CoreBirds: Connecting Open Research outputs in the Ecology of Birds

Increasing transparency and reproducibility are key objectives of Open Science. To support an open and transparent research landscape, CoreBirds will link datasets, analytical codes, and publications resulting from long-term studies of wild bird populations. We will build upon an already existing database and network of researchers (SPI-Birds), and will create a library of peer-reviewed codes. This will greatly stimulate reuse of code, enhance the transparency of scientific outputs and thereby broaden the potential user base of SPI-Birds. Once implemented, this working model will encourage other research communities in the long tail of life sciences to close their research life cycle.