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Introduction to the ALA
Data on the ALA
Submit a record
How do I identify a species?
Citing the ALA
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ALA Data
Data standards, quality & licensing
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The ALA’s Data Quality Project
What are biodiversity data standards?
Spatially valid flag
What data quality checks does the ALA do?
What is data licensing?
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How to download a print-quality species occurrences map
Why aren't shapefile downloads available any more?
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How to ensure your iNaturalist observations appear in the ALA
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ALA's {galah} package for R and Python
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An Introduction to Taxonomy
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ALA Spatial Portal
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What can I map?
Why are there no species records for my area?
Note: Area (sq km)
What are environmental and contextual spatial layers?
Case Studies
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Wind, wind-farms, birds and bats
Finding Pinot Noir – an example of how to use the Atlas
Classification case study
Scatterplot case study
Tabulation Case Study
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Analytical Tools
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How to show species distributions and environmental layers on a map
How to make a scatter plot
Area Reports
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Compare areas
How to show the distribution of a species on a map of Australia
Scatterplot
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Area of Occupancy and Extent of Occurrence
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What is BioCollect?
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BioCollect mobile app
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