Davidson Sarah C, Cagnacci Francesca, Newman Peggy, Dettki Holger, Urbano Ferdinando, Desmet Peter, Bajona Lenore, Bryant Edmund, Carneiro Ana P B, Dias Maria P, Fujioka Ei, Gambin David, Hoenner Xavier, Hunter Colin, Kato Akiko, Kot Connie Y, Kranstauber Bart, Lam Chi Hin, Lepage Denis, Naik Hemal, Pye Jonathan D, Sequeira Ana M M, Tsontos Vardis M, van Loon Emiel, Vo Danny, Rutz Christian
Department Animal Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, Germany.
Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
Nat Ecol Evol. 2025 Feb;9(2):204-213. doi: 10.1038/s41559-024-02585-4. Epub 2025 Jan 3.
Rapid growth in bio-logging-the use of animal-borne electronic tags to document the movements, behaviour, physiology and environments of wildlife-offers opportunities to mitigate biodiversity threats and expand digital natural history archives. Here we present a vision to achieve such benefits by accounting for the heterogeneity inherent to bio-logging data and the concerns of those who collect and use them. First, we can enable data integration through standard vocabularies, transfer protocols and aggregation protocols, and drive their wide adoption. Second, we need to develop integrated data collections on standardized data platforms that support data preservation through public archiving and strategies that ensure long-term access. We outline pathways to reach these goals, highlighting the need for resources to govern community data standards and guide data mobilization efforts. We propose the launch of a community-led coordinating body and provide recommendations for how stakeholders-including government data centres, museums and those who fund, permit and publish bio-logging work-can support these efforts.
生物记录（即使用动物佩戴的电子标签来记录野生动物的活动、行为、生理特征和环境）的迅速发展，为减轻生物多样性威胁和扩充数字自然历史档案提供了机遇。在此，我们提出一种设想，即通过考虑生物记录数据固有的异质性以及数据收集者和使用者所关切的问题来实现这些益处。首先，我们可以通过标准词汇表、传输协议和聚合协议实现数据整合，并推动它们的广泛采用。其次，我们需要在标准化数据平台上开发集成数据集，这些平台通过公共存档和确保长期访问的策略来支持数据保存。我们概述了实现这些目标的途径，强调了管理社区数据标准和指导数据调动工作所需的资源。我们提议成立一个由社区主导的协调机构，并就包括政府数据中心、博物馆以及为生物记录工作提供资金、许可和发表支持的各方在内的利益相关者如何支持这些努力提出建议。
