Edaphobase 2.0: Advanced International Data Warehouse for Collating and Using Soil Biodiversity Datasets
Abstract
Soil and soil-biodiversity protection are increasingly important issues in environmental science and policies, requiring the availability of high-quality empirical data on soil biodiversity. Here we present a publicly available data warehouse for the soil-biodiversity domain, Edaphobase 2.0, which provides a comprehensive toolset for storing and re-using international soil-biodiversity data sets, following the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles. A major strength is the possibility of annotating biodiversity data with exhaustive geographical, environmental and methodological metadata, allowing a wide range of applications and analyses. The system harmonises and integrates heterogeneous data from diverse sources into standardised formats, which can be searched together using numerous filter possibilities, and offers data exploration and analysis tools. Edaphobase features a strict data transparency policy, comprehensive quality control, and DOIs can be provided for individual data sets. The database currently contains >450,000 data records from >35,0000 sites and is accessed nearly 14,000 times/year. The data curated by Edaphobase 2.0 can greatly aid researchers, conservationists and decision makers in understanding and protecting soil biodiversity.
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David J. Russell corresponding
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University of Vigo
University of Vigo, E.U. de Enx. Técn. Industrial., Vigo, E-36200, Spain
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University of Catania
University of Catania, Monastero dei Benedettini, Piazza dante 32, 95124 Catania, 95124, Italy
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University of Montpellier
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Romanian Academy - Romanian Academy
Romanian Academy - Romanian Academy, Calea 13 Septembrie, nr. 13, Bucharest, 050718, Romania
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University of Osijek
University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
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Institut Agro - Montpellier
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Queen Mary University of London · University College London · London Business School
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London Business School - Centre for Hedge Fund Research and Education
QMU London
QMU London, Mile End Road, London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
University College London - Institute of Finance and Technology, London, United Kingdom
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University of Catania
University of Catania, Monastero dei Benedettini, Piazza dante 32, 95124 Catania, 95124, Italy
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Ilia State University
Ilia State University, Kakutsa Cholokashvili Ave 3/5, Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia
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Marjetka Suhadolc Aachen
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RWTH Aachen University
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University College Dublin
University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin
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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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Aarhus University
Aarhus University, Nordre Ringgade 1, DK-8000 Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark
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Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz
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Senckenberg Museum of Natural History, Görlitz, Germany
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German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
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German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, 04103, Germany
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