Project overview
COMPADRE will create a comprehensive, open-access database of plant and animal demographic information that will be useful to researchers, educators, and conservation managers. Fundamental biological data on which individuals survive, grow, and reproduce can inform a range of scientific research within and outside of the field of biology, including understanding why certain populations go extinct or become invasive, and predicting how species may respond to anthropogenic pressures and global change. By developing a single, standardized platform for storing and analyzing these demographic data, this project will yield an important resource for a range of users. The most recent funded project was supported by the NSF to develop a robust relational database management system for MPMs, building upon existing efforts by an international team of demographic experts and data users. The publicly accessible interface created is available via the weblink below.
