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= Digitization TCN: North American Lichens and Bryophytes: Sensitive Indicators of Environmental Quality and Change  =

== Project Summary  ==

Lichens and bryophytes (mosses and their relatives) are sensitive indicators of environmental change, and are dominant organisms in arctic-alpine and desert habitats, where the effects of climate change are well-documented. This project will image about 2.3 million North American lichen and bryophyte specimens from more than 60 collections to address questions of how species distributions change after major environmental events, both in the past and projected into the future. Large-scale distribution mapping will help identify regions where such changes are likely, fostering programs designed to protect these organisms. Awardees plan to build and enhance a national volunteer community, and provide online seminars, extensive online training materials, and local workshops and field trips. 

== Current Research  ==

== Project Leadership  ==

''Project Sponsor:'' University of Wisconsin - Madison

''Principal Investigators (PIs):'' [mailto:cgries@wisc.edu Corinna Gries] (PI), Thomas Nash (Co-PI) 

''Collaborating Award PIs:'' Andrew Miller, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Edward Schilling, University of Tennessee Knoxville; Meredith Blackwell, Louisiana State University &amp; Agricultural and Mechanical College; Donald Pfister, Harvard University; Francois Lutzoni, Duke University; Robert Luecking, Field Museum of Natural History; Bruce Allen, Missouri Botanical Garden; Timothy James, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Larry St.Clair, Brigham Young University; Stefanie Ickert-Bond, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; William Buck, New York Botanical Garden; John Freudenstein, Ohio State University; Tatyana Livschultz, Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia; David Giblin, University of Washington; Alan Fryday, Michigan State University; Brent Mishler, University of California, Berkeley

== NSF Award Number ==

[http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1115116&HistoricalAwards=false 1115116]

== Project Websites  ==

http://lbcc1.acis.ufl.edu <br>
http://lichenportal.org/ <br>
http://bryophyteportal.org/ <br>
http://symbiota.org/nalichens/index.php <br>
http://symbiota.org/bryophytes/index.php <br>

== Collaborators Map  ==
https://www.idigbio.org/content/digitization-tcn-north-american-lichens-and-bryophytes-collaborator-map

== Project Collaborators  ==
Auburn University<br> 
Boise State University<br> 
Botanical Research Institute of Texas<br> 
Brigham Young University<br> 
California Academy of Science<br> 
Cornell University<br> 
Drexel University, Academy of Natural Sciences<br> 
Duke University<br> 
Field Museum of Natural History<br> 
Harvard University, Farlow Herbarium<br> 
Idaho State University<br>
Louisiana State University & Agricultural and Mechanical College<br> 
Michigan State University<br> 
Michigan Technological University<br> 
Missouri Botanical Garden<br> 
Montana State University<br>  
Morton Arboretum<br> 
New York Botanical Garden<br> 
North Dakota State University,  T. L. Esslinger Herbarium<br>
Ohio State University<br>
Oregon State University<br>
Pittsburg State University (Kansas)<br> 
Rutgers University<br> 
San Francisco State University<br> 
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden<br> 
Southern Illinois University<br> 
State University of New York, Binghamton<br>
Towson University<br> 
Tulane University<br> 
University of Alaska, Museum of the North<br> 
University of Arizona<br> 
University of Arkansas<br> 
University of California, Berkeley<br> 
University of Connecticut<br> 
University of Hawaii, Manoa<br> 
University of Idaho<br> 
University of Illinois<br> 
University of Illinois, Natural History Survey<br> 
University of Maine<br> 
University of Maine at Ft. Kent<br> 
University of Michigan<br>
University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln<br> 
University of Nebraska at Kearny<br> 
University of Nevada, Las Vegas<br> 
University of New Hampshire<br> 
University of New Mexico<br> 
University of North Alabama<br> 
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill<br> 
University of Richmond<br> 
University of Tennessee<br>
University of Texas, El Paso<br> 
University of Vermont<br> 
University of Washington<br> 
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire<br> 
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point<br>
University of Wyoming Rocky Mountain Herbarium<br>
Utah Valley University<br>
West Virginia University<br> 
Western Washington University<br> 
Yale University, Peabody Museum<br><br>

PENs:<br>
Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden<br>
University of Central Florida<br>
University of Cincinnati<br>
University of Colorado, Museum of Natural History<br>
University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History<br> 
University of Minnesota, Bell Museum of Natural History Herbarium<br>
University of South Florida<br>
University of West Florida<br>
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Unfunded participants:<br>
Arizona State University<br>
Evergreen Natural History Museum<br>
Indiana University Herbarium<br>
Iowa State University<br> 
Natural History Museum of Denmark: The Herbarium of Lichens<br>
Patricia Ledlie Herbarium<br>
Uppsala University Exsiccati<br>
University of Kansas<br>
University of Nebraska, Omaha<br> 
Utah State University, Intermountain Herbarium<br>
Valdosta State University<br>