Das Projekt HyperTaxon soll die neuartigen Möglichkeiten vergleichender Bildbearbeitung, die vom Hyperimage erarbeitet werden, für die systematisch-zoologische Forschung erschließen, da sie sehr viel mit schwer zu verbalisierender visueller Information arbeitet. Von den zahlreichen Anwendungsideen, die zum Teil noch erst verwirklicht werden sollen, ist das HyperTaxon (Das Mooswanzen-Projekt) bis jetzt am weitesten fortgeschritten. Das Projekt widmet sich der Systematisierung und innovativer Darstellung von Informationen über die Peloridiidae, eine enigmatische Insektengruppe (aus der Untergruppe Hemiptera, zu der Zikaden, Blattläuse und Wanzen gehören, u. a. ökonomisch sehr wichtige Arten). Diese Gruppe ist relativ klein (nur 25 beschrieben Arten), aber von einer wichtigen Position im System der Hemiptera; ihre Vertreter sind von geringer Körpergröße (meist 2-3 mm) und leben kryptisch im Moos, was z. T. die Tatsache erklärt, warum sie so schlecht erforscht sind. Das Projekt verfolgt 2 wichtigste Ziele. Erstens, soll er die meiste existierende Information über die Gruppe zusammenfassen, mit besonderem Augenmerk auf nicht-verbaler - graphischer und akustischer - Information. Zweitens, stellen die Hyperimage-Tools dem Nutzer viele Möglichkeiten in der Arbeit mit den Daten zur Verfügung; er kann sie nicht nur passiv zur Kenntnis nehmen, er kann sie auch nach verschiedenen Kriterien miteinander vergleichen und kombinieren und dabei evtl. neue Gesetzmäßigkeiten aufdecken. Somit wird Hyperimage zu einem neuartigen Werkzeug der biologischen Systematik, der diese Wissenschaft im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes interaktiv machen könnte. ... [Information des Anbieters, verändert]
Our objective is to provide an open platform- and location-independent database network to store, share, secure and analyze wireless remote animal monitoring (WRAM) data. The database will be accessible for all participating researchers and research groups and will be integrated with existing and future local analysis tools as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or statistical packages. During the project we will a) migrate an existing cross-project database system for wildlife tracking and telemetry data into a new national WRAM database node e-infrastructure for sensor-derived data, b) integrate the new WRAM infrastructure into the Swedish LifeWatch initiative, c) nurture the established network of researchers to enhance scientific outcome from collected data by enhanced co-operation, and d) disseminate the knowledge on handling of large datasets and databases in general, and the awareness of the WRAM e-infrastructure among environmental researchers and graduate students using tracking devices and other remote data sensors. ... [Information of the supplier]
The EUropean ROe DEER Information System (EURODEER) is an open project to support a collaborative process of data sharing to produce better science. It is based on a spatial database that store shared movement data on roe deer to investigate variation in roe deer behavioural ecology along environmental gradients or population responses to specific conditions, such as habitat changes, impact of human activities, different hunting regimes. EURODEER group is trying to fully explore the opportunities given by the new monitoring technologies for conservation and management at both local and global scale. The spatial database, built upon open source software (PostgreSQL + PostGIS) and hosted at Edmund Mach Foundation, can be connected to a large set of client applications (GIS, web interfaces, statistics) to help storing, managing, accessing and analysing GPS data from several research groups throughout Europe. At present 19 research groups join EURODEER. The database is static and temporary, but the perspective is to turn it into a permanently structured and dynamically updatable data repository of a long term project. ... [Information of the supplier]
Movebank is funded by the public (NSF/USA, Max Planck/Germany) as a free-for-all global museum for animal movement data, which are a legacy of humankind. a) Movebank acquires new data in real-time by linking data streams coming from satellites, cellphone networks, or other local area networks. b) Existing (legacy) animal data are uploaded to the centralized Movebank database. c) Users who prefer to host their own data can link to Movebank resources through a distributed system. d) Users interact with data through a customizable 'cyberdashboard' with online calculators for spatial analyses, animal density estimation and other statistical tools. Animal-trackers and camera-trappers have exclusive access to their data and the option to make them "open access" to share with professionals and students, with appropriate credit. Scientists will be able to interact with their data in realtime, and make instant comparisons with legacy data from other studies. Theoreticians can mine animal movement and distribution data to test ideas related to ecological patterns, evolutionary processes, and disease spread. Conservation managers can use Movebank to show population changes over time and space. Educators will find a wealth of examples to illustrate biological principals and let students ask and answer their own questions about wild animals. ... [Information of the supplier]
Dungeness is a dry shingle beach jutting out into the English Channel at Britain's most south-easterly point. Bird watching, wildlife migration and bio-diversity have been at the centre of casual and professional observations for over a century and the Observatory celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2002. The aim of this site is to promote and share our information and records with all people interested in the natural history of this unique habitat. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Barcoding Fauna Bavarica project is an All Species DNA barcoding campaign of the Zoologische Staatssammlung in Munich (ZSM) and the Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding (CCDB). It represents a major component of Germany's contribution to the International Barcode of Life Project. Core funding comes from the Bavarian State Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts, and from Genome Canada through the Ontario Genomics Institute. (Stefan Schmidt, unter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOQEYZRrB-s). ... [Miscellaneous as indicated]
