Scientific Findings, Success Stories, Lessons Learned, and an Alliance of ATBIs
Langdon K, Parker C, Nichols B. 2006. Scientific Findings, Success Stories, Lessons Learned, and an Alliance of ATBIs. The George Wright Forum. 23(3):52-60
THE MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION ABOUT THE ALL TAX BIODIVERSITY INVENTORY (ATBI) is “How many species have you found?” This is to be expected, as the ATBI is an inventory. The answer is presented in the “taxa table” (Table 1) below, and, more currently, on the Discover Life in America (DLIA) website (www.dlia.org/atbi/new_science/discoveries.shtml). However, when we are asked this question we always qualify our answer by stating the last date the table was updated. This is because the numbers change so frequently that keeping up is a major difficulty, but one we are pleased to be faced with. Since this article was written, bio-quests have been held, scientists have visited the park independently to collect specimens, and additional samples have been processed from the pilot study backlog. So the answer has changed since the table below was produced—of that we can be certain.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Langdon, Keith; Parker, Charles; Nichols, Becky
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory, ATBI, Discover Life in America, GRSM-00069