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Distorted Views of Biodiversity: Spatial and Temporal Bias in Species Occurrence Data

2010; Public Library of Science; Volume: 8; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1371/journal.pbio.1000385

1545-7885

Elizabeth H. Boakes, Philip J.K. McGowan, Richard A. Fuller, Changqing Ding, Natalie E. Clark, Kim O’Connor, Georgina M. Mace,

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Boakes et al. compile and analyze a historical dataset of 170,000 bird sightings over two centuries and show how changing trends in data gathering may confound a true picture of biodiversity change.