institutions: Global Locations of Biodiversity Institutions

In ropensci/CoordinateCleaner: Automated Cleaning of Occurrence Records from Biological Collections

Global Locations of Biodiversity Institutions

Description

A global gazetteer for biodiversity institutions from various sources, including zoos, museums, botanical gardens, GBIF contributors, herbaria, university collections.

Format

A data frame with 12170 observations on 12 variables.

Source

Compiled from various sources:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility https://www.gbif.org/

• Wikipedia https://www.wikipedia.org/

• Geonames https://www.geonames.org/

• The Global Registry of Biodiversity Repositories

• Index Herbariorum https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/

• Botanic Gardens Conservation International https://www.bgci.org/

Examples

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ropensci/CoordinateCleaner documentation built on June 15, 2025, 3:07 a.m.