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Summary of

Pre-Workshop Questionnaire

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The hardcopy questionnaire summaryfollows the presentation.

Thequestionnaireresults areintended toprovide

backgroundinformation as

well as

discussionguidance toworkshopparticipants.

Monarch butterfly specimens

Liz Sellers, Courtesy of life.nbii.gov

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Questionnaire Responses

65 Requests

38

Responses

58%

ResponseRate

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APan-EuropeanSpecies directories

Infrastructure(PESI)

Alfred P. SloanFoundation

Association ofZoos and

Aquariums

BiodiversityHeritage Library

BIOTA/FAPESPProgram:The

Virtual Institute ofBiodiversity

Board onResearch Data

and Information,National Research

Council

Botanic GardensConservationInternational

(BGCI)

CommunityCyberinfrastructureforAdvanced Marine

Microbial EcologyResearch and

Analysis (CAMERA)

Center forInternational EarthScience InformationNetwork (CIESIN),The Earth Institute,Columbia University

Committee onData for ScienceandTechnology

(CODATA)

Consortium forthe Barcode of

Life

ConsultativeGroup on

InternationalAgriculture

Research (CGIAR)

Council forAgricultural

Science &Technology

Encyclopedia ofLife

EuropeanDistributedInstitute of

Taxonomy (EDIT)

FishBaseGenomic

StandardsConsortium (GSC)

GlobalBiodiversityInformation

Facility (GBIF)

Global MountainBiodiversityAssessment(GMBA) of

DIVERSITAS

Global NamesArchitecture

InternationalUnion for

Conservation ofNature (IUCN)

John D. andCatherineT.MacArthurFoundation

JRS BiodiversityFoundation

Life

atchInfrastructure for

BiodiversityResearch

MarineBiodiversity and

Ecosystem

Functioning(MarBEF)

MorphbankImageRepository

NationalAeronautics and

Space

Administration(NASA)

NationalAssociation of

Marine

Laboratories(NAML)

National Centerfor EcologicalAnalysis &

Synthesis

Natural ScienceCollections

Alliance (NSCA)

NatureServe

OceanBiogeographicInformation

System

Ocean GenomeLegacy, Inc.

Organization forTropical Studies

Royal BotanicGardens, Kew

(Incl. MillenniumSeed Bank

Project)

TheAcademy ofSciences for the

Developing

orld(TWAS)

TreeBASE:ADatabase of

PhylogeneticKnowledge

Zoological Societyof San Diego

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Identify the enabling supportprovided by the organization

Part I

Northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)

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$51,000$57,228

$60,000$70,784

$108,000

$150,000$150,000

$150,000$250,000

$250,000$450,000

$540,000

$600,000$800,000$1,000,000

$1,100,000

$1,600,000

$1,700,000$1,924,000

$2,500,000$2,500,000

$5,750,000$7,500,000

$8,500,000

$10,500,000

$19,000,000$28,140,000

$50,000 $5,050,000 $10,050,000 $15,050,000 $20,050,000 $25,050,000

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Primary Funding Sources7


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12RESPONDERS

5% 5% 7%10%

21%30% 30% 33%

66%75%

85%90%

0%

10%

20%

30%

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70%

80%

90%

100%

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Geographic Focus(35/36)

Global

63%

Continental19%

Transnational6%

National10%

None or N/A2%

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OrganizationalActivities

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10

15

20

25

30

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Information Provided

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IncludedIncluded EmphasizedEmphasized

y All taxonomic groups 17 organizations

y Other organizations focus onone or a few taxonomicgroups (the following were mentionedindividually at least once): Plants Amphibians Birds Reptiles Eukaryotes Fishes Marine Arthropods higher fungi

y All taxonomic groups 4 organizations

y

Other organizations emphasizeone or a few taxonomic groups (thefollowing were mentioned individually at least once): Plants Bacteria Archea FAO annex 1 crop Select exotics Fishes Amphibians Marine Microbes Lichen Non-lichenized fungi Select invertebrates

Taxonomic Groups(Free text; no pick list)

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Ecological Data(Free text; no pick list)

Biogeography Ecosystem typePhysicochemicalcharacteristics

Ecologicalindicators

Climate data

Digital soil mapBiogeographic

distributionStation data Life history

Evolutionaryrelatedness

Populationdynamics

Trophic ecologyEnvironmental

preferencesEcological

thematic layersDigital

elevation model

Populationdistribution

Remotely-sensed

environmentalparameters

Demographicdata

Marineenvironmental

parameters

InternationalEcological

ClassificationStandard

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Biodiversity/Ecosystem Resource ManagementData Types (Allowed to select all that apply)

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

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Habitat Types(Allowed to select all that apply)

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

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Genetic Data Types(Allowed to select all that apply)

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Sequence Other Bar codes None Annotation

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Digital LibraryTypes(Allowed to select all that apply)

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Secondary Services(eg indexing and

abstracting)

Other Original literature Biodiversity Policyand Legal

Documents

None

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Web Services Data/Information Types(Allowed to select all that apply)

0

5

10

15

20

25

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Web Services Applications/Tools(Allowed to select all that apply)

0

5

10

15

20

25Apps/Tools

Open source

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Developer and Service Provider of Infrastructure

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5

10

15

20

25

30

YES NO No answer

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Developer or Provider of Data or MetadataStandards and Protocol Developments

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

YES NO No answer

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Types of Biodiversity Informatics Tools(Allowed to select all that apply)

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

Visualization Analytical Other Modeling

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Provide Website(s)/Portal(s)

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10

15

20

25

30

Info from multiple sites Own information only

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Target Users for Products and Services(Allowed to select all that apply)

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15

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30

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Availability of Products/Services

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Free Fee-based Otherwise restricted

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Organizations providinglogistical supportOrganizations providinglogistical support

How?How?

