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Conservation Biology Pearson, Katelin D [1], Ellis, Shari [2], Ellwood, Elizabeth [3], Nelson, Gil [4], Paul, Deborah [5], Riccardi, Greg [5], Mast, Austin [6]. On the front lines of discovering change: Biodiversity specimen collectors as the Anthropocene’s outlier detectors. In this era of global change, early recognition of change in Earth’s biota is vital to prevent the loss of biodiversity and ecological health. Biological outliers (e.g., in phenology, distribution, morphology, etc.) may indicate early stages of significant, transformative change that merit immediate attention. As active naturalists, collectors of biodiversity specimens are on the front lines of observing this change, yet may not have the tradition, training, cyberinfrastructure, and semantics to efficiently detect and report change to potential stakeholders. The iDigBio Outlier Detection and Documentation by Collectors (ODD Collectors) Working Group surveyed specimen collectors and preparators to determine: (1) whether this is indeed the case, (2) how collectors determine whether something they have collected is an outlier, and (3) what impediments to outlier detection and documentation exist. We will discuss the results and their implications for the broader community, and we offer suggestions to empower collectors as sentinels of change.
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1 - Florida State University, Biological Science, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
2 - Florida Museum of Natural History, Center for Informal Science Education, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
3 - Florida State University, iDigBio, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
4 - Florida State University, iDigBio, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
5 - Florida State University, iDigBio, Tallahassee, FL, USA
6 - Florida State University, Department Of Biological Science, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
Keywords:
biodiversity
collections
herbarium
Collections Management
outliers
change.
Presentation Type: Oral Paper
Session: 26, Conservation Biology I
Location: 104/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Date: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM
Number: 26001
Abstract ID:92
Candidate for Awards:None |
