About BioTIME

BioTIME is a comprehensive collection of assemblage time-series in which the abundances of the species that comprise ecological communities have been monitored over time. The database is a free, publicly available, open-access resource.

Email us at biotimeproj@st-andrews.ac.uk

708 data sources

11+ million records

150 years

56,400 taxa

550,000 locations

30 biomes

6 climatic zones

The database

BioTIME is designed especially for scientific synthesis studies with research questions about global biodiversity. We believe that data is valuable and should be made usable. Our database contains tables on species abundances across time and space, as well as important metadata about the taxa, habitat, and sampling methods. This is all made possible by our data contributors.

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We abide by the FAIR data principles: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable