Biodiversity Spotlight: September 2020
Written by Erica Krimmel.
Written by Erica Krimmel.
Contributed by: Aaron Goodman, Graduate Student Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences.
Article by: Zoliswa Nhleko, PhD candidate at the UF School of Natural Resources and Enviroment
Article by: Zoliswa Nhleko, PhD candidate at the UF School of Natural Resources and Environment
The Paleo Digitization Working Group held a virtual workshop, Georeferencing for Paleo: Refreshing the approach to fossil localities, on April 28-29, 2020 with 52 participants based at 29 institutions.
Article by: Nattapol Kraisitudomsook, PhD student from the Smith Lab at the University of Florida
Many things have changed rapidly and these are unprecedented and stressful times, but one positive for our team now all working remotely are all of the new coworkers!
Contributed by Luis D. Verde Arregoitia.
Find him on Twitter @LuisDVerde or on his Website.
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Article by: Nicholas Gengler, PhD student from UF School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Deborah L Paul, Capacity Development Manager
Erica Krimmel, Digitization Resource Coordinator
Caitlin Chapman, Biodiversity Informatics Coordinator
Overview.
Welcome to all of the newly NSF-funded Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) projects. This year we have three new Thematic Collections Networks (TCNs) and six Partners to Existing Networks (PENs) joining the community.
2019 TCNs:
Article contributed by Julie Bokor (UF Center for Precollegiate Education and Training)
Contributed by: J Ryan Allen, Dina Clark and Erin Tripp (University of Colorado)
Contributed by: Molly Phillips, iDigBio's Education, Outreach & Diversity Coordinator
Images courtesy of Adam Fagen
The 99th Annual Meeting and Centennial Celebration of the American Society of Mammalogists took place 28 June to 2 July 2019, at the birthplace of ASM, Washington, DC. iDigBio helped to mark this important milestone through organizing a session on broadening representation in mammalogy as well organizing the first ever Data Help Desk at ASM.
Climatic Niche Modeling for Beetleweed
(Galax urceolata, Diapensiaceae)
Contributed by: Shelly Gaynor
Bioblitz group photo (Florida Museum Photo Department)
Libby Ellwood, Katelin Pearson, and Gil Nelson
Spatial Phylogenetics of Florida Vascular Plants: The Effects of Calibration and Uncertainty on Diversity Estimates