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GBIF

Country Report

Global Biodiversity
Information Facility

12-month report
ending 31 December 2015

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

This report provides a series of summary charts, statistics and other details about the mobilization and use of open-access
species data through the GBIF network at global and national scales. These metrics represent change over the past 12
months, unless otherwise noted. Taken together, the elements of this report can help guide and measure progress toward the
information needs for national and international commitments on biodiversity and sustainable development.

> Access and usage

Researchers from

Bolivia, Plurinational
State of
contributed to

peer-reviewed articles citing GBIF use

during this reporting period
and a total of

articles since 2008

Figure 1. Number of peer-reviewed publications citing use of

global GBIF-mediated data

> Data availability in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Animalia

Plantae

348,816

Fungi

431,642

3,594

occurrences

occurrences

occurrences

+ 19%

+ 23%

+ 339%

Protozoa

Bacteria

554

23

Virus

Chromista

18

Unknown

11,235

occurrences

+ 6%
Archaea

occurrences

occurrences

occurrences

occurrences

occurrences

+ 137%

+ 15%

0%

+ 50%

> Data mobilization

Institutions from

Bolivia, Plurinational
State of
published

new occurrence records

during this reporting period
for a total of

occurrence records

Figure 2. Number of records published by institutions

in Bolivia, Plurinational State of, categorized by kingdom

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Access and usage

Web traffic on GBIF.org from Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Rank

Bolivia, Plurinational
State of
accounted for

1,625

user sessions representing

City

No. of sessions

% of total traffic

Nuestra Senora de

375

0.03%

Santa Cruz de la

339

0.02%

Cochabamba

125

0.01%

0.11%
of all traffic on GBIF.org
during the reporting period
Table 1. Top five cities by number of sessions
in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

60
40
20
0

January 2015

April 2015

Figure 3. Number of sessions by week originating

in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Worldwide

National

National portal

1,479,774

1,625

Pages per session

4.05

3.97

Avg. session duration

4:16

4:15

Bounce rate

65.63

62.52

% of new sessions

66.34

69.05

User sessions

Table 2. Comparative view of web traffic for GBIF.org from users worldwide, from Bolivia, Plurinational State of
and to the countrys national portal (where available)

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Access and usage

Data downloads on GBIF.org from users in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Users from

Bolivia, Plurinational
State of
made

230

download requests representing

0.23%

of all downloads
during the reporting period

Figure 4. Number of occurrence records downloaded via GBIF.org

published by institutions in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Recent peer-reviewed articles using GBIF-mediated data

by co-authors based in Bolivia, Plurinational State of
The GBIF Secretariat maintains and reports on an ongoing literature tracking programme, giving priority to substantive uses
of GBIF-mediated data in peer-reviewed literature while identifying the countries of the authors institutional affiliations. The
citations below represent the five most recent journal articles with at least one co-author from this country.
Those interested in assisting the Secretariat in identifying additional peer-reviewed uses of GBIF-mediated data may forward
relevant citations to comms@gbif.org.
Cadena, Anaya & Croft (2015) Giant fossil tortoise and
freshwater chelid turtle remains from the middle Miocene,
Quebrada Honda, Bolivia: Evidence for lower paleoelevations
for the southern Altiplano Journal of South American Earth
Sciences. 64:190-198.

Pearanda & Simonetti (2015) Predicting and setting

conservation priorities for Bolivian mammals based on
biological correlates of the risk of decline Conservation
Biology.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12453

Cuyckens, Christie, Domic et al. (2015) Climate change and

Cadima, van Zonneveld, Scheldeman et al. (2014) Endemic wild
the distribution and conservation of the worlds highest
potato (Solanum spp.) biodiversity status in Bolivia: Reasons
elevation woodlands in the South American Altiplano Global and for conservation concerns Journal for Nature Conservation.
Planetary Change.
22(2):113-131.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.12.010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2013.09.007
Fernndez, Navarro, Apaza-Quevedo et al. (2015) Challenges
and opportunities for the Bolivian Biodiversity Observation
Network Biodiversity. 1-13.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2015.1068710

See all research from this country

http://www.gbif.org/country/BO/publications

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Data availability
Total data available & annual percentage change for selected taxonomic groups in Bolivia, Plurinational
State of
Mammals

Birds

Bony fish

47,543

206,679

14,593

Amphibians

13,567

occurrences

occurrences

occurrences

occurrences

+ 46%

+ 14%

+ 29%

+ 6%

Insects

Reptiles

51,978

Molluscs

7,232

2,636

occurrences

occurrences

occurrences

+ 19%

+ 11%

+ 19%

Arachnids

Gymnosperms

Flowering plants

1,053

Ferns

879

362,337

19,813

occurrences

occurrences

occurrences

occurrences

+ 63%

+ 17%

+ 25%

+ 17%

Mammals = class Mammalia

Birds = class Aves
Bony fish = superclass Osteichthyes
Amphibians = class Amphibia

Mosses

Sac fungi

26,428

2,340

Basidiomycota

1,231

occurrences

occurrences

occurrences

+ 37%

+ 231%

+ 1268%

Insects = class Insecta

Reptiles = class Reptilia
Molluscs = phylum Mollusca
Arachnids = class Arachnida

Flowering plants = phylum

Magnoliophyta
Gymnosperms = superclass
Gymnospermae

Ferns = phylum Pteridophyta

Mosses = phylum bryophyta
Sac fungi = phylum Ascomycota
Basidiomycota = phylum Basidiomycota

Change over time in records about biodiversity in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Figure 5. Occurrence records available about species occurring

in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

WHY MIGHT THE AMOUNT OF MOBILIZED DATA DECREASE?

