Table 5. Percentage of papers that associate online occurrence data with other data types—Separated by the six top uses of these databases.

Nine data types with the lowest percentages were removed from table. The top data type for each research use is bolded, and percentage values above 10% are highlighted yellow (10–29%), orange (30–49%), and red (>50%).

Data Type	Species Distribution	Diversity/ Population	Data Paper	Taxonomy	Conservation	Data Quality
Climate	58	37	7	2	32	26
Literature	41	40	29	52	40	26
Geographic	37	31	11	2	34	21
Surveys	36	36	29	32	32	13
Habitat	30	34	18	11	43	21
Collection	28	23	44	53	18	22
Traits	25	25	15	26	25	13
Conservation	20	29	9	15	75	15
Expert	15	7	9	3	22	7
Private	15	13	8	5	10	7
Range	14	12	6	5	22	13
Catalogues	11	18	20	25	19	22
Hydrography	11	12	3	2	16	1
Soil	11	11	2	0	10	3
Ecoregion	10	24	8	6	19	7
Genetic	10	13	24	26	6	6
Social	10	7	4	1	13	7
Interaction	9	5	4	8	6	0
Paleo Climate	7	5	1	0	1	0
Image	5	4	21	23	1	7
Phylogenetic	5	11	12	16	1	4