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= Digitization TCN: Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN): A Model for Collections Digitization to Promote Taxonomic and Ecological Research = | == Digitization TCN: Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN): A Model for Collections Digitization to Promote Taxonomic and Ecological Research == | ||
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== Project Summary == | === Project Summary === | ||
The Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN) brings together 10 diverse arthropod collections at universities and museums throughout the Southwest to create a virtual network of ground dwelling arthropods which are notably responsive to temporal and spatial environmental changes. These 10 collections document much of the Southwest's biodiversity, but currently the data associated with millions of arthropod specimens are not easily accessible. To overcome this, SCAN will develop methods for integrating existing databases, catalogue-image specimens, develop new electronic identification techniques, and produce a virtual library of ground-dwelling arthropods (beetles, grasshoppers, spiders, ants). In addition the project will work with the existing project Filtered Push to increase the capacity of experts to provide remote identifications and annotations of data that can be sent throughout the network. | The Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN) brings together 10 diverse arthropod collections at universities and museums throughout the Southwest to create a virtual network of ground dwelling arthropods which are notably responsive to temporal and spatial environmental changes. These 10 collections document much of the Southwest's biodiversity, but currently the data associated with millions of arthropod specimens are not easily accessible. To overcome this, SCAN will develop methods for integrating existing databases, catalogue-image specimens, develop new electronic identification techniques, and produce a virtual library of ground-dwelling arthropods (beetles, grasshoppers, spiders, ants). In addition the project will work with the existing project Filtered Push to increase the capacity of experts to provide remote identifications and annotations of data that can be sent throughout the network. | ||
The comprehensive SCAN online library and expert information will be available to the public as well as professionals in taxonomy, ecology, and climate change science. Smaller institutions will be provided increased access to large data sets for promoting research. The SCAN datasets will support a number of ongoing projects examining the effects of environmental and land-use change on individual arthropod species. By increasing access to this information, SCAN will stimulate new research and increased awareness in biodiversity conservation throughout the region. Over 50 undergraduates also will be trained in cyberinfrastructure, systematics, and ecology. This award is made as part of the National Resource for Digitization of Biological Collections through the Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections program and all data resulting from this award will be available through the national resource | The comprehensive SCAN online library and expert information will be available to the public as well as professionals in taxonomy, ecology, and climate change science. Smaller institutions will be provided increased access to large data sets for promoting research. The SCAN datasets will support a number of ongoing projects examining the effects of environmental and land-use change on individual arthropod species. By increasing access to this information, SCAN will stimulate new research and increased awareness in biodiversity conservation throughout the region. Over 50 undergraduates also will be trained in cyberinfrastructure, systematics, and ecology. This award is made as part of the National Resource for Digitization of Biological Collections through the Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections program and all data resulting from this award will be available through the national resource ([http://www.idigbio.org iDigBio.org]). | ||
== Current Research == | === Current Research === | ||
The current research focus is to use the data for niche/biodiversity modeling, historical ecology, and improving taxonomic resources for inventories, monitoring, and ecological studies that do not have the direct involvement of taxonomists. | The current research focus is to use the data for niche/biodiversity modeling, historical ecology, and improving taxonomic resources for inventories, monitoring, and ecological studies that do not have the direct involvement of taxonomists. | ||
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The modeling aspect involves a suite of possible activities including present-day niche modeling, species distribution modeling (e.g., MaxEnt), and multi-species modeling to examine patterns of biodiversity. All formal modeling can include both forward projections under various climate change scenarios, and backward projections to understand possible historical or paleo distributions. | The modeling aspect involves a suite of possible activities including present-day niche modeling, species distribution modeling (e.g., MaxEnt), and multi-species modeling to examine patterns of biodiversity. All formal modeling can include both forward projections under various climate change scenarios, and backward projections to understand possible historical or paleo distributions. | ||
== Project | === Project Websites & Social Media === | ||
[http://scan1.acis.ufl.edu/ <b>SCAN Website</b> http://scan1.acis.ufl.edu]<br> | |||
[http://symbiota4.acis.ufl.edu/scan/portal/index.php <b>SCAN Portal</b>]<br> | |||
=== Citizen Science & Outreach Projects === | |||
''Project Sponsor:'' Northern Arizona University | === Project Leadership === | ||
''Project Sponsor:'' Northern Arizona University [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1207371 (NSF Award 1207371)] | |||
''Principal Investigator (PI):'' [mailto:neil.cobb@nau.edu Neil Cobb] (PI), Kelly Miller (Co-PI), Paul Heinrich (Co-PI) | ''Principal Investigator (PI):'' [mailto:neil.cobb@nau.edu Neil Cobb] (PI), Kelly Miller (Co-PI), Paul Heinrich (Co-PI) | ||
''Collaborating Award PIs:'' | ''Collaborating Award PIs:'' <br> | ||
Arizona State University Nico Franz | Arizona State University, Nico Franz & Ed Gilbert; | ||
