Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: The SPI-Birds data hub

Culina A., Adriaensen F., Bailey L. D., Burgess M. D., Charmantier A., Cole E. F., ...More

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, vol.90, no.9, pp.2147-2160, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 90 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/1365-2656.13388
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Periodicals Index Online, Animal Behavior Abstracts, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Artic & Antarctic Regions, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Environment Index, Geobase, Greenfile, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.2147-2160
  • Keywords: birds, data standards, database, FAIR data, long&#8208, term studies, meta&#8208, data standards, research network, CLIMATE-CHANGE, CLUTCH-SIZE, GREAT TITS, SELECTION, POPULATIONS, PERSONALITY, EVOLUTION, RESPONSES, ALTER
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The integration and synthesis of the data in different areas of science is drastically slowed and hindered by a lack of standards and networking programmes. Long-term studies of individually marked animals are not an exception. These studies are especially important as instrumental for understanding evolutionary and ecological processes in the wild. Furthermore, their number and global distribution provides a unique opportunity to assess the generality of patterns and to address broad-scale global issues (e.g. climate change).