How do we quantify biodiversity? All the evidence in one place.
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- Queen's University Belfast
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- Received 05 June 2009 11:11 UTC; Posted 08 June 2009
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- Ecology, Bioinformatics
- Abstract:
Biodiversity is a multi-dimensional concept that is represented by a large variety of measures. This complexity and lack of consistency limits the development of a coherent scientific understanding of biodiversity and how properties, such as ecosystem services, may depend on it. Here, I demonstrate that the formal discipline of creating a relational database (RDB) for information about biodiversity and its measures, is a useful tool in organising such knowledge into coherent sense. Following steps of the logical database design and data normalization to build a RDB, results in a formal definition of biodiversity within a well defined concept structure; mapping rules between the concepts of biodiversity and entities of RDB and a consistent information structure – all in one place. I show how this is then used to support evidence-based objective statements about biodiversity.
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- E-Biosphere conference, London, UK, 01 June 2009
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Lyashevska, Olga. How do we quantify biodiversity? All the evidence in one place.. Available from Nature Precedings <http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npre.2009.3327.1> (2009)
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