[Taxacom] problems with GBIF

[Jim Croft]

One of my favourite sites for basic information on taxa is a
herbarium, but I would not bet the farm on its data.

And that is why we have taxonomy.

jim

On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Michael Heads<michael.heads at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Two of my favourite sites for basic information on taxa are wikipedia and GBIF, but I wouldn't bet the farm on their data. Compare the GBIF map of the plant family Papilionaceae s.lat. (aka Fabaceae), ranging north exactly to the US/Canada border:
>
> http://data.gbif.org/species/13146161/
>
> with the butterfly family Papilionidae, ranging south to exactly the same border (and west to Alaska):
>
> http://data.gbif.org/species/13143363/
>
> Interesting vicariance! Must be climatic...
> If the 'developed' countries can't get their act together, what about the places where all the biodiversity is?
>
> Michael Heads
>
> Wellington, New Zealand.
>
> My papers on biogeography are at: http://tiny.cc/RiUE0
>
>
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