Geological Survey

Description

The U.S. Geological Survey���s Core Science Analytics, Synthesis and Libraries (CSAS&L) Program is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner within the Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit that has the ability to support joint activities focused on increasing the availability of and access to high quality, taxonomically validated image (photo)-based insect species occurrence data including for monarch (Danaus plexippus) and other butterfly species, moths, bees, wasps, insect pollinators, and other insect species (and where available their associated plant species) recorded in the Canada, the US and US Territories for inclusion in the USGS Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON - http://bison.usgs.ornl.gov/) application, documentation in the USGS BISON Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT - http://bison.ornl.gov/ipt/), and for harvesting by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) via the USGS BISON IPT installation.

Who can apply

• Others

Contact

Faith Graves, 703-648-7356 <br/>fgraves@usgs.gov <br/>
fgraves@usgs.gov