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Lichens, Bryophytes and Climate Change

Lichens, Bryophytes and Climate Change. Research Questions. How are changes in distribution patterns of lichens and bryophytes over time correlated with man-made environmental changes? How accurately can we predict where specific species can be found using existing herbarium data?.

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Lichens, Bryophytes and Climate Change

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  1. Lichens, Bryophytes and Climate Change

  2. Research Questions • How are changes in distribution patterns of lichens and bryophytes over time correlated with man-made environmental changes? • How accurately can we predict where specific species can be found using existing herbarium data?

  3. Goals and Scope • 16 digitization centers (collaborators) • > 60 non-governmental US herbaria (95%) • ~ 2.3 million specimens (90%) • 900,000 lichens • 1.4 million bryophytes • Mobilizing existing digital records The focus of the project is specimens from Mexico, the U.S. and Canada

  4. Digitization Approach:

  5. Outreach and Crowd Sourcing • Volunteers will edit and complete label data transcription • Volunteer training program • Local workshops, field courses, seminars, training • Online training, Q/A, seminars, presentations

  6. Dissemination • National Portals (Symbiota) • http://symbiota.org/nalichens/ • http://symbiota.org/bryophytes/ • Search across collections • Map distributions • Create checklists, descriptions and keys • Project Website • http://lbcc.limnology.wisc.edu/

  7. Unlocking a Biodiversity Resource for Understanding Biotic Interactions, Nutrient Cycling and Human Affairs 35 institutions, including 3 botanical gardens, two natural history museums, and 31 universities in 24 states will share collections data from 1.3 million specimens The Macrofungi Collections Consortium

  8. What are Macrofungi?

  9. Research Questions • Is fungal biodiversity significantly underestimated? • To what extent does the distribution of macrofungi affect the distribution of other organisms with which they form associations? • Will phenologicalpatterns of macrofungalsporocarp production will be altered with climate change? • Can we use herbarium records to track fungal species of interest or concern for ecosystems and human welfare (e.g., invasive, pathogenic species?

  10. Digitize Specimen Data, Fieldnotes, Photographs • Data to be digitized: • 700,000 specimen records (combined with 600,000 previously digitized specimens for a total of 1.3 million) • 70,000 specimen images • 144,260 photographs of living fungi (represented in specimen collections) • 26,092 fieldbook pages • 355,220 field notes, spore prints

  11. Digitization Strategy Participating Institutions: • Create preliminary records • Image • Specimen labels • Selected specimens • Photographs and drawings • Field notes, field books • Create field book records Record Creation Center (NYBG) • Provides training and support • Completes records Volunteers: Complete, edit and augment data

  12. Partnership with the Citizen Mycology community Citizen mycologists conduct public outreach about fungi --forays, fungus fairs, lectures, poison control --document local mycota through publications, websites and herbaria For the MaCC project, mycologists will: --serve on project advisory board --help design and use crowdsourcing application --use Portal functions to document, share work

  13. Teach: • Two workshops for high school Biology teachers • Involve university-level student workforce in social media projects relating to the project, and fund their participation in scientific meetings

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