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The Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF) is an open access data repository for researchers, government and the public. FinBIF consolidates many collections and datasets of living Finland in a single source. Our online portal, laji.fi, allows you to browse, search and download information about all forms of biological life, and to record and share your own observations. FinBIF is committed to the sharing and promotion of open access data.

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iNaturalist Finland is part of the international iNaturalist network. Observations recorded with iNaturalist are added to FinBIF so that they are available for Finnish researchers, government and the public. Anyone can participate. All you need to do is make some observations!

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Genetic Structuring and Invasion Status of the Perennial Ambrosia psilostachya (Asteraceae) in Europe

Gerhard Karrer, Rea Maria Hall, Valérie Le Corre & Matthias Kropf

Scientific Reports 13:1 (March 2023)

10.1038/s41598-023-30377-6

Biodiversity Surveys of Grassland and Coastal Habitats in 2021 as a Documentation of Pre-War Status in Southern Ukraine

Nadiia Skobel, Dariia Borovyk, Denys Vynokurov, Ivan Moysiyenko, Andriy Babytskiy, Iryna Bednarska, Olesia Bezsmertna, Olha Chusova, Polina Dayneko, Jürgen Dengler, Riccardo Guarino, Kateryna Kalashnik, Alexander Khodosovtsev, Vitalii Kolomiychuk, Oksana O. Kucher, Anna Kuzemko, Viktor Shapoval, Olha Umanets, Natalia Zagorodniuk, Maryna Zakharova & Iwona Dembicz

Biodiversity Data Journal 11 (March 2023)

10.3897/bdj.11.e99605

On the Occurrence of Relict Populations of Pytho abieticola J. R. Sahlberg, 1875 in Switzerland (Coleoptera, Pythidae)

Yannick Chittaro, Andreas Sanchez, Alexander Szallies, Martin M. Gossner & Thibault Lachat

Alpine Entomology 7 1–11 (March 2023)

10.3897/alpento.7.98799

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Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility

The Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF) is an open access data repository for researchers, government and the public. FinBIF consolidates many collections and datasets of living Finland in a single source. Our online portal, laji.fi, allows you to browse, search and download information about all forms of biological life, and to record and share your own observations. FinBIF is committed to the sharing and promotion of open access data.

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