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Ulf GärdenforsSwedish Species Information Centre

(ArtDatabanken)

Swedish LifeWatch –an e-infrastructure for biodiversity research

A consortium of universities and governmental organisations

Coordinated by the Swedish Species Information Centre (ArtDatabanken),

funded by the Research Council (VR) and partners

A biodiversity informatics infrastructureProvides free access to• 67M species observations of 35,000 species from 15 databases,

with unambiguous taxonomy and geographic locations• environmental and climatic data• classified traits• tools and services adapted to Swedish needs and requirements

Swedish taxonomic database

• Complete (60,000 species)• Taxon concept database with GUIDs• Keeps track of taxonomic changes• Matches TaxonId to other databases

www.dyntaxa.se

The Analysis Portal www.analysisportal.se• One entry to all data – species and

environmental• Tools for assembling and analysing

data sets• Visualisation

(maps, diagrams, grid cells, time series)• GIS layers & maps• Metadata• Support & manuals• Download data

Assemble datasetbased on yourselection

Species benefitting from forest fire: Number of observations

Climate data layers from SMHI GeoServer

www.korseby.netTime of first autumn frost

County administrations handling system

More LifeWatch tools

Illustration: Jan-Åke Winqvist

Thank you

www.swedishlifewatch.se