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25

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YES NO No answer

y Support

Financial Policy

Logistical

y Technology Tools

Infrastructure Standards

y Training

y Networking/Collaboration

Logistical Support for Biodiversity Research

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Yes/No?Yes/No? What restrictions/how?What restrictions/how?

y Must follow policies set

by individual countriesy Organizations may

have member groupsinvolved in permitting

but not participatethemselves

Assist with Research Permitting?

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10

15

20

25

30

35

NO YES No answer

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Key Scientific Questions

Part II

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What are the top three scientific questions that need to be addressed inorder to characterize the dimensions of biodiversity?

y What species exist?

y How many species exist?

y How are species to be defined?

Taxonomic classification disputes Relevant units of biological diversity (macro vs. micro)

y What are the influences of phylogeny and genetics tospecies diversity/evolution? What role does the environment play?

y Where are the species? Biogeography

Range, depth, and elevation

Landscape, habitat, etc.

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CONTINUED [] questions that need to be addressed in order tocharacterize the dimensions of biodiversity?

y What changes are taking place with biodiversity?

Threats

Areas most at-risk

Loss of ecosystem services

y How can we predict, model, measure, or characterizethe ecological processes of biodiversity in order to:

Assess impacts of anthropogenic or climatic changes

Create key mitigation/conservation/management plans

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CONTINUED [] questions that need to be addressed inorder to characterize the dimensions of biodiversity?

y Human aspect

Anthropogenic influence/disturbance

Livestock-agroecosystem interactions

International cooperation

y What do we already know?

y Technology

Normalizing information for synthesis and analysis

Digitization

User interfaces Development of composite indicators

y What is our baseline?

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What are the top three scientific questions that should guide ourexploration of the Earths unknown dimensions of biodiversity?

y What dont we know? Undiscovered species, critical thresholds, ocean exploration, etc.

y What are the trends and how can we predict thefuture? Impacts of climate change, invasions, adaptation, land-use, etc.

y What are the functions and services of ecosystems? How does society depend upon these?

How do these affect decision-making?

y What are the spatial, temporal, genetic, andphenotypic patterns of diversity? How are these defined and scaled?

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In what fields of biodiversity science will additional funding be mostlikely to achieve breakthroughs in understanding of biodiversity?

y Informatics

y Genomics

y Field work

y Modeling

y Data intensive analysis

Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)

ohn

. Mosesso /life.nbii.gov

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Gap Analysis

Part III

Glass sponge (Euplectella sp.); Randolph Femmer /life.nbii.gov

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What are the three largest barriers to success inaccomplishing your organizational mission?

y Data integration, sharing and access Lack of infrastructure Incompatibilities of data

y Willingness to share Turf sensitivity Individual competition Publication first Needs for proper attribution

y Lack of manpower and expertise

Taxonomists Field biologists Staff

y Lack of financial resources Erratic short-term funding

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What are the three largest unmet needs in providing informationand support related to biodiversity research globally?

y Access and sharing of data

y Integration of biodiversity data with other data and

toolsy Biodiversity indicators for general public as well as

decision-makers

y Use and development of advanced web-technologies

and toolsy Metadata

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Capacity Exist?Capacity Exist? Unmet NeedsUnmet Needs

y Majority of responders

said Noy Afew said yes

y Others werent quitesure

y Assessing the capacity ofdeveloping countries

y More people Taxonomists

Biodiversity informaticians

Curators

y Support Policies

Funding

Public

Is current capacity (including human resources) sufficient tosupport a major new research effort on Dimensions of Biodiversity?

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GapsGaps How to fill gapsHow to fill gaps

y Limited or no access todata, information, specimens

, etc. Need digital conversion Barriers (e.g. bandwidth, trust)

y Need for Biobanks orresearch/data centers

Capacity development, managecollections, datamining, taxonomic research, etc.

y Lack of training for: Biologists in modeling, spatial

statistics, etc. Young researchers

y Increase bioinformatics andcyberinfrastructure Data integration Data digitization

y Creation of data centers Supportive services Outreach to developing countries

y Increase in funding Build a business model Approach non-traditional funding

y Education Policy & decision-

makers, classroom, informal, media,etc.

What are the top three major gaps in the supportinfrastructure for biodiversity science?

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Terri KillefferInformation International Associates, Inc.Oak Ridge, Tennessee [email protected]

Awritten report

of the workshopincluding thepre-workshopquestionnaire

summary will becirculated toattendees forreview. The finalreport should be

available on theWorkshop WebSite in early2010.

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