1. BioGIS: A Web-Based Environment for Analyzing, Modelling and Visualizing Biodiversity Data Ronen Kadmon The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2. Expectations from an ‘Ideal’ Biodiversity Information System Integration of data on different systematic groups Integration of heterogeneous databases Integration of data on different kinds of objects (species, specimens, geographical localities…) Efficient tools for data analysis, modelling and visualization Accessibility through the Internet User-friendly interface

3. The Diversity of Biodiversity Data (Examples from the VI ICSEB conference on “Biodiversity in the information age”) Ecosystems Conservation Morphometrics Biogeography Collections Life history strategies Genes Genetics Global change Butterflies Morphology PhylogenyEcology Taxonomy Species

4. Objects of Biodiversity Data Taxonomic objects (species, genera..) ‘Unit-level’ objects (specimens, observations) Geographical objects (sites, regions, grid cells..) (for plant species: life form, flower color, conservation status..) (collector name, collection date, stage, sex, age, length..) (rainfall, temperature, elevation, soil, land-use, nature reserves..)

5. Taxonomical links (species names) Geographical links (geographic coordinates) GIS LAYERS UNIT-LEVEL DATA SPECIES-LEVEL DATA DATABASE 1 DATABASE 2 DATABASE 3 DATABASE 1 DATABASE 2 SYST. GROUP 1 SYST. GROUP 2

6. Point data Grid-based data Text description Data Structure of BioGIS (continued) Spatial representation of species records: Polygons GIS APPLICATION

35. Analytical tools under development: 1000200030004000 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Distance from road [m] Frequency Random points Real observations Evaluation of bias in data collection Plant observations

36. Analytical tools under development: Analysis and visualization of biodiversity patterns NorthSouth Species composition Species richness

37. Adding BioGIS functionality to the ENBI WRAPPER ENBI Query Server GIS Browser UIBioGIS Server Local server GIS plug-in spatial filter

38. www.biogis.huji.ac.il BioGIS BioGIS is aimed at helping preserve the biodiversity of Israel, where the meeting of Mediterranean and desert climates has resulted in an unusually rich flora and…

39. Acknowledgements Software team Aaron Beller Adi Ben-Nun Andre E. Baryudin Elena Philipenko Maryna Lyan Stanislav Perkin Gila Cohen Graduate students Oren Farber Ana Trachtenbrot Ofer Steinitz Asaf Tsoar Dotan Roitemberg Data providers Avinoam Danin The national herbarium The HUJI natural history collections The TAU natural history collections The Nature & Parks Authority The Society for Protection of Nature Graphic design David Rashty Yaniv Michaeli Elanit Gotliv Michal Cogan-Kevi Batshi Kochi