Atlas of Living Australia
Available in | English |
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URL | www |
Commercial | No |
Launched | October 2010 |
Current status | Active |
The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) is an online repository of information about Australian plants, animals,[1] and fungi.[2][3] Development started in 2006.[4] The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an organisation significantly involved in the development of the ALA.[5] The Atlas of Living Australia is the Australian node of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.[5] The ALA is being used to help assess suitability of revegetation projects by determining species vulnerability to climatic and atmospheric change.[6]
The Atlas of Living Australia is hosted by CSIRO and supported by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.[7]
See also
References
- News Limited. 8 December 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ^ May, Tom W. (2011). "An overview of the fungi of Melbourne". Victorian Naturalist. 128 (5, sp. iss. S1): 183–197.
- PMID 33935559.
- ^ Foden, Blake (6 June 2018). "Internationally respected Canberra scientist killed in head-on crash". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. 20 September 2010. Archived from the originalon 21 January 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
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- ^ Atlas of Living Australia: About Us. Retrieved 08 January 2024.
External links
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- Belbin, L.; Williams, K.J. (2015). "Towards a national bio-environmental data facility: experiences from the Atlas of Living Australia". International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 30 (1): 108–125. S2CID 12847147.