How To Use The NSR
Data preparation
Prior to submitting species occurrences to the NSR, we recommend you standardize the spellings of political division names using the Geographic Name Resolution Service. The GNRS standardizes political division names according to the spelling conventions of Global Administrative Divisions database (GADM). The NSR also uses GADM names.
You may also want to verify and standardize your species names using the Taxonomic Name Resolution Service (TNRS).
Using the NSR
1. Enter species occurrences
For each species occurrence, enter the species name, the country of observation, plus (optionally) a state/province name and county/parish name. Enter one occurrence per line. All elements (species,country,state-province,county-parish) must be separated by commas. Species and country are required. State-province and county-parish are optional; however, you MUST include the commas even if the value itself is missing. If any political division name includes commas, then it must be surrounded by double quotes. You can submit up to 5000 observations at a time.
Note that genus or family names can also be used instead of a species. Although in most cases observations identified only to genus or family cannot be resolved by the NSR, in some cases they can, if the genus or family is endemic (restricted) to a particular checklist area. For example, the NSR would return a status of "Ne" (native and endemic) for an observation of Eucalyptus in Australia, and "Ie" (Introduced, endemic elsewhere) for an observation of Eucalyptus in Peru.
Eucalyptus,Australia,,
Pinus ponderosa,United States,,
Pinus ponderosa,United States,Arizona,
Pinus ponderosa,United States,Arizona,Pima
Grubbiaceae,South Africa,,
Grubbiaceae,Kenya,,
2. Download results
Download your results by clicking on the "Download Data" control, selecting either a comma-delimited or tab-delimited file.