St Andrews Bioblitz 2014
St Andrews Bioblitz 2014
The British Ecological Society has awarded Alfredo Ojanguren an Outreach grant to help organise St Andrews Bioblitz 2014.
The Bioblitz aims at promoting citizen participation in the collection of scientific data and also developing novel ways of using this kind of data to address important ecological questions.
Over 24 h, participants will be involved in a series of sampling events to find and identify as many species of plants and animals as possible in the area around the Scottish Oceans Institute by East Sands in St Andrews. The event will start at noon on Fri the 13th of June 2014.
Participants will include students (from elementary school to postgraduates), volunteers, experts, scientists and anyone interested in nature and outdoor activities.
The dataset generated will be used to study the ‘completeness’ of the species lists produced for different taxa or by different methods. This knowledge will be publicly available and will provide a baseline record that will allow identifying invasive species, and those that might be shifting their ranges north as a consequence of climate change.
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