Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open Access Data?

2009-08-31 Thread Martin Köchy
Various data sets can be found here: http://info1.ma.slu.se/veg/www_veg.acgi$Project?ID=Intro --| http://sci.martinkoechy.de | Dr. Martin Köchy (Koechy) Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut -Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open Access Data?

2009-08-17 Thread Wesley M. Hochachka
Katie, I can think of a couple options for you for birds. One standard one is the North American Breeding Bird Survey data set, where data can be downloaded from here: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/RawData/Choose-Method.cfm These data come from several thousand annual 50-point transects run

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Open Access Data?

2009-08-17 Thread Phil Nott
Interesting stuff here maybe - analysis of the breeding status lists might be interesting to test latitudinal/elevational models of biodiversity, for example http://www.birdpop.org/nbii/NBIIHome.asp I expect that you will summarize suggested resources through Ecolog and will be glad for you

[ECOLOG-L] Open Access Data?

2009-08-16 Thread Katie Griffith
Hello, I'm looking for any datasets that are available online to use in a biodiversity class this fall. The best I have found so far are from ESA's TIEE program. I'm interested in others that students would be able to use in order to address biodiversity-related questions that they develop