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SYMBIOTA : Bio-Collaboration and the Integration of Regional Specimen Data

SYMBIOTA : Bio-Collaboration and the Integration of Regional Specimen Data. Edward Gilbert Corinna Gries Thomas H. Nash III Global Institute of Sustainability Arizona State University. Traditional Floristic Treatments. Taxonomic information (synonyms, family, vernacular names, etc)

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SYMBIOTA : Bio-Collaboration and the Integration of Regional Specimen Data

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  1. SYMBIOTA: Bio-Collaboration and the Integration of Regional Specimen Data Edward Gilbert Corinna Gries Thomas H. Nash III Global Institute of Sustainability Arizona State University

  2. Traditional Floristic Treatments • Taxonomic information (synonyms, family, vernacular names, etc) • Descriptions • Images or illustrations • Distribution maps • Identification keys • Voucher information

  3. Virtual Floras / Virtual Herbaria • Inexpensive • Numerous Images/Illustrations • Continuously Updatable • Flexible • Collaborative Efforts • A Living Document

  4. Virtual Environment has Great Potential • Arizona Flora • Annuals of the Grand Canyon • Poaceae of Pima Co. • Asteraceae within 30 miles of 34.2°, -112.4° • My Backyard Flora

  5. SEINet – Southwestern Virtual Flora • Specimen Search Engine • Static Checklists • Dynamic Checklists • Interactive Identification Key • Image Library • Ask a Botanist (Image ID) • SEINet is a test case dataset

  6. Specimen Based Model • Backbone of Floristic Research • Vouchers • Proof of Occurrence • Expert Reviewed • Verifiable • GBIF: 177,448,319 Occurrence Records

  7. Virtual Flora: An Underestimated Task • Building Software – programmer & database specialist • Data Schema, Data Management tools, User Interface • Compiling Data – data specialist • Specimens, Species Lists, Vernaculars, Images, Morphological Characters, Species Descriptions • Data Relationships – Biologist, Wildlife Managers • Vouchers – link to specimens • Taxonomic Thesaurus for Integrating Collections • Interactive Identification • Expensive!

  8. Fostering Collaborative Efforts! • Symbiota Project builds software • Regional Datasets or Projects • Data Managed through a Collaborative Effort • Herbaria Manage Collections • State/National Parks • Taxonomists • Universities / Professors • Data publically available based on standards

  9. Symbiota Data Nodes • SEINet – Plants of Southwestern North America • http://swbiodiversity.org • Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria • http://symbiota.org/nalichens/index.php • CoTRAM – Cooperative Taxonomic Resource for American Myrtaceae • http://symbiota.org/cotram/index.php • Neotropical Vascular Plants • http://symbiota.org/neotropical/index.php

  10. System Requirements • Web Server • Tested on Apache HTTP Server 2.x • PHP (vers 5.0 or later) • MySQL (ver 5.1 or later) • Tested on Linux and Windows (XP & Vista) • Storage depends on size of flora • Symbiota Application = ~10MB • SEINet Database = 1GB • Number of Images

  11. Data Requirements • Specimen/Observation Data • Published Species List • Images • Taxonomic Thesauri (multiple preferred) • Morphological Character Data

  12. Open Source Software Project • Improve Existing Software • Build upon an existing foundation • Proven Development Strategy • GNU/Linux operating system, Apache HTTP Server, Internet Protocol, Mozilla Firefox, MySQL…

  13. Conclusions • Virtual Floras have great potential • Specimen data form the foundation • Collaboration critical • Software needs to be freely available • Open Source development strategies • Protocol & Data Standards

  14. Acknowledgments • Herbaria • ASU • SBBG • ARIZ • ASC • DES • GCNP • COCHISE • NSF - BDI • Global Institute of Sustainability (ASU) • Corinna Gries, Thomas Nash, III • Leslie Landrum – ASU Herbarium • Arizona Desert Museum • Local & Regional Data Managers • Elizabeth Makings, Max Licher, etc

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