Activity report

generated January 2021 Hong Kong 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, relating to users and participating institutions in Hong Kong. These metrics show status at the time of report generation, unless otherwise noted. Taken together, the elements of this report can help guide and measure progress toward the information needs for biodiversity research, as well as for national commitments on biodiversity and sustainable development.

▶ Access and usage

Researchers from Hong Kong

contributed to 4 peer-reviewed articles citing GBIF use during 2020 and a total of 14 articles since 2008

▶ Data availability in Hong Kong

Animalia Plantae Fungi Unknown 551,531 56,507 1,305 5,315 occurrences occurrences occurrences occurrences

Protozoa Bacteria Virus Chromista Archaea 66 43,525 43,525 699 1,125 occurrences occurrences occurrences occurrences occurrences

▶ Data mobilization

Institutions from Hong Kong

published 143,617 new occurrence records during 2020 out of a total of 268,835,604 occurrence records added globally to GBIF.org Number of records published by institutions in Hong Kong, categorized by kingdom 2 | 5

Access and usage Data downloads on GBIF.org from users in Hong Kong

Users from Hong Kong

made 1,325 download requests representing 0.6% of all downloads during 2020

Monthly downloads requested by users in Hong Kong

Recent peer-reviewed articles using GBIF-mediated data by co-authors based in Hong Kong

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 or areas of the authors’ institutional affiliations. The citations below represent the five most recent journal articles with at least one co-author from Hong Kong.

Those interested in assisting the Secretariat in identifying additional peer-reviewed uses of GBIF-mediated data may forward relevant citations to [email protected].

Cheuk, Fischer. (2020) The impact of climate change on the distribution of Castanopsis (Fagaceae) species in South China and Indo-China region. Global Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01388

Zhang, Xia, Ke et al. (2020) Population dynamics and interactions of Noctiluca scintillans and Mesodinium rubrum during their successive blooms in a subtropical coastal water. Science of The Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142349

Caviedes-Solis, Kim, Leaché. (2020) Species IUCN threat status level increases with elevation: a phylogenetic approach for Neotropical tree frog conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-01986-8

Chao, Kubota, Zelený et al. (2020) Quantifying sample completeness and comparing diversities among assemblages. Ecological Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12102

Au, Bonebrake. (2019) Increased Suitability of Poleward Climate for a See all research from this country or area Tropical ( nyctelius)(: ) gbif.org/country/HK/publications Accompanies its Successful Range Expansion. Journal of Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iez105 3 | 5

Data availability Total data available for selected taxonomic groups in Hong Kong

Mammals Birds Bony fish Amphibians 1,149 455,042 4,286 3,007 occurrences occurrences occurrences occurrences

Insects Reptiles Molluscs 70,522 4,128 5,347 occurrences occurrences occurrences

Arachnids Flowering Gymnosper Ferns 4,217 plants ms 1,178 occurrences 54,698 151 occurrences occurrences occurrences

Mosses Sac fungi Basidiomycota 97 1,115 171 occurrences occurrences occurrences

Mammals = Class Mammalia = Class Insecta Flowering plants = Phylum Ferns = Phylum Pteridophyta Birds = Class Aves Reptiles = Class Reptilia Magnoliophyta Mosses = Phylum Bryophyta Bony fish = Superclass Molluscs = Phylum Mollusca Gymnosperms = Superclass Sac fungi = Phylum Ascomycota Osteichthyes Arachnids = Class Arachnida Gymnospermae Basidiomycota = Phylum Amphibians = Class Amphibia Basidiomycota

Change over time in records about biodiversity in Hong Kong

Occurrence records available about species occurring Species for which at least one occurrence record is in Hong Kong available in Hong Kong

WHY MIGHT THE AMOUNT OF MOBILIZED DATA SPECIES COUNTS represent the number of binomial scientific DECREASE? names for which GBIF has received data records, organized as far Datasets are sometimes removed by publishers, but more often as possible using synonyms recorded in key databases like the decreases in the number of records are due to the removal of Catalogue of Life duplicate records and datasets. 4 | 5

Most recent datasets from publishers in Hong Kong

The University of Hong Kong Herbarium. Published by The Hong Kong University Herbarium https://doi.org/10.15468/njdmwl

See all datasets from this country or area: gbif.org/dataset/search?publishing_country=HK

Newest publishers from Hong Kong Occurrence records downloaded from GBIF.org, published by institutions in Hong Kong The Hong Kong University Herbarium

Number of occurrence records downloaded via See all publishers from this country or area GBIF.org published by institutions in Hong Kong gbif.org/publisher/search?country=HK 5 | 5

Data mobilization Data sharing with country or area of origin by national institutions in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

publishes data from 16 countries, territories and islands including 438,752 occurrences in 2 occurrence datasets Data sharing with country or area of origin

The chart above shows the number of records shared over time by publishers within Hong Kong, with separate colours for records about species occurring within undefined and those occurring elsewhere.

Top data contributors about biodiversity Top datasets contributing data about Hong in Hong Kong Kong Rank Country or area No. of occurrences EOD - eBird Observation Dataset. 436,260 occurrences in Hong Kong. (Last updated 30 Jun 2020) 1 Hong Kong 436,588 iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. 119,112 2 United States of America 123,739 occurrences in Hong Kong. (Last updated 16 Jan 2021) 3 United Kingdom 88,395 Composition and Genetic Diversity of Microbial 4 France 2,326 Communities in Subtropical Coastal Wetland Sediments. 49,553 occurrences in Hong Kong. (Last 5 Netherlands 2,273 updated 19 Feb 2020) 6 Australia 1,994 Geographically tagged INSDC sequences. 33,510 7 Germany 1,187 occurrences in Hong Kong. (Last updated 5 Aug 2019)

8 Japan 823 Natural History Museum (London) Collection Specimens. 9 Belgium 767 2,978 occurrences in Hong Kong. (Last updated 23 Jan 2021) 10 Estonia 552

Table 1. Ranking of countries or areas contributing data about Hong Kong

See all contributing countries and areas or datasets: gbif.org/country/HK/about