Checklist of Vermont Species

Kent McFarland1, Nathaniel Sharp2, Jason Loomis3, Kent McFarland4

1 Vermont Center for Ecostudies, PO Box 420, 05055, Norwich, United States; 2 Vermont Center for Ecostudies, PO Box 684, 05055, Norwich, United States; 3 Vermont Center for Ecostudies, ; 4 Vermont Center for Ecostudies, PO Box 420, 05091, Norwich, United States

Corresponding author(s): Kent McFarland (kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org)Nathaniel Sharp (nsharp@vtecostudies.org)Jason Loomis (jloomis@vtecostudies.org), Kent McFarland (kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

McFarland K, Sharp N, Loomis J (2022): Checklist of Vermont Species. v1.8. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Dataset/Checklist. https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=vtspeciesregistry&v=1.8

Abstract

The aim of the Checklist of Vermont Species (VTspecies) is to provide a comprehensive list of names of organisms, including information on synonymy, that have been recorded in the State of Vermont, United States. Like all science, VTspecies is a work in progress. Many taxonomic groups remain deficient and little studies in the state, and users will notice that many species are still missing from the database. Your contributions and feedback are essential to further improve the quality and taxonomic coverage of VTspecies.
While the highest priority is to provide valid names, other names in use are included so that this register can serve as a guide to interpret taxonomic literature and explore biodiversity data from the state. Completing a checklist of all species and keeping it up-to-date is a continuous process. New information is continually discovered and added. Often data also come in from contributions of large datasets, such as global or regional species lists. Please contact us with errors, omissions, or questions to help us make this resource as complete as possible.
VTspecies contains animals, plants, and fungi. For each species we provide scientific name(s), authors and year, vernacular name(s), classification hierarchy, citation proving that particular species has occurred in Vermont, and more. Further information of each species can be obtained at the Vermont Atlas of Life (VAL) at http://val.vtecostudies.org.
VTspecies uses a set of generally accepted references, augmented by recent scientific literature and expert opinion, to establish a standard scientific name for every species and their hierarchical classification. Generally, VTspecies follows the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS; https://www.itis.gov/
) for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, and fungi of North America, as well as the GBIF backbone taxonomy (https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d7dddbf4-2cf0-4f39-9b2a-bb099caae36c).

Keywords: Metadata, Inventoryregional, Checklist

Project details

Project title: Vermont Atlas of Life
Personnel: Kent McFarland
Study area descriptions/descriptor: State of Vermont, U.S.

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/resource?r=vtspeciesregistry

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: State of Vermont, United States
Coordinates: 42°29'16.8''N and 45°27'36''N Latitude; 73°54'57.6''W and 71°0'57.6''W Longitude 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Checklist of Vermont Species
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.vtatlasoflife.org/archive.do?r=vtspeciesregistry
Publication date of data: 2022-12-13
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-12-19
Hierarchy level: Dataset