About the Authors

John Wieczorek

Affiliation University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

David Bloom

dbloom@vertnet.org

Affiliation University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Robert Guralnick

Affiliation University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Stan Blum

Affiliation California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Markus Döring

Affiliation Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Copenhagen, Denmark

Renato Giovanni

Affiliation Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

Tim Robertson

Affiliation Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Copenhagen, Denmark

David Vieglais

Affiliation University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: JW DB R. Guralnick SB MD R. Giovanni TR DV.