Repatriation Data: More than two million species occurrence records added to the Brazilian Biodiversity Information Facility Repository (SiBBr).
David Dias, Clara Baringo Fonseca, Luiza Correa, Nayara Soto, Andrea Portela, Keila Juarez, Roque João Tumolo Neto, Murilo Ferro, João Gonçalves, Jurandir Junior
Author Information
David Dias: Brazilian Biodiversity Information Facility (SiBBr), Brasília, Brazil.
Clara Baringo Fonseca: Brazilian Biodiversity Information Facility (SiBBr), Brasília, Brazil.
Luiza Correa: Brazilian Biodiversity Information Facility (SiBBr), Brasília, Brazil.
Nayara Soto: Brazilian Biodiversity Information Facility (SiBBr), Brasília, Brazil.
Andrea Portela: Brazilian Biodiversity Information Facility (SiBBr), Brasília, Brazil.
Keila Juarez: Brazilian Biodiversity Information Facility (SiBBr), Brasília, Brazil.
Roque João Tumolo Neto: Brazilian Biodiversity Information Facility (SiBBr), Brasília, Brazil.
Murilo Ferro: Brazilian Biodiversity Information Facility (SiBBr), Brasília, Brazil.
João Gonçalves: Brazilian Biodiversity Information Facility (SiBBr), Brasília, Brazil.
Jurandir Junior: Brazilian Biodiversity Information Facility (SiBBr), Brasília, Brazil.
BACKGROUND: Primary biodiversity data records, available on-line, are essential for conservation planning. Of the mega diversity countries, Brazil have reached a high level of scientific research in describing their biodiversity. However, there still remain significant limitations in recovering, collating and organizing available information on Brazil's biological diversity and its distribution. Since the colonial period, biological material were often collected and transferred to other countries, which were characterized, stored and maintained. As a result, natural history museums worldwide possess large amounts of primary biodiversity data originally from Brazil which are then published on-line in the international Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) infrastructure. Aiming to recover these data, the Brazilian Biodiversity Information System (SiBBr) developed an automatic repatriation tool capable of retrieving all records registered in Brazil but published outside Brazilian territory in an automated manner. NEW INFORMATION: Thus, 2,459,366 records were added to SiBBr's Repository in one day. Europe and the United States hold about 80% of all records. The data set covers all life kingdoms. Animalia is the most represented group with 3 main phylum's: Chordata, Arthropoda and Mollusca, within more than 40% of all records. Plantae also comprises a large portion of the records with angiosperms having the major number of entries.
