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== Current Research == | == Current Research == | ||
Proposed research: | |||
*Using Ecological Niche Modeling for analyzing neontological and paleontological data in biogeographic and ecological studies pertaining to: | |||
**the biotic effects of climate change, | |||
**changes to species associations in the face of changes in physical environment, | |||
**influences of abiotic and biotic factors on species distribution. | |||
*Determining species distributions from the Ordovician, the Pennsylvanian, and the Neogene time periods. | |||
Thus far ~700,000 specimens have been databased and 9,000 localities have been georeferenced. Further, these data have been shared with iDigBio and provided on line via institutional websites. We have created online digital atlases, www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org, for more than 900 species from the time intervals studied. For each species ecological, stratigraphic, and taxonomic information is provided, along with images and geographic range maps. Our Digital Atlas of Ancient Life project is described in greater detail in an article in Palaeontologia Electronica in 2015. Our Digital Atlas of Ancient Life “App” is available at the Apple App Store for free download. Studies associated with the project have been published by the PIs in several journals including: Global Biogeography and Ecology; Journal of Biogeography; Paleobiology; and Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. A total of 9 graduate students (seven of them women), ten undergraduate students (eight of them women), and one female post-doctoral fellow received training and were supported by this project. | Thus far ~700,000 specimens have been databased and 9,000 localities have been georeferenced. Further, these data have been shared with iDigBio and provided on line via institutional websites. We have created online digital atlases, www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org, for more than 900 species from the time intervals studied. For each species ecological, stratigraphic, and taxonomic information is provided, along with images and geographic range maps. Our Digital Atlas of Ancient Life project is described in greater detail in an article in Palaeontologia Electronica in 2015. Our Digital Atlas of Ancient Life “App” is available at the Apple App Store for free download. Studies associated with the project have been published by the PIs in several journals including: Global Biogeography and Ecology; Journal of Biogeography; Paleobiology; and Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. A total of 9 graduate students (seven of them women), ten undergraduate students (eight of them women), and one female post-doctoral fellow received training and were supported by this project. | ||