Colorado State University Boris Kondratieff | Colorado State University, Boris Kondratieff; | ||
Denver Museum of Nature and Science Frank Krell & Paula Cushing | Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Frank Krell & Paula Cushing; | ||
New Mexico State University Scott Bundy | New Mexico State University, Scott Bundy; | ||
Texas A&M John Oswald & Ed Riley | Texas A&M, John Oswald & Ed Riley; | ||
University of Arizona Wendy Moore | University of Arizona, Wendy Moore; | ||
University of Colorado at Boulder Deane Bowers | University of Colorado at Boulder, Deane Bowers; | ||
University of New Mexico Kelly Miller | University of New Mexico, Kelly Miller; | ||
Texas Tech University James Cokendolpher | Texas Tech University, James Cokendolpher; | ||
Harvard University James Hanken | Harvard University, James Hanken & Paul Morris | ||
== Project | === Project Collaborators === | ||
[https://www.idigbio.org/content/digitization-tcn-southwest-collections-arthropods-network-scan-collaborator-map Map of Collaborating Institutions] | |||
https://www.idigbio.org/content/digitization-tcn-southwest-collections-arthropods-network-scan-collaborator-map | |||
Arizona State University (ASU) [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1207107 (NSF Award 1207107)]<br> | |||
Arizona State University (ASU)<br> | Colorado State University, C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity (CSU) [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1206775 (NSF Award 1206775)]<br> | ||
Colorado State University, C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity (CSU)<br> | Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS) [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1207186 (NSF Award 1207186)]<br> | ||
Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS)<br> | |||
Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ)<br> | Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ)<br> | ||
New Mexico State University (NMSU)<br> | New Mexico State University (NMSU) [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1207187 (NSF Award 1207187)]<br> | ||
Northern Arizona University, Colorado Plateau Museum of Arthropod Biodiversity (NAUF)<br> | Northern Arizona University, Colorado Plateau Museum of Arthropod Biodiversity (NAUF)<br> | ||
Texas A&M University (TAMU)<br> | Texas A&M University (TAMU) [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1207033 (NSF Award 1207033)]<br> | ||
Texas A&M University Tri-Trophic Interactions Collection (TAMU)<br> | Texas A&M University Tri-Trophic Interactions Collection (TAMU)<br> | ||
Texas Tech University | Texas Tech University (TTU) [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1206951 (NSF Award 1206951)]<br> | ||
University of Arizona (UA)<br> | University of Arizona (UA) [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1206382 (NSF Award 1206382)]<br> | ||
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History (UCB)<br> | University of Colorado Museum of Natural History (UCB) [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1206706 (NSF Award 1206706)]<br> | ||
University of New Mexico, Museum of Southwestern Biology (UNM)<br> | University of New Mexico, Museum of Southwestern Biology (UNM)<br> | ||
< | <b>PENs</b>:<br> | ||
PENs:<br> | Harvard MCZ [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1305024 (NSF Award 1305024)] [https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Facilitating_a_Shared_Image_Library_and_Occurrence_Database_for_Ants_of_the_Southwest_as_Part_of_the_SCAN_TCN Project wiki page]<br> | ||
Harvard MCZ<br> | Brigham Young University (BYU) [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1408607 (NSF Award 1408607)] [https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Ground-dwelling_Insects_in_the_Brigham_Young_University_Collection,_Enhancement_to_SCAN Project wiki page]<br> | ||
Brigham Young University (BYU)<br> | Ohio State University [http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1503659 (NSF Award 1503659)] [https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Integration_of_data_from_the_Triplehorn_Insect_Collection_with_the_Southwestern_Collections_of_Arthropods_Network Project wiki page]<br> | ||
Ohio State University<br> | |||
< | <b>Unfunded participants</b>:<br> | ||
Unfunded participants:<br> | |||
Denver Botanic Gardens Collection of Arthropods (DBG)<br> | Denver Botanic Gardens Collection of Arthropods (DBG)<br> | ||
Dugway Proving Ground Natural History Collection (DUGWAY)<br> | Dugway Proving Ground Natural History Collection (DUGWAY)<br> | ||
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Western Washington University (WWU)<br> | Western Washington University (WWU)<br> | ||
== Protocols & Workflows == | === Protocols & Workflows === | ||
[http://scan1.acis.ufl.edu/content/protocols Project Resources] | |||
== Publications == | === Publications === | ||
Brusca, Richard C., John F. Wiens, Wallace M. Meyer, Jeffrey A. Eble, Kimberly Franklin, Jonathan T. Overpeck, and Wendy Moore. “Dramatic Response to Climate Change in the Southwest: Robert Whittaker’s 1963 Arizona Mountain Plant Transect Revisited.” Ecology and Evolution 3, no. 10 (2013): 3307–19. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.720 doi:10.1002/ece3.720].<br> | Brusca, Richard C., John F. Wiens, Wallace M. Meyer, Jeffrey A. Eble, Kimberly Franklin, Jonathan T. Overpeck, and Wendy Moore. “Dramatic Response to Climate Change in the Southwest: Robert Whittaker’s 1963 Arizona Mountain Plant Transect Revisited.” Ecology and Evolution 3, no. 10 (2013): 3307–19. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.720 doi:10.1002/ece3.720].<br> | ||
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Whitman-zai, Julie, Maren Francis, Margaret Geick, and Paula E. Cushing. “Revision and Morphological Phylogenetic Analysis of the Funnel Web Spider Genus Agelenopsis (Araneae: Agelenidae).” The Journal of Arachnology 43 (2015): 1–25. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1636/K14-35.1 doi:10.1636/K14-35.1]. | Whitman-zai, Julie, Maren Francis, Margaret Geick, and Paula E. Cushing. “Revision and Morphological Phylogenetic Analysis of the Funnel Web Spider Genus Agelenopsis (Araneae: Agelenidae).” The Journal of Arachnology 43 (2015): 1–25. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1636/K14-35.1 doi:10.1636/K14-35.1]. | ||
== Professional Presentations == | === Professional Presentations === | ||
[https://vimeo.com/151444047 iDigBio Summit V, 2015]<br> | |||
== Other project documentation == | === Other project documentation === | ||