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Costa Rican Forests (Nov & Dec 2011)
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I am a molecular ecologist, based at the University of Guelph in Ontario Canada, and interested in tracking how ACG ant communities change here with elevation, temperature and time. I have been following this across three volcanoes in Guanacaste Province (Cacao, Rincon de la Vieja and Orosi) since 2008. My hope and intent is to continue this monitoring for the long term. As part of this monitoring I take GigaPan panoramas of each sampled habitat.
Arctic Ecology 2012 - Churchill
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In 2012 the University of Guelph/Ontario Universities Program in Field Biology's Arctic Ecology course was fortunate to have 8 GigaPans to distribute amongst the students to help them experience, explore, understand and question this special sub-Arctic environment.
The Arctic has many species not found elsewhere and a warming climate is predicted to have a particularly dramatic impact on this unique biodiversity. Understanding Arctic biodiversity has become an important part of the research and teaching at UofG, from first year to senior field courses to graduate research.
Our goal is to expand the opportunities for experiential learning about Arctic biodiversity by students in two courses (Arctic Ecology BIOL*4610 and Discovering Biodiversity BIOL*1070) by using two wo cutting-edge technologies: DNA barcoding and GigaPan imaging. DNA barcoding is a novel genetic method for species identification and discovery that was pioneered at the University of Guelph. The GigaPan is a transformational piece of technology for creating, sharing and annotating high-resolution panoramic photographs.
The digital products of each technology are publicly accessible and sustainably maintained; both are annotated through time by a community of experts and non-experts alike; and both connect the digital and natural worlds.
Our course is based out of the Churchill Northern Studies Centre (CNSC). Founded in 1976, the Churchill Northern Studies Centre is an independent, non-profit research and education facility located 23 km east of the town of Churchill, Manitoba. The CNSC provide accommodations, meals, equipment rentals, and logistical support to scientific researchers working on a diverse range of topics of interest to northern science. In addition to research, the Centre facilitates a wide range of educational programming ranging from general interest courses for the visiting public to university credit courses for students.
We gratefully acknowledge the support critical for the student GigaPans from the CREATE Lab Outreach Program at
Carnegie Mellon University, the Learning Enhancement Fund of the University of Guelph, the Fine Foundation, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).
Algonquin Park
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Habitat and sampling localities for project: "DNA barcode-based biodiversity assessment of North American invertebrates: species richness, structure and stability" sites.google.com/site/algonquinorg 
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Douglas, Ontario, Canada through seasons and years
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Douglas, Ontario, Canada through seasons and years
Nouragues Field Station - French Guiana
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Field work carried out at the Inselberg CNRS research station between Jan.28th and Feb.11th.2011 by Rodolphe Rouguerie and Alex Smith. The objective of our activities in the field was to realize a rapid biodiversity survey in the three target groups (moths, parasitoid wasps and ants) through systematic sampling of all morphospecies and the preservation/preparation of samples/tissues for the subsequent use of DNA barcoding.
ACG Costa Rica - Feb 2012
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Ant collections in the Area de Conservacion de Guanacaste (ACG) in February 2012
Regismont 2011
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A collection of the Gigapans taken at Regismont during September 2011.
Gettysburg Virtual Fieldwork
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Images used in the virtual field exploration of the Gettysburg National Military Park.
Castanet/Blanchard 2011
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A series of Gigapans from the 2011 excavations at the sites of Abri Blanchard and Abri Castanet in southwestern France