Capturing California's Flowers: Using Digital Images to Investigate Phenological Change in a Biodiversity Hotspot: Difference between revisions

Digitization of each specimen in the CAP TCN will result in a high-resolution image, a databased record of collection metadata, a georeferenced point, and the reproductive status of the specimen. New tools will be developed for the public to search and display phenological data through a Symbiota portal interface. The CAP TCN will develop novel data standards for capturing and sharing trait data from specimens. Building on already successful national and regional programs, the CAP TCN will partner with schools, universities, botanical clubs, and the general public to crowd source phenological measurements through online expeditions, workshops, new college courses, and K-12 educational programs. The CAP TCN will provide a historical record of plants currently being monitored through the National Phenology Network and other regional programs. Finally, this award will expand efforts to train the "next generation" of museum curators, collectors, and researchers.

=== Project Websites & Social Media ===

[http://cch2.org/portal/index.php Twitter Page]

=== Project Leadership  ===

''Project sponsor:'' California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1802301 (NSF Award #1802301)]

''Data Manager:'' Jason Alexander<br>

=== Project Collaborators  ===

=====California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (OBI)=====

=====University of California - Berkeley (UC/JEPS)=====

=====University of California - Santa Barbara (UCSB)=====

Susan J. Mazer, (PI), University of California - Santa Barbara [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1802181 (NSF Award #1802181)]<br>

Katja Seltmann (Co-PI), University of California - Santa Barbara <br>

=====California Parks and Recreation, Colorado Desert District (BSCA)=====

=====California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB)=====

=====University of California - Davis (DAV)=====

=====Humboldt State University (HSC)=====

Michael R. Mesler, (PI), Humboldt State University [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1802185 (NSF Award #1802185)]<br>

Robin Bencie, collections manager

=====University of California - Los Angeles (LA)=====

Philip Rundel, (PI), University of California - Los Angeles [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1802199 (NSF Award #1802199)]<br>

Thomas Huggins, herbarium coordinator

=====Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (SBBG)=====

Matt Guilliams, (PI) Santa Barbara Botanic Garden [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1802176 (NSF Award #1802176)]<br>

=====San Diego Natural History Museum (SD)=====

Jon Rebman, (co-PI), San Diego Natural History Museum <br>

=====University of California - Riverside (UCR)=====

Amy Litt, (PI), University of California - Riverside [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1802188 (NSF Award #1802188)]<br>

=====University of California - Santa Cruz (UCSC)=====

==== 2020 PEN Participants ====

=====California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDA)=====

=====Pacific Union College (PUA)=====

=====San Francisco State University (SFSU)=====

=====California State University, Stanislaus (SHTC)=====

=====University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)=====

== PENs ==

By expanding the geographic scope to encompass Oregon and the northern Baja California peninsula, the CAP-TCN will now cover the entire California Floristic Province, a biodiversity hotspot of global significance. This will increase the number of species with imaged specimens across their entire range from 1,217 to 1,850, a 55% increase. The addition of 80,000 Oregon and Baja California specimens to CCH2 will facilitate efficient specimen-based analyses of the entire California Floristic Province and for the first time allow a more objective and reproducible specimen-based delineation of its geographic boundaries. Three institutions in California and Nevada will fill key geographic gaps for northwestern California, the northern San Joaquin Valley, and the Mojave Desert. Two additional institutions will significantly increase CAP-TCN representation of 1) the ecologically important and taxonomically complex genus Arctostaphylos (manzanita); and 2) introduced and invasive species of importance to California agriculture, rangelands, and native ecosystems. An estimated 25 additional undergraduates will participate in digitizing activities. Ongoing public outreach efforts about the floras of Oregon and Baja California at Oregon State University and the San Diego Natural History Museum will also benefit from the newly imaged specimens. Data will be shared through online resources, including iDigBio.org.