Mapping New Discoveries: iNaturalist and Biodiversity Data
Author(s): Rhea Ewing1, Lauren Esposito2, Anna Monfils3
1. RheaEwing.com 2. California Academy of Sciences 3. Central Michigan University
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Summary:
Meet Lauren Esposito, the Curator of Arachnology at
the California Academy of Sciences. Learn how they use community science to inform new species discovery.
Contents:
- Lauren Esposito Student Copy Mapping New Discoveries.pdf(PDF | 4 MB)
- Lauren Esposito Teacher Copy Mapping New Discoveries.pdf (Instructors only)(PDF | 553 KB)
- A Community for Naturalists · iNaturalist
- License terms
Description
Learn how local biodiversity enthusiasts are logging data on iNaturalists and how this data is informing research across the globe.
Students completing this assignment will be able to do the following:
- Analyze and interpret publicly available biodiversity data through mapping
- Access publicly available biodiversity data
- Discuss the sources and potential uses of different types of datasets
- Form a hypothesis based on iNaturalist locality data and consider how that hypothesis would
- be tested.
Cite this work
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
- Ewing, R., Esposito, L., Monfils, A. (2024). Mapping New Discoveries: iNaturalist and Biodiversity Data. Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/4PV3-W047