Biodiversity Informatics

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Example of simple modeling in biodiversity informatics using rainfall, altitude and current species observations to create a model of possible existence for a certain species.

Biodiversity Informatics is the application of informatics to recorded and yet-to-be discovered information specifically about biodiversity, and the linking of this information with genomic, geospatial and other biological and non-biological datasets [1]. The first use of the term can be traced back as far as 1993 [3]. According to Soberon and Peterson (2004) Biodiversity Informatics "[..] includes the application of information technologies to the management, algorithmic exploration, analysis and interpretation of primary data regarding life, particularly at the species level of organization."

References

Final Report of the OECD Megascience Forum Working Group on Biological Informatics, January 1999 [1]
Frank A. Bisby, et al. 2000. The Quiet Revolution: Biodiversity Informatics and the Internet. Science 289, 2309-2312.[2]
Soberón, J. & Peterson, A. T. 2004, Biodiversity informatics: managing and applying primary biodiversity data, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond, B359, pp. 689–698.
Berendsohn, W. 2007. "Biodiversity Informatics", The Term. [3]
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 2007 (PSB2007) Track on Biodiversity Informatics