Data

A list of data sources and software for data acquisition

Software

• EcoData Retriever
  • R package
• rOpenSci
  • GitHub
    • FedData

Data aggregations

• Ecological Data Wiki -R package
• DataOne
• Geospatial Innovation Facility
• Ecology Data Papers
• Natureserve
• The Global Population Dynamics Database
• Long-Term Ecological Research
• National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
• Kaggle
• List of free big data links
• WorldClim Climate Data
  • biological relevant climate variales (BioClim)
• Climatic Research Unit
• Paleoclimatology
• Paleoenviornment -R package
• NOAA Tide and Currents Data
  • good source for sea level rise data in the US.

Single data source

Multi-taxon

• GBIF
  • R package
  • Note: Dan has cleaner scripts for this resource

Arthropods

• Caterpillars Count
  • Data Exploration

Birds

• Breeding Bird Survey
• eBird
  • R package
• Global phylogeny of birds
• Birds of North America
• FAA bird strikes
  • FAA 1990-2015 all state data dump

Plants

• North American Plants
• North American Tree range maps
• Global Forest Watch
• Centre du Quebec Forest Plots
• OpenNahele: the open Hawaiian forest plot database

Fish

• Global Fishing Pressue
• Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program

Human health

• Influenza Research Database
• Vaccine-Preventable Outbreaks
• Center for Disease Control
• Human microbiome - Easy to access but large size.

Human behavior

• Religion in the US
  • related blog post