Research Spotlight: August 2021
Digitized paleontological collections recontextualize the ecology of introduced turkeys in California
Contributed by: Ashwin Sivakumar & Alexis Mychajliw
ecology
iDigBio and Collaborations at Ecological Society of America 2020
iDigBio works to share and facilitate broader biocollections data use and provide access to data and computational literacy skills and knowledge needed to support FAIR and reproducible research. As part of an on-going strategy, iDigBio has participated in-some-fashion at the yearly Ecologial Society of America Conference since 2015.
Biodiversity Data Dialogues: a Special Session at Ecological Society of America 2019
This year, GBIF, NEON, and iDigBio join together to bring a special session called "Biodiversity Data Dialogues" to the Ecological Society of America/USSEE* 2019 Joint Meeting.
From the abstract:
Invited Talk: Digital Scientific Collections Offer New Opportunities in Science, Outreach, and Industry
From Ohio State University:
Natural History Collections as Primary Data in Ecological Research
Prologue: Many of us in the ADBC world look for ways to expand the community of users of museum collections data and to increase the ways in which collections data are used. Recently, in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (TrEE), an opinion piece was published by Scott A. Morrison, et al. titled "Equipping the 22nd-Century Historical Ecologist." In this paper, Morrison, et al.
Connecting Collections and Ecology
by Libby Ellwood, Katelin Pearson, Katja Seltmann, Deb Paul and Shelley James
Research Spotlight: August 2017
Collections Data Reveals Complex Plant/Pollinator Network, Inspires Research
Contributed by Dylan Ricke and Annika Rose-Person, Archbold Biological Station
iDigBio at the Ecological Society of America Meeting 2017
UPDATE!: Read all about our ESA 2017 bioblitz and booth experience: https://www.idigbio.org/content/connecting-collections-and-ecology
iDigBio heads to the Ecological Society of America, 102nd Meeting, in Portland, Oregon from August 5 - 11, 2017.
The theme of this year's ESA meeting aligns directly with iDigBio's focus on enabling use of collections data by researchers, and serves as a special opportunity to engage with the ecological research community. Theme:
iDigBio at ESA 100: Booth and Ignite Session on Using Biodiversity Data in Research
From Libby Ellwood (iDigBio Post Doc) and Deb Paul (iDigBio Data Specialist) 
Ignite Session at ESA: Enhancing Ecological Research with iDigBio Biological Specimen Data
Session Abstract.
iDigBio at Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting: ESA 2015
The 2015 ESA Annual Meeting theme is Ecological Science at the Frontier: Celebrating ESA’s Centennial. iDigBio travels to Baltimore Maryland and the Baltimore Convention Center for the 100th meeting of the ESA. From the ESA website:
iDigBio at Ecological Society of America 2014
