Ecodata

Curated list of online data bases relevant for ecological analyses and programmatic interface to access them. Inspired by awesome-research.

Table Of Content

• Distribution
• Ecological interactions
• Taxonomy
• Genetic
• Legislation
• Articles
• Journals

Species Distribution

• GBIF 🗺️ :plant: :plant:

  • Python Client
  • Julia Client
  • R Client (+ tutotial)
  • Ruby client
  • Web API: RESTful

• BIEN: Geo-referenced plant observations from herbarium, plot, and trait records.

  • R Client

• ebird

  • R Client
  • Python Client

Ecological interactions

• Globi

  • Rclient

• Mangal

  • Web API: RESTful
  • Julia Client
  • R client

Taxonomy

• ITIS: Authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes worldwide.
  • REST API
  • R client

Genetic

• BOLD

  • R client

• GenBank

  • R client (also ape read.GenBank)

Species information

• Fishbase
  • R client

Legislation

• CITES

  • citesdb

• Species+/CITES

  • R Client

• IUCN red list

  • web API
  • R Client

Articles

• iEcology: Harnessing Large Online Resources to Generate Ecological Insights
• Ecological sharing: details
• From ecological records to big data: the invention of global biodiversity

Journals

• Biodiversity Data Journal