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Titre :	"Early Bird Data", a digitizing project of first ornithological data centralized by Aves
Auteurs :	Jean-Yves Paquet, Auteur ; Marc De Sloover, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Aves (47(4) DEC 2010)
Article en page(s) :	246-248
Résumé :	Since 1966, the Centrale Ornithologique Ayes is collecting loose observation data, sent by amateur ornithologists in Belgium. Before 1990, the data were stored on hand-written record cards that were filled in by experienced volunteers, from monthly record forms sent by hundreds of field birdwatchers. In collaboration with the GBIF organization (Global Biodiversity Information Facility), a project consisting in digitizing the whole dataset was initiated. Together with the current observation database, pre-1990 digitised bird observation data will allow for study of change in bird phenology, distribution and abundance during a 50-year period. The data quality will be of the highest standard possible, thanks to careful record validation operated back when they were collected and the original web-assisted procedure of the digitisation process that is currently developed by Ayes.

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