Biodiversity Data Sample Clauses

Biodiversity Data. Primary data on specimens, observations, names, taxonomic concepts, and sites, and other data on biological diversity.

Biodiversity Data. In the context of this MoU, biodiversity data refers to scientific data, primarily about biological species and specimens or observations of individual organisms. At the species level, such data would include the scientific names of the species and all of its synonyms; the common name(s) of the species; and other information about the species, such as a description of the species, its physiological properties, its genetics, its geographic distribution, its phylogenetic relationships, its role in the dynamics of ecosystem processes including cases of invasions, its applications, etc. Specimen-level data including samples for molecular analysis, would include the scientific name of the species to which the specimen belongs; information on where, when and by whom the specimen was collected; where the specimen is currently located; who identified it; the specimen number; and other associated information derived from the specimen (e.g., living culture, frozen tissues, photographs, parasites, hosts) and any other related field notes written by the collector of the specimen.