The University of New Mexico

Year 1 - Integrative Inventories

Information

This is being offered as a web-enabled seminar, fall semester at UNM on Mondays, noon to 1 p.m. MST.

Participants can also contribute from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, the University of California at Berkeley, or Harvard University.

Instructor

Dr. Joseph A. Cook: (505) 277-1358 / cookjose@unm.edu 
Office Hours: Thursdays 8-9 (or anytime by appointment) 

Schedule

23 Aug:
Introduction to AIM-UP! and Integrated Approach to Inventories - Dr. Joe Cook 
Participants: Faculty - 2, Staff/Post-docs - 3, Undergraduate Students - 2, Graduate Students - 12

30 Aug:
Collection Databases, Arctos, and the Problem of Detecting Absence - Dr. Gordon Jarrell
Participants: Faculty - 1, Staff/Post-docs - 4, Undergraduate Students - 2, Graduate Students - 14, Remote Participants - 2

6 Sept:
(Labor Day No Class)

10-12 Sept:
Optional Field Trip to Sangre de Cristos

13 Sept:
Host-Parasite Integration - the Mammal Perspective (Presentation: Cook_Mammals)
Participants: Faculty - 3, Staff/Post-docs - 3, Undergraduate Students - 2, Graduate Students - 11, Remote Participants - 2

20 Sept:
Ornithology Perspective - Dr. Chris Witt (Presentation: Witt_Ornithology)
Participants: Faculty - 2, Staff/Post-docs - 5, Undergraduate Students - 2, Graduate Students - 9, Remote Participants - 2

24-26 Sept:
Optional Field Trip - western NM

27 Sept:
Herpetology Perspective - Dr. Howard Snell
Participants: Faculty/Curators - 3, Staff/Post-docs - 3, Undergraduate Students - 2, Graduate Students - 11, Remote Participants - 4

4 Oct:
Entomology Perspective - Dr. Kelly Miller (Presentation: Miller_Arthropods)
Participants: Faculty/Curators - 4, Staff/Post-docs - 6, Undergraduate Students - 2, Graduate Students - 9, Remote Participants - 4

11 Oct: 
Ichthyology Perspective - Dr. Tom Turner (Presentation: Turner_Ichthyology)
Participants: Faculty/Curators - 3, Staff/Post-docs - 4, Undergraduate Students - 2, Graduate Students - 6, Remote Participants - 3, Visiting Researchers - 1

18 Oct:
Botany Perspective - Dr. Tim Lowrey & Dr. Steffi Ickert-Bond (Presentation: Herbaria)
Participants: Faculty/Curators - 2, Staff/Post-docs - 2, Undergraduate Students - 2, Graduate Students - 7, Remote Participants - 3

25 Oct: 
ATBI Alliance & other All-TAXA Surveys (e.g. Great Smokey Mountains) - Dr. Gordon Jarrell (Presentation: Jarrell_ATBI)
Participants: Faculty/Curators - 1, Staff/Post-docs - 7, Undergraduate Students - 2, Graduate Students - 7, Remote Participants - 4

1 Nov:
Educational Module Development Discussion & New Technology for the Field
Participants: Faculty/Curators - 1, Staff/Post-docs - 1, Undergraduate Students - 2, Graduate Students - 9, Remote Participants - 3

8 Nov:
Needs and Implementation Ideas for Educational Modules
Participants: Faculty/Curators - 2, Staff/Post-docs - 4, Undergraduate Students - 2, Graduate Students - 10, Remote Participants - 2

15 Nov:
GIS applications to museum specimens—niche modeling - Jason Malaney (Presentation: Malaney_NicheModels)
Participants: Faculty/Curators - 1, Undergraduate Students - 2, Graduate Students - 9, Remote Participants - 2

22 Nov:
Net-based Biodiversity Resources (e.g., GBIF, EOL, Animal Diversity Web) - Dr. Joe Cook (Presentation: Cook_on-line_resources)
Participants: Faculty/Curators - 1, Staff/Post-docs - 1, Undergraduate Students - 2, Graduate Students - 9, Remote Participants - 1

29 Nov:
Preliminary Educational Module Presentations
Participants: Faculty/Curators - 1, Staff/Post-docs - 2, Undergraduate Students - 2, Graduate Students - 9, Remote Participants - 2

6 Dec:
Work on Modules

13 Dec:
Final Education Module Presentations
Participants: Faculty/Curators - 1, Staff/Post-docs - 1, Undergraduate Students - 2, Graduate Students - 10, Remote Participants - 3