Working Groups – Biodiversity Protocols
To get involved, contact the Coordinator for the “Biodiversity Protocols” Working Group: Robbie Hart.
Current group members:
Robbie (wrangler), Bill Bowman, Eva, Thomas, Aimee, Daniel W, Yan Yang
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Current Projects:
Raw Meeting Notes Transcription:
1A Biodiversity Protocols
Robbie (wrangler), Bill Bowman, Eva, Thomas, Aimee, Daniel W, Yan Yang
Questions
What drives biodiv in mtns
What methods and effort levels are appropriate for steep gradients and heterogeneity of mtns (“what do we miss”)
What is the effect of climate change on range / other metrics
Cross-taxon connections of diversities (interspecies relationships)
Plot-based methods
GLORIA
Whittaker
All-taxa inventory
Plot-scale issues:
Korchagin – 100/200 sqm
Hemp 500+ for tropics
Transects
Common methods
Braun-Blanquet
Species Lists
Abundance data
Occurrence data (point presence/absence)
Metadata
Gradient studies
Metrics
Population (pop vitality, pop age structure)
Species
Community
Function (ecosystem and functional traits)
Resiliency
Habitat suitability
Species range maps
Phytocoenotical role [sp? ask Eugeny nb RH]
Essential biodiversity variables + essential climatic variables ala GEO BON
Products
A common database of GEO BON “essential” variables adapted for and populated from mountain regions