Gaps and bias of the Colombian Andes flora in databases

This dissertation therefore aims to establish and analyze the scope of the gaps, biases, as well as uncertainties at the taxonomic, geographic and environmental levels of the Colombian Andean flora available in databases. I also aim to analyze its implications in terms of the study of the patterns of richness of species in a floristically complex and diverse region. In order to study the gaps and biases in the information available in databases for the Andean flora of Colombia, this research includes four chapters. Chapter one describes the information sources used, the data problems, and the data cleaning and standardization process. Chapter two uses the standardized data from chapter one to describe and analyze gaps and spatial and environmental biases in the record of the Colombian Andean flora and its implications in the estimation of wealth for the region. Chapter three studies the taxonomic and life forms representativeness of the region's flora. Finally, chapter four studies the importance of data curation in information retrieval and its potential usefulness to fill gaps using the Flora de Bogota project as a model.

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