Biodiversity Data Journal

🦉 Barn owls and eagle-owls are biologically capable of producing three clutches per year when put in optimal conditions, this study proves: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#owls #conservation #birds

The Darwin wasp 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑦𝑐𝑦𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑠 is reported as the first record of the subfamily Brachycyrtinae for Finland.

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During recent botanical explorations in thе Cordillera del Cóndor, researchers discovered a new species of 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑎. Find out all about it here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#Neotropical #newspecies #rainforests @nybg.bsky.social

During an investigation of the lepidopteran fauna of Kinmen island, Taiwan, researchers found a 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎 species that was new to science. It is described here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#taxonomy #Lepidoptera #insects

First molecular data for the snake 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑖, with a re-description of the species: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#snake #taxonomy #zoology

Plot-based Surveys of Island Biodiversity – the BIOMONI-PLOT Network This thematic collection aims to collate all publications dealing with cross-taxon and cross-ecosystem biodiversity and ecosystem functioning data at the plot scale worldwide, including biodiversity s...

It is also the first paper in a BDJ topical collection focused on publishing plot-based surveys of island biodiversity doi.org/10.3897/bdj....

This is the first data paper produced under the scope of EU @biodiversa.eu project BioMonI, a project aiming to bild a global long-term monitoring network specifically tailored to the pressing needs of biodiversity conservation and monitoring on islands.

An investigation into the patterns of taxonomic composition of woody plant species in the native forests of three geographically distinct oceanic islands with contrasting climates: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#forests #biodiversity #plants @uni-goettingen.de

Avian diversity and spatial-temporal distribution pattern of dominant species in Baqing County, Tibet The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, called the “Third Pole of the Earth”, is a typical region with rich avian resources due to its unique geographical environment and climatic characteristics. From August 2023...

Researchers used transect survey and infrared camera monitoring to assess the composition and distribution of bird diversity in the Tangbei area of the Three-River-Source National Park in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

#birds #biodiversity #conservation

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A first record of the false blister beetle subfamily Calopodinae in Korea with the discovery of a new species: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#biodiversity #beetles #taxonomy @imperialsci.bsky.social

From literature to biodiversity data: mining arthropod organismal traits with machine learning The fields of taxonomy and biodiversity research have witnessed an exponential growth in published literature. This vast corpus of articles holds information on the diverse biological traits of organi...

A Workflow for Annotating #Arthropod Organismal Traits bdj.pensoft.net/article/1530... #biology #evolution #taxonomy #textmining

Our article presenting 24 years of waterbird monitoring on Lake Miedwie (NW Poland) by the West Pomeranian Nature Society has been published in BDJ. These data also supported a study showing that hunting waterbirds inevitably risks confusion with protected species.

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Mining nature’s knowledge: turning text into data | Blog By using natural language processing, researchers created a reliable system that can automatically read and pull useful data from thousands of articles.

Speedier research, larger scope of data available, and open, shared biodiversity data: some of the advantages of extracting biodiversity data using machine learning‬!

#machinelearning #data #biodiversity

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🐦 A dataset presents waterbird count data from Lake Miedwie, north-western Poland, collected during the non-breeding season from 2002/2003 to 2024/2025, covering 23 seasons across 24 calendar years.

#birds #biodiversity #wetlands

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🦎A total of 16 lizard species from 11 genera were documented in Ko Pha-ngan, Thailand. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#biodiversity #conservation #biogeography

Fourteen species of Ichneumonidae wasps are newly recorded for the fauna of Iraq. Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#taxonomy #parasitoids #Hymenoptera

A new species of the mite genus Amblypalpus is reported from the south-western region of Saudi Arabia. Learn more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#taxonomy #biodiversity #newspecies

The results from a field observation of an octocoral population in the North Aegean Sea, Greece: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#octocorals #deepsea #biodiversity

A new spider species of the genus Hellamalthonica is described from Mount Kaz Dağı in Turkiye. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#Araneae #spiders #taxonomy

New paper on our software application developed for extracting data from biological specimen images in natural history collections:

"SpeciMate: Improving metadata extraction from digitised biological specimens", published in Biodiversity Data Journal, bdj.pensoft.net/article/1605...

This paper describes a project aimed at creating a worldwide set of polygons for recording marine distribution data, parallel to the current World Geographic Scheme for Recording Plant Distribution used on land: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

A new saprobic fungus species of Rhodoveronaea associated with oak is described from China. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#newspecies #phylogeny #taxonomy

This is Pelecotoides stokejii, representing the second Asian species of the ripiphorid beetle genus Pelecotoides. Learn more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#beetles #newspecies #taxonomy

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А quality-checked citizen science dataset published on @gbif.org with more than 1 million georeferenced species records with a geographic focus on the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and Berlin: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

A new species and new country record in the fungal genus Crepidotus for China: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#biodiversity #taxonomy #newspecies

Check out the full DNA metabarcoding dataset we analyzed in our 2024 article on Grey plover diet at the Black Sea coast!

An updated checklist of freshwater rotifers in Thailand: Taxonomy, diversity and distribution The Rotifera is the most diverse group of freshwater zooplankton. In Thailand, the research on rotifers began in 1907. Following extensive studies on rotifers in Thai water bodies, the first checklist...

A total of 409 freshwater rotifer species are recorded in Thailand, reflecting relatively high diversity.

#rotifers #biodiversity #taxonomy

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The hillstream loach Balitora yingjiangensis is re-described through examination of type specimens and collection of topotypic specimens from the Jieyanghe River in China.

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The mental burden of statistical significance in academic publishing "The pursuit of significance is no longer just a technical issue, but a psychological burden that shapes behaviour, distorts judgement, and affects mental well-being.”

Researchers face growing psychological strain, driven by pressure to obtain statistically significant results in academic publishing, reveals Michal Ordak.

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