Opening up Behavioral Data
Mike Webster (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) and Gil Nelson (iDigBio)
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Second Update: Inaugural Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference, 5-6 June 2017, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Second Update: Inaugural Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference, 5-6 June 2017, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Conference sponsors include iDigBio, the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, the University of Michigan Herbarium, and the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology.
The conference planning team is here announcing two important program updates as well as information about registration fees and deadlines.
Georeferencing and visualizing biodiversity data for research
Contributed by Deborah Paul (iDigBio – FSU), Shelley James (iDigBio- UF)
November 2016 Biodiversity Spotlight
Jellyfish
Contributed By: Allen Collins (NOAA and NMFS) and Molly Phillips (iDigBio)
Jellyfish, or jellies, are free-swimming, aquatic, carnivorous animals. There are approximately 1,000 different species of jellyfish alive today, and they have inhabited the ocean for over 500 million years.
Learning Center
Biodiversity research is a constantly evolving field of science, and scientists are continuously looking for knowledge and skills for the analysis of biocollections data to advance the understanding of the natural world. iDigBio can offer professional training opportunities through workshops, webinars and conferences. Here we outline some tutorials and workshop lessons and webinars already available that you might find useful for biodiversity data research.
ADBC Summit 2016
The Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections Annual Summit, hosted by iDigBio, took place in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at TechTown November 1-3, 2016.
Understanding iDigBio's data downloads
Research Spotlight: December 2016
Contributed by-- Matthew Collins, Dan Stoner, and Alex Thompson
Downloaded data from iDigBio serve as a base for important biodiversity research. It is important to understand how to interpret the way data are represented in the Darwin Core Archives (DwC-A) that you retrieve from our download system either through the portal or the download API. For more information about our data processes and how to use our data, feel free to email idigbio@acis.ufl.edu.
Update: Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference, 5-6 June 2017
Conference Update: Inaugural Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference, 5-6 June 2017
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