CDEFD

Field Data

In field collections and observations we distinguish four main data areas:

• The gathering site provides all geographical and ecological data deemed necessary to describe the locality where the organisms were collected or observed.
• The gathering event refers to the act of collecting and/or observing organisms at a given site, i.e. time, person, and project data.
• The gathering or field unit represents the non-descriptive field information specific to each item which has been distinguished by the collector or observer during the gathering event (e.g. items distinguished by means of different collection numbers).
• Field descriptors are the results of observations made in the field on the item specified in the entity Gathering.