1. Global Register of Migratory Species
Das Weltregister wandernder Tierarten - GROMS
Global Register of Migratory Species
Database for Migratory Species: species, 5600 references, 1,100 GIS-maps
Personel: Dr. Klaus Riede, Eva Heuel, Birgit Gerkmann
Institutions: Bonn Convention Secretariat & Alexander Koenig Research Institute and Museum of Zoology, Bonn
Funding:
, Bundesamt für Naturschutz mit Mitteln des Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit, Bonn Convention Secretariat

2. Products Geo-Database on CD-ROM 2 Books:
New Perspectives for Monitoring Migratory Animals
Global Register of Migratory Species
Workshops: 3 Workshops, incl. Capacity building (COP7)
WWW publication:

3. Main results
Identification of migratory species: bats, terrestrial mammals, seals, sirenia, whales and dolphins, birds, turtles, fishes
Threat assessment (IUCN Red List 2000): species not listed by CMS, but threatened!
GIS „calculation“ of range states
GIS analysis of global migrant diversity

4. JAVA map server (stand alone)
Web products 1 (6)
JAVA map server (stand alone)

5. Map server based on Open GIS - Open source
Web products 2 (6)
Map server based on Open GIS - Open source
Web-based linking of Geodata from different sources
In cooperation with GEO-informatics, Uni Bonn.
Freeware for any related project

6. Web products 3 (6)
Animation tool

7. Web products 4 (6)
Fully searchable Web version of GROMS
(php, mySQL)

8. Web products 5 (6) Species fact sheets, focussing on migration,
including maps (static html)

9. Web products 6 (6) Email discussion list (appr. 300 members)

10. GROMS Hyperlinks to illustrated websites
and species fact sheets (also on CD)

11. GIS calculation of range territories

12. Database import: 544 mapped species - 2. 522 administrative units 141
Database import: 544 mapped species administrative units combinations

14. GIS analysis of global migrant diversity (540 mammals and birds)

15. Threat analysis using Red List 2000

16. Proposing threatened migrants for listing by CMS

17. Main Results
A transparent system to calculate Range States based on GIS maps
Parallel administration of Geographic information from various sources (IUCN; Literature etc): Discrepancies become visible
(Knowledge) gap analysis through Text Mining (mainly citations about migration)
A suite of map tools allowing GIS analysis, animated display of flyways etc

18. Summary
Any information system dealing with migratory species has to cover:
- movements of migrants, requiring a GIS with time-code,
- a higher taxonomic resolution at subspecies and/or population level.
At present, none of the major databases covers these aspects.
GROMS is unique because it has developed a data model covering these aspects.
However, it is evident that for a complete, adequate coverage of all migratory species more input will be necessary, which only can be provided in cooperation with species specialist groups and experts.

19. Perspectives: cooperations
GROMS: an all-in-one database developing towards a distributed system (CORBA)
BCIS: Biodiversity Conservation Information System
GBIF: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (incl. Species 2000, Museum data)
GIS functionality: compatibility with the OpenGIS® Abstract Specification