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  1. Support article: What data quality checks does the ALA do?

    When data is uploaded into the ALA: georeferences are checked, i.e. to ensure that the latitude and longitude have not been transposed etc the current species name is determined and allocated to the record completeness of the record is assessed. Results of these checks are published in the ALA and full details of any changes made are viewed by clicking on the Compare 'original vs processed’ values button on the occurrence record page; see next image...

  2. Support article: Where could the Greater Glider be?

    Ecologists, field naturalists and all sorts of people might ask such a question. The greater glider, Petauroides volans (Kerr, 1792), is Australia's largest glider, an arboreal marsupial that feeds on Eucalyptus leaves at night and shelters in tree hollows during the day. We have records of where it has been observed, but where else might it be? Species distribution models are often used to answer such questions...

  3. Support article: Classification case study

    Landscape classification using the Atlas of Living Australia Author: Professor Brendan Mackey, The Fenner School of Environment and Society. The Australian National University Prof Brendan Mackey, The Australian National University Introduction Our capacity to analyse space and time patterns in biological, ecological and environmental phenomena was transformed in the 1980’s by Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing and computer-based environmental modelling...

  4. Support article: Taxonomy in the ALA

    Jump to section: Why does the ALA need a taxonomic backbone? How does the taxonomic backbone work in the ALA? 1. Combine taxonomy data from multiple authoritative sources 2. Build an index of names and classify them into a tree 3. Match incoming records to names in the index 3.1 Occurrence records 3.2 Species Lists 3.3 Species Search API Useful Examples 1. Resolving names from different authorities 2. Resolving an unrecognised name using a higher match 3...

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