The minimum temporal grain across all datasets in BioTIME is year. Time period and grain: BioTIME records span from 1874 to 2016. Spatial location and grain: BioTIME is a global database of 547,161 unique sampling locations spanning the marine, freshwater and terrestrial realms. In addition, the database contains metadata relating to sampling methodology and contextual information about each record. Main types of variables included: The database contains 8,777,413 species abundance records, from assemblages consistently sampled for a minimum of two, which need not necessarily be consecutive. Our goal is to accelerate and facilitate quantitative analysis of temporal patterns of biodiversity in the Anthropocene. BioTIME is being developed as a community led open-source database of biodiversity time series.
These data enable users to calculate temporal trends in biodiversity within and amongst assemblages using a broad range of metrics. The 84-year-old is survived by his widow and a daughter.Motivation: The BioTIME database contains raw data on species identities and abundances in ecological assemblages through time. In the years before death, Sajjad also oversaw the scriptwriting department at the National Academy of Performing Arts, which he left due to illness and unresolved grievances.īorn in 1935 in Lahore, Sajjad completed his higher studies in medicine from King Edward Medical College before heading out to the Univerisity of Liverpool for a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
He not only wrote some incredible scripts but also gave voice-overs to numerous successful projects. Sajjad was also an active member of the Lahore circle of literary figures and artists and also chaired the Pakistan Arts Council Lahore, at one point in his career.Īfter the privatisation of media in Pakistan, Sajjad became associated with a private channel where he was the head of the scriptwriting department.
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He was also a fine actor who starred in a number of PTV productions and was also nominated for a PTV award for his performance in drama serial Saba aur Samandar. He wrote a number of critically acclaimed plays for Pakistan Television including Picnic, Raat ka Pichla Pehar, Koyal and Yeh Zameen Meri Hai to name a few. A medical doctor by profession, Sajjad always had a knack for not just writing but performing arts at large.
His notable works of published fiction include masterpieces such as Chauraha, Janam Roop, Khushiyon Ka Baagh and Neeli Notebook. Sajjad was not only known for an impeccable command on short-story writing and fiction at large but he was an incredibly talented voice-over artist, teacher and a mentor to several leading names in the industry. He spent his final hours at his residence on Raiwind Lahore and breathed his last after a prolonged illness. Acclaimed playwright and fiction writer Dr Enver Sajjad passed away in Lahore on Thursday evening.
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