| State Biodiversity Database Survey |
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| Contact: Dennis Figg |
| Organization: MO Dept of Conservation |
| State: MO |
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| NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?) |
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| NAME | Dennis Figg |
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| TITLE | Endangered Species Coordinator |
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| AGENCY/ORGANIZATION | MO Dept of Conservation |
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| ADDRESS | PO Box 180 |
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| CITY, STATE, ZIP | Jefferson City, MO 65102 |
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| TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILE | Phone: (573) 751-4115 |
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| | Fax: (573) 526-5582 |
| EMAIL/FTP/WWW | figgd@MAIL.CONSERVATION.STATE.MO.US |
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| ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) | Missouri Department of Conservation |
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| DATABASE NAME | Natural History Database (EXCLUDING Heritage Database) |
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| DATABASE ACRONYMS | |
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| DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set): |
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| PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| To track species distribution. Baseline of occurrence.
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| SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.): |
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| DATE RANGE OF RECORDS: | Historic - Current |
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| IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No): | No |
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| EXPLAIN GAPS IN THE DATA: | |
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| Data set is complete for plants (historic) but
rarely for animals (historic). Current records
are very complete.
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| HOW OFTEN IS THE INFORMATION UPDATED? |
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| Continually Updated |
| Irregularly Updated |
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| WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE?: | |
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| COMMENTS ON UPDATE STATUS: | |
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| Depends on database. Some databases are very active (like
cave databases), others (like county occurrence of reptiles
and amphibians) are periodically updated.
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SPATIAL DOMAIN OF DATA SET
(Lat/Long coordinates, State/Region, etc.): | |
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| Missouri | |
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| BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS: |
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| THEME |
SPECIES |
TYPE |
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| Species Distribution |
Birds |
Surveys |
| Habitat Associations |
Reptiles |
Anecdotal |
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Amphibians |
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Plants |
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Terrestrial Invertebrates |
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Aquatic Invertebrates |
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PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location): |
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| Missouri |
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Missouri Counties |
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| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE |
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| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: |
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| No access constraints
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| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS: |
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| Most of the information is not site specific, but
distribution related. It can be used widely.
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| DATA ACCURACY: |
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| DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?): |
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| Nearly all is managed by species specialists and therefore
considered completely accurate.
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| QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED: |
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| Depends on the database. Almost all of this data was
entered/reviewed by species specialists, and not keypunched,
so accuracy is high.
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| ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE: |
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| DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING: |
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| DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?): |
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| YES, by administrative boundary; see comments |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING: |
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| Generally by County, some by Quad.
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| ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured): |
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Missouri Flora and Fauna.
Examples:
= Missouri Breeding Bird Atlas
= Missouri Caves and Cave Fauna
= Missouri Amphibians and Reptiles
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| DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set): |
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| Rick Thom, Natural History Administrator
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| Missouri Department of Conservation
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| PO Box 180
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| Jefferson City, MO 65102
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| Phone:( 573) 751-4115 Fax:( 573) 526-5582 |
| Email/FTP/WWW Address: thomr@mail.conservation.state.mo.us |
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| CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.): |
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| Local use only; see comments. |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM: |
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| Mostly Dbase III files
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| DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.): |
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| ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
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| COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: |
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