Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) TraitBank
Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) TraitBank is a searchable, comprehensive, open digital repository for organism traits, measurements, interactions, and other attributes aggregated from 50+ data sources. It covers 1.7 million taxa across the entire tree of life with 11 million+ trait records organized using semantic web standards and Darwin Core terminology.
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