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The Neotoma Paleoecology Database, a multiproxy, international, community-curated data resource
Quaternary research, v 89(1), pp 156-177
01 Jan 2018
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Abstract
The Neotoma Paleoecology Database is a community-curated data resource that supports interdisciplinary global change research by enabling broad-scale studies of taxon and community diversity, distributions, and dynamics during the large environmental changes of the past. By consolidating many kinds of data into a common repository, Neotoma lowers costs of paleodata management, makes paleoecological data openly available, and offers a high-quality, curated resource. Neotoma's distributed scientific governance model is flexible and scalable, with many open pathways for participation by new members, data contributors, stewards, and research communities. The Neotoma data model supports, or can be extended to support, any kind of paleoecological or paleoenvironmental data from sedimentary archives. Data additions to Neotoma are growing and now include >3.8 million observations, >17,000 datasets, and >9200 sites. Dataset types currently include fossil pollen, vertebrates, diatoms, ostracodes, macroinvertebrates, plant macrofossils, insects, testate amoebae, geochronological data, and the recently added organic biomarkers, stable isotopes, and specimen-level data. Multiple avenues exist to obtain Neotoma data, including the Explorer map-based interface, an application programming interface, the neotoma R package, and digital object identifiers. As the volume and variety of scientific data grow, community-curated data resources such as Neotoma have become foundational infrastructure for big data science.
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- Title
- The Neotoma Paleoecology Database, a multiproxy, international, community-curated data resource
- Creators
- John W. Williams - University of Wisconsin–MadisonEric C. Grimm - University of MinnesotaJessica L. Blois - University of California, MercedDonald F. Charles - Drexel UniversityEdward B. Davis - University of OregonSimon J. Goring - University of Wisconsin–MadisonRussell W. Graham - Pennsylvania State UniversityAlison J. Smith - Kent State UniversityMichael Anderson - University of SplitJoaquin Arroyo-Cabrales - National Institute of Anthropology and HistoryAllan C. Ashworth - North Dakota State UniversityJulio L. Betancourt - United States Geological SurveyBrian W. Bills - Pennsylvania State UniversityRobert K. Booth - Lehigh UniversityPhilip I. Buckland - Umeå UniversityB. Brandon Curry - University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignThomas Giesecke - University of GöttingenStephen T. Jackson - United States Geological SurveyClaudio Latorre - University of ChileJonathan Nichols - Columbia UniversityTimshel Purdum - University of Wisconsin–MadisonRobert E. Roth - University of Wisconsin–MadisonMichael Stryker - United States Geological SurveyHikaru Takahara - Kyoto Prefectural University
- Publication Details
- Quaternary research, v 89(1), pp 156-177
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 22
- Grant note
- 0948652; 0947459; 1550707; 1550717; 1550805; 1550728; 1550716; 1550700; 1550890; 1550721; 1550755 / NSF Geoinformatics program 1541002; 1540994; 1541015; 1540979; 1540977 / NSF EarthCube program; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) 1550805 / Division Of Earth Sciences; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) 1550728 / Directorate For Geosciences; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000425965700012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85041680499
- Other Identifier
- 991019357777704721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Geography, Physical
- Geosciences, Multidisciplinary