1. The IABIN Pollinators Thematic Network 5 th Council Meeting of IABIN Punta del Este, Uruguay May 9, 2007 Michael Ruggiero, Laurie Adams, and Antonio Saraiva

2. About Pollinators > 80% of flowering plants are pollinated by animals. > 1/3 of the world's major food crops. $200 Billon annually in value for global agriculture. 10,000 bee, 500 bat, and 300 hummingbird species in the Americas There is growing evidence that pollinators are declining in the Americas and globally.

3. Kinds of Pollinators INSECTS Bees Beetles Butterflies Crickets Flies Midges Mosquitoes Moths Wasps REPTILES Geckos Skinks Anoles Lacertidae Tegus and Whiptails BIRDS Hummingbirds Sunbirds Honeyeaters Sugarbirds Flowerpeckers White-winged Doves MAMMALS Bats Opossums and Marsupials Monkeys and Lemurs Rodents

4. PTN Vision A Pollinators Thematic Network for the Americas which will facilitate integration of information about pollinators in an efficient retrieval system

5. PTN Goal To develop a network of linked and integrated databases among major data sources and IABIN members that share critical content through a common set of data standards and exchange protocols

6. PTN System Content Scientific and common names Experts Specimens and observations Pollinator-plant associations Literature

7. PTN Data Standards Use existing standards Seek interoperability

8. PTN Activities and Work Plan

9. PTN Activities Activities began in Jul ‘06 Joint IABIN/GBIF Workshop in Dec ‘06 Communication –Periodic Conference Calls of Management Team –PTN Public Website (pollinators.iabin.net) in Nov ‘06 –Portal (pollinators.incubadora.fapesp.br) in Jan ‘07pollinators.incubadora.fapesp.br

10. Joint IABIN/GBIF Workshop More than 35 Experts on Pollinators and IT from the Americas and from GBIF and FAO

11. PTN Group Portal pollinators.incubadora.fapesp.br

12. pollinators.iabin.net

13. PTN Work Plan Information needs assessment Partnerships Coordination Network architecture and standards Gap analysis of content

14. Information Needs Assessment INFORMATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT

15. Respondents Interest or Experience

16. Geographic Expertise

17. Most Desired Content

18. Information Most Needed (Issues)

19. PARTNERSHIPS North American Pollinator Protection Campaign Brazilian Pollinator Initiative GBIF IPI: CBD & FAO

20. COORDINATION

21. IABINGBIF Goal Electronic pollinator information network for the AmericasFacilitate availability of primary taxonomic content data for world’s pollinators and provide to global Pollinator Information Management System Scope Western HemisphereWorld Primary Content New World checklists of bees, hummingbirds, bats, and other important pollinating species  Specimens in major collections  Pollinator experts  Pollinator-plant associations  Literature on pollinators  Other data as available (e.g., geographic, genetic) Global checklists of bees, hummingbirds, bats, and other important pollinating species  Specimen and observation data from major collections and monitoring programs Uses of Data Scientists, resource managers, policy makers, students, farmers, public, others Currently Available Data Complete checklists for New World bees (draft), hummingbirds, and bats (ca. 10,000 valid names)  > 500, 000 specimen records readily available for internet access  Draft list of more than 150 pollinator experts  Plant pollinator association data available in several databases  Literature citations available in several data bases (also through UBIO RSS feed) Complete checklists for world bees (draft), hummingbirds, and bats (ca. 20,000 valid names)  > 500, 000 specimen records readily available for internet access Location of Data Checklists in ITIS, Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, and GBIF ECAT; and personal databases  Specimens in Western Hemisphere and European collections Experts, plant-pollinator data, literature in personal lists and on Internet Checklists in ITIS, Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, and GBIF ECAT; and personal databases  Specimens in Western Hemisphere, European, Asian, Australian, and African collections Future Data Needs Images, genetics, environmental, pollinator parasites Resources IABIN: 180K (06-08); IABIN content: 240K (07-08); U.S., Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Colombia governments; Bilateral agreements GBIF Campaign (potential): 175K Euro (07); European Commission Framework (?); GBIF Participants (?); FAO (?) Partnerships NGO’s, Industry, Institutions, etc.,

22. PTN ARCHITECTURE AND STANDARDS

23. PTN Architecture and Protocols

24. Experts Directory Adopt solution of NBII/I3N –PHP code / MySQL (local PTN database). Consider also compatibility with –TRED – Taxonomic Resources Expertise Directory –PCDL – Pollinator Conservation Digital Library (NAPPC)

25. Specimens in Major Collections Distributed architecture –Data owner = data provider –If necessary: PTN may host data Not on a permanent basis Build local capacity to host data in the future Regional servers / IABIN server

26. Specimens in Major Collections Data providers (potential) –speciesLink-enabled collections –GBIF data providers –PTN Partners: RFP on digitization –Data acquisition tool Encourage use of existing tools speciesLink approach: CMS+wrapper Avoid duplicates (data “served” twice)

27. PTN Portal Portal –Customize GBIF solution: new version available –Collaboration with SSTN/InBIO who uses same tools

28. Plant-pollinator Relationships Strategy –The data can be retrieved from existing systems. Webbee, others …

29. Data Schema for Plant-pollinator Relationships Usual schemas are not adequate Direction: –Extension of an existing schema (DwC) –Suggest additional fields for Plinian Core –Beta-version (July ‘07)

30. PTN USE CASES

31. PTN Use Cases Basic Use Cases for beta-version: –Identification of individual specimens –Construct species list for a specific region –Search for information on the animal pollinators of a specific plant –Search for information on pollinator experts

32. PTN Use Cases Other Use Cases (based on survey results): –Predictive modeling of pollinator distributions –Indicators and monitoring –Information about abundance (species richness and rarity) –Get full searchable text of original literature –Plant and crop distributions and associated economic value –Access Pollinator management techniques –List of dangers or threats to pollinators –Retrieve data from Weblabs

33. PTN Integration with Others

34. IABIN Thematic Networks Integration: Species and Specimens: Digir-Tapir/DwC/PlC Relationships: depends on a common schema Experts: IABIN Bibliography: none

35. Other Initiatives Integration with GBIF: Species and Specimens: Digir-Tapir/DwC/PlC –Ex. Species link SpeciesLink Pollinator data from Brazil through PTN Support from GBIF

36. GAP ANALYSIS OF CONTENT

37. Scientific and Common Names 10,000 bees –5,000 completed 500 hummingbirds –Complete 300 bats –Complete

38. Experts > 100 identified

39. Specimen Records 82 Major collections of bee specimens for the Americas –32 in South America –30 in North America –2 in Central America –18 in Europe 2.8 Million bee specimens in the Americas –0.8 Million databased –2.0 Million not databased

40. Just Starting Pollinator-plant associations Literature

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