Biodiversity databases : techniques, politics, and applications / / edited by Gordon B. Curry, Chris J. Humphries

• Pubblicazione: 2016; Boca Raton, Florida ; ; London : , : CRC Press, , 2007; ©2007
• Edizione: 1 ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Disciplina: 025.0633395; 578.012
• Soggetto topico: Biodiversity - Electronic information resources - Databases; Biodiversity - Databases
• Classificazione: COM021000COM021030NAT010000
• Persona (resp. second.): CurryGordon B.; HumphriesC. J <1947-> (Christopher John)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Contents; Preface; The Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF); Chapter 2. The European Network for Biodiversity Information; Chapter 3. Networking Taxonomic Concepts - Uniting without 'Unitary-ism'; Chapter 4. Networking Biological Collections Databases; Chapter 5. Morphometric and Artificial Neural Network Approaches to the Automated Species Recognition Problem in Systematics; Chapter 6. Automated Extraction of Biodiversity Data from Taxonomic Descriptions; Chapter 7. The Grid and Biodiversity Informatics ; Chapter 8. LIAS - An Interactive Database System for Structured Descriptive Data of AscomycetesChapter 9. Linking Biodiversity Databases; Chapter 10. Priority Areas for Rattan Conservation on Borneo; Index; Systematics Association Publications; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Computing and database management has shifted from cottage industry-style methods - the small independent researcher keeping records for a particular project - to state-of-the-art file storage systems, presentation, and distribution over the Internet. New and emerging techniques for recognition, compilation, and data management have made managing data a discipline in its own right. Covering all aspects of this data management, Biodiversity Databases: Techniques, Politics, and Applications brings together input from social scientists, programmers, database designers, and information spec
• Titolo autorizzato: Biodiversity databases
• ISBN: 9786611081607; 9781000218862; 1000218864; 9780429152337; 0429152337; 9781281081605; 1281081604; 9780203022542; 0203022548; 9781439832547; 1439832544
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910410650503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Systematics Association special volume ; ; no. 73.