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GBIF check presence at species-level not robust #38

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slambrechts opened this issue Dec 3, 2024 · 0 comments
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GBIF check presence at species-level not robust #38

slambrechts opened this issue Dec 3, 2024 · 0 comments
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species Not present according to GBIF in Europe seems to contain false positives that actually have been detected in Europe before

Example

Schoenitemnus minutus

If you check GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/search?q=Schoenitemnus%20minutus), it seems that the species name is not in the GBIF database (species is empty). However when you check the occurences, there are many Human observation occurrences from Europe

in this case this is due to Taxon match higherrank

The record can be matched to the GBIF taxonomic backbone at a higher rank, but not with the scientific name given. Reasons include: The name is new, and not available in the taxonomic datasets yet. The name is missing in the backbone's taxonomic sources for others reasons.

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  • Can the source/r/check_presence.R be edited to search based on GBIF occurrences, with the added criteria of Basis of record which needs to be Human Observation or Machine Observation?
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