Artfakta makes knowledge about species available and is developed and managed by the Swedish Species Information Centre.
The content, which is produced by the Swedish Species Information Centre in collaboration with experts, is diverse and dynamic, but the level of detail differs because the state of knowledge varies depending on the species group. Artfakta is continuously updated with new facts, images and determination keys.
In Artfakta you will find facts and information about mainly Swedish species, but also about species that could be found in Sweden. In Artfakta we mainly focus on the species level and you can find, among other things, descriptive texts, pictures and general distribution maps. A species in Artfakta can be described both in text and with the help of general classified information, which simply describes the species' characteristics and environmental requirements – for example, landscape type, biotope, food or ecological group. See an example below.
You can compare images in a gallery, listen to bird calls or find your way to the right species using a determination key. In interactive maps, you can search for in-depth information and details about individual observations. It is also possible to search in several different data sources, to select information for a certain period and for different groups of species, e.g. species of conservation interest. If you are interested in assessments of species threat status and extinction risk, you can search directly in Rödlistan – the Swedish Red List.
All information in Artfakta is structured in a taxonomic framework. You can navigate through a family tree, and under Name och classification get in-depth information about naming and systematics. For example, you can match your own species list or discover the latest changes in species names and relationships.
The content of Artfakta is partly funded by Svenska artprojektet – the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative, which has been a government assignment since 2002 with the aim of supporting taxonomic research focusing on poorly known species and to map and describe all of Sweden's species of animals, plants and fungi.
Artfakta from SLU Swedish Species Information Centre (webpage and search interface in Swedish).
| Publisher | SLU Swedish Species Information Centre |
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| Funding agency | The Swedish Taxonomy Initiative |
| Keywords | Species, species facts, red list, threatened species, protected species, organisms, taxonomy, systematics, species determination, species distributions |
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Recommended citation The entire Artfakta Example specific species |
| Language | Swedish |
| Frequency of update | Daily |
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