol. Lett., 20, 2017, 1526-1533) suggested limited relationships between climate and local abundance among several taxonomic groups. Investigation of a subset of these data suggests that their results may be misleading due to inappropriate application of the biodiversity data.

Keywords: Abundance; biodiversity informatics; climate; geographic range.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Biodiversity*
  • Databases, Factual*