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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.

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Version 1.0 - published on 30 Jan 2024 doi:10.25334/4PV3-W047 - cite this

Keywords

  1. endangered species
  2. #iNaturalist
  3. Biodiversity data usage

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  4. Inclusive Pedagogy for Life Science Education
  5. Open Science and Education Practices Ontology
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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:

  1. Analyze and interpret publicly available biodiversity data through mapping
  2. Access publicly available biodiversity data
  3. Discuss the sources and potential uses of different types of datasets
  4. Form a hypothesis based on iNaturalist locality data and consider how that hypothesis would
  5. be tested.

 

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