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Partners > Data Cooperators The information in NatureServe's central databases builds upon many sources, including information developed over many years by biologists from U.S. natural heritage programs and Canadian conservation data centres, and by staff of The Nature Conservancy and NatureServe. We are profoundly grateful for their hard work and dedication to the task of understanding and documenting our natural heritage. The efforts of these programs, in turn, rely on collaboration with and contributions of data from scientists at universities, conservation organizations, natural history museums, botanical gardens, and state and federal agencies. We thank these collaborators for their contributions to this effort, and for their work to discover, describe, and protect the diversity of life on earth. Our key source for distribution information for vascular plants, especially for more common species, is Synthesis of the North American Flora, produced by John Kartesz of the North Carolina Botanical Garden and the Biota of North America program. Distribution data for animals is derived from many sources, primarily the scientific literature, websites, experts, and information from local data centers. Many of the same sources used for taxonomy and nomenclature are consulted for distribution information. In turn, much of the published information is based on museum specimen records and, especially for birds, documented observational records. For detailed descriptions of data sources, please see Data Sources and Data Management within NatureServe Explorer, our online database, as well as the specific sources listed in individual NatureServe Explorer records. |
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