GIS Technology For New York State Biodiversity

GIS+eDNA+Isotopes

The project consists of the analysis of genetic and isotopic databases of Lake Michigan plant organisms and their interrelationships. This information will be mapped interactively using QGIS.

References:

Sakai Y, Kusakabe A, Tsuchida K, et al. (2019) Discovery of an unrecorded population of Yamato salamander ( Hynobius vandenburghi ) by GIS and eDNA analysis. Environmental DNA 1(3): 281–289. DOI: 10.1002/edn3.31.

Chetri M, Odden M, Sharma K, et al. (2019) Estimating snow leopard density using fecal DNA in a large landscape in north-central Nepal. Global Ecology and Conservation 17: e00548. DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00548.

J.E. Laffoon, T.F. Sonnemann, T. Shafie, C.L. Hofman, U. Brandes, and G.R. Davies. 2017. “Investigating human geographic origins using dual-isotope (87Sr/86Sr, d18O) assignment approaches”. PLOS ONE, Vol. 12(2): 1-16.