Biodiversity Databases

With changes in technology and a renewed effort to catalog the world's biodiversity huge amounts of data are being generated on biodiversity issues. As response to the call for better information systems to manage the biodiversity crisis a wide range of solutions are being developed for inventorying managing and disseminating taxonomic data. This book brings together a diverse array of authors expertise and assessors that discuss technical developments to improve the construction population and dissemination of biodiversity information. It is designed to inform students and researchers of biodiversity about the changes and challenges that need to be understood by everyone in this information age.