Data submission templates for biodiversity, ecological and collection data

This page is made to facilitate data submission for scientists interested in depositing their biodiversity / environmental data (occurrence / monitoring data, biological and/or environmental samples).

Your data are already prepared for GFBio?
 * Go to GFBio submission

Looking for guidance on fields to be filled?
 * The table below shows some examples how other scientists did before.
 * These examples - or rather forms / templates, since they are not filled with other people's data -
 * are downloadable spreadsheet files commonly used in the involved natural history collections
 * facilitate and accelerate data submission


 * are NOT mandatory for data submission
 * mention everything that is needed to document different kinds of observational data or records on biological and environmental physical samples (voucher objects) along with associated data on geographical and temporal occurrence
 * provide a good basis to be extended by further information you want to mention


 * There is a GFBio consensus template listing and explaining all fields that are mandatory for GFBio.
 * Excel macros you are asked to activate enable input suggestions and mark differing entries.

No template roughly matching your data?
 * Please do not hesitate to


 * continue your submission nevertheless (so we can look at it, get in contact and find a way)
 * directly [mailto:info@gfbio.org ask GFBio] for support

Some templates that already helped someone submitting data:

The categories to define a Curational field listed below shall help scientists choosing the kind of collections they would like to deposit data for. More than one choice is possible, e.g. "Zoology" AND "DNA sample collections".
 * Botany
 * Mycology
 * Zoology
 * Microbiology
 * Anthropological collections
 * Paleontological collections
 * Culture collections
 * Tissue collections
 * DNA sample collections
 * Environmental sample collections