Robert P. Guralnick

TL;DR: Here, the minimum information about a genome sequence (MIGS) specification is introduced with the intent of promoting participation in its development and discussing the resources that will be required to develop improved mechanisms of metadata capture and exchange.

TL;DR: This paper describes the evolution and development of Darwin Core, a data standard for publishing and integrating biodiversity information, focusing on the categories of terms that define the standard, differences between simple and relational DarwinCore, how the standard has been implemented and the community processes that are essential for maintenance and growth of the standard.

TL;DR: To establish a unified standard for describing sequence data and to provide a single point of entry for the scientific community to access and learn about GSC checklists, the minimum information about any (x) sequence is presented (MIxS).

TL;DR: Comparing ENM-based reconstructions of LGM refugial locations with those resulting from the more traditional molecular genetic and phylogeographic predictions confirms that ENM scenario exploration can provide a useful complement to molecular studies, offering a less subjective, spatially explicit hypothesis of past geographic patterns of distribution.

TL;DR: A conceptual and cyber-infrastructure framework for refining species distributional knowledge that is novel in its ability to mobilize and integrate diverse types of data such that their collective strengths overcome individual weaknesses is proposed.