Abstract ID: 300

A generic spatial repository for inventory data

We describe the design and implementation of a repository that is meant to hold data collected during biological inventories. These inventories typically aim to collect data on the occurrence of a single group of life forms, such as a family of invertebrates or a suborder of plants, in a single geographic area such as a natural park or reserve. The Reserva Ducke was the first reserve in which precursors of inventories for the ‘Programa de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade’ (PPBio) / ‘Levantamentos Rápidos Pesquisas Ecológicas de Longa-Duração’ (RAPELD) program were conducted. In the program, two kinds of inventory work are being carried out. The first kind addresses the main aim of the project: to track and map biodiversity, and thus to survey life forms. The second kind is meant to support the first in mapping characteristics of terrain itself. Such characteristics may include, but are not restricted to: terrain topography, such as elevation, slope and aspect; climatic data, such as precipitation and temperature statistics; soil, surface and ground-water characteristics. Our work aims to build a robust information system that provides geospatial data support, and accommodates inventory work of which the design is not yet known.

Session:  Biodiversity - Data/metadata integration and information dissemination: PPBio challenges and solutions.

Presentation Type:  Poster