Activity report

generated January 2021 Islamic Republic Of This report provides a series of summary charts, statistics and other details about the mobilization and use of open-access data through the GBIF network, relating to users and participating institutions in Islamic Republic Of Iran. 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 Islamic Republic Of Iran

contributed to 15 peer-reviewed articles citing GBIF use during 2020 and a total of 56 articles since 2008

▶ Data availability in Islamic Republic Of Iran

Animalia Plantae Fungi Unknown 311,244 163,343 6,965 3,311 occurrences occurrences occurrences occurrences

Protozoa Bacteria Virus Chromista Archaea 63 2,097 2,097 7,606 11 occurrences occurrences occurrences occurrences occurrences

▶ Data mobilization

Institutions from Islamic Republic Of Iran

published 55,614 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 Islamic Republic Of Iran, categorized by kingdom 2 | 5

Access and usage Data downloads on GBIF.org from users in Islamic Republic Of Iran

Users from Islamic Republic Of Iran

made 469 download requests representing 0.2% of all downloads during 2020

Monthly downloads requested by users in Islamic Republic Of Iran

Recent peer-reviewed articles using GBIF-mediated data by co-authors based in Islamic Republic Of Iran

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 Islamic Republic Of Iran.

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

Shadloo, Mahmoodi, Hosseinzadeh et al. (2020) Prediction of habitat suitability for the desert monitor (Varanus griseus caspius) under the influence of future climate change. Journal of Arid Environments. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104416

Kafash, Ashrafi, Yousefi et al. (2020) species richness associated to ecological and historical variables in Iran. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74867-3

Heidari. (2020) Ecological niche differentiation between media and Lacerta strigata (Sauria: ) in Iran. Biologia. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-020-00601-z

Hemami, Khosravi, Groves et al. (2020) Morphological diversity and ecological niche divergence in goitered and sand gazelles. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6789

Ghaedi, Badri, Saberi-Pirooz et al. (2020) The Zagros Mountains acting See all research from this country or area as a natural barrier to gene flow in the Middle East: more evidence from gbif.org/country/IR/publications the evolutionary history of spiny-tailed (Uromasticinae: Saara). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa113 3 | 5

Data availability Total data available for selected taxonomic groups in Islamic Republic Of Iran

Mammals Birds Bony fish Amphibians 27,120 204,850 7,662 1,883 occurrences occurrences occurrences occurrences

Insects Molluscs 35,683 15,506 4,185 occurrences occurrences occurrences

Arachnids Flowering Gymnosper Ferns 1,697 plants ms 816 occurrences 160,718 593 occurrences occurrences occurrences

Mosses Sac fungi Basidiomycota 587 4,433 2,248 occurrences occurrences occurrences

Mammals = Class Mammalia Insects = 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 Islamic Republic Of Iran

Occurrence records available about species occurring Species for which at least one occurrence record is in Islamic Republic Of Iran available in Islamic Republic Of Iran

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 Islamic Republic Of Iran iran-marine-ray-finnedfishes-1963-70. Published by Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences (PEGO-OBIS node) https://doi.org/10.15468/upe4qd makran-chabahar-arthropods. Published by Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences (PEGO-OBIS node) https://doi.org/10.15468/hse8cv makran-chabahar-benthos. Published by Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences (PEGO-OBIS node) https://doi.org/10.15468/gnuvgx

Cnidarian of the Iranian parts of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Published by Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences (PEGO-OBIS node) https://doi.org/10.15468/us4ba8

Phyto and Zoo benthose of Chabahar Bay, Gulf of Oman 2012-2013. Published by Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences (PEGO-OBIS node) https://doi.org/10.15468/d50ott

Cnidarians of Iran. Published by Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences (PEGO-OBIS node) https://doi.org/10.15468/fzurx3

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

Newest publishers from Islamic Republic Occurrence records downloaded from Of Iran GBIF.org, published by institutions in Islamic Republic Of Iran

Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences (PEGO-OBIS node)

Number of occurrence records downloaded via See all publishers from this country or area GBIF.org published by institutions in Islamic Republic gbif.org/publisher/search?country=IR Of Iran 5 | 5

Data mobilization Data sharing with country or area of origin by national institutions in Islamic Republic Of Iran

Islamic Republic Of Iran

publishes data from 2 countries, territories and islands including 186,697 occurrences in 7 occurrence datasets Data sharing with country or area of origin

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

Top data contributors about biodiversity Top datasets contributing data about in Islamic Republic Of Iran Islamic Republic Of Iran Rank Country or area No. of occurrences EOD - eBird Observation Dataset. 185,016 occurrences in Islamic Republic Of Iran. (Last updated 30 Jun 2020) 1 Islamic Republic Of Iran 186,694 A global database for the distributions of crop wild 2 United States of America 73,830 relatives. 47,807 occurrences in Islamic Republic Of 3 Colombia 47,832 Iran. (Last updated 6 Jun 2019)

4 United Kingdom 41,494 The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources (SINGER). 18,952 occurrences in Islamic 5 Germany 20,272 Republic Of Iran. (Last updated 9 Mar 2018) 6 France 14,994 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (E). 16,067 7 Austria 11,438 occurrences in Islamic Republic Of Iran. (Last updated 20 Nov 2018) 8 Netherlands 10,793

9 Sweden 9,385 Geographically tagged INSDC sequences. 15,076 occurrences in Islamic Republic Of Iran. (Last updated 10 Czechia 8,625 5 Aug 2019)

Table 1. Ranking of countries or areas contributing data about Islamic Republic Of Iran

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