Datasets are sometimes removed by publishers, but more
often decreases in the number of records are due to the
removal of duplicate records and datasets.

Figure 6. Species having occurrence records available

from Bolivia, Plurinational State of

SPECIES COUNTS represent the number of binomial

scientific names for which GBIF has received data records,
organized as far as possible using synonyms recorded in key
databases like the Catalogue of Life.

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Data availability
Change in taxonomic precision of records about biodiversity occurring in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Figure 7. Taxonomic precision of specimen records occurring

in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Figure 8. Taxonomic precision of observation records occurring

occurring in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

These charts illustrate changes in the number of available records which include an identification at least to the species rank. The
numbers of records identified to an infraspecific rank or to a genus are also shown.

Change in geographic precision of records about species occurring in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Figure 9. Geographic precision of specimen records occurring

in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Figure 10. Geographic precision of observation records occurring

in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

These charts illustrate changes in the number of available records which include coordinates for which no known issues have
been detected. For records without accepted valid coordinates, these charts also show the number of records for which the
country of occurrence is known.
See more trends in data about Bolivia, Plurinational State of
http://www.gbif.org/analytics/country/BO/about

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Data mobilization
Trends in biodiversity data published by national institutions in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Figure 11. Completeness of specimen records published by

institutions from Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Figure 12. Completeness of observation records published by

institutions from Bolivia, Plurinational State of

These charts illustrate changes over time in the number of records considered complete, here defined to include the following:
identification at least to species rank
full date of occurrence
valid coordinates
given basis of record (e.g. observation, specimen, etc.)
See more trends in data about Bolivia, Plurinational State of
http://www.gbif.org/analytics/country/BO/published

Most recent datasets from publishers in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

See all datasets

http://www.gbif.org/dataset/search?publishingCountry=BO

Newest publishers from Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Universidad Autnoma Gabriel Rene Moreno

See all publishers

http://www.gbif.org/country/BO/publishers

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Data mobilization

Data sharing with country of origin by national institutions in Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Bolivia, Plurinational
State of
publishes data from

countries, territories and islands,

including

0
0
occurrence datasets
occcurrences in

Figure 13. Data sharing with country of origin

The chart above shows the number of records shared over time by publishers within the country, with separate colours for
records about species occurring within the country and those occurring in other countries.

Top data contributors about biodiversity in

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Rank

Country

Top datasets contributing data about

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

No. of occurrences

United States

Denmark

52,414

Netherlands

18,760

Germany

16,460

Argentina

13,494

United Kingdom

12,833

Spain

12,339

Brazil

11,204

France

8,578

10

Sweden

8,232

Missouri Botanical Garden. 234,937 occurrences in Bolivia,

Plurinational State of (last updated 2016-01-28).

614,997

Table 3. Ranking of countries contributing data

about Bolivia, Plurinational State of

See all contributing countries

http://www.gbif.org/country/BO/about/countries

EOD - eBird Observation Dataset. 132,381 occurrences in

Bolivia, Plurinational State of (last updated 2015-11-08).
Aarhus University Palm Transect Database. 51,851
occurrences in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (last updated
2015-07-29).
Snow Entomological Museum Collection. 32,554 occurrences
in Bolivia, Plurinational State of (last updated 2016-0204).
NMNH occurrence DwC-A. 22,514 occurrences in Bolivia,
Plurinational State of (last updated 2016-01-12).
Field Museum of Natural History (Botany) Bryophyte
Collection. 18,133 occurrences in Bolivia, Plurinational
State of (last updated 2015-08-25).

See all contributing datasets

http://www.gbif.org/country/BO/about/datasets

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Global overview
Access and usage

Data availability

GBIF.org
639,086,198
species occurrence records from
15,346
datasets held by
788

1,000,956

provides access to

users visited GBIF.org during

1,479,774
sessions consuming

5,993,082

pageviews
during the reporting period

publishers

Data mobilization
Country

No. of occurrences

United States

68,619,954

France

22,444,903

Netherlands

15,962,204

Sweden

5,602,948

Brazil

4,581,599

Belgium

3,700,244

Australia

3,689,804

Norway

2,626,920

South Africa

2,581,685

10

United Kingdom

2,448,730

Winners named for first GBIF

Ebbe Nielsen Challenge

Initial BID Africa call

brings in proposals from
34 African countries
photo by Fanny Schertzer

Rank

Recent news

Democratic Republic of Congo

becomes Associate
Participant

eBird update adds 58 million

new observations

Table 4. Top ten countries publishing new data

during the reporting period

See data for all countries

http://www.gbif.org/country

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