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Automating Insect Identification for Inventorying Costa Rican Biodiversity
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- Ref:
- 6050
- Type:
- Main Project
- Project leader:
- Dr Ian Gauld
- Host institutions:
- Start date:
- 1997-04-01
- UK institutions:
- NHM - Natural History Museum, Entomology
- Finish date:
- 2000-03-31
- Website:
- Region:
- Central America
- Status:
- Completed
- Countries:
- Costa Rica
Project description
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Purpose
To develop a computerised automated identification system for one group of common insects.
Activities
To develop an operational automatic identification system that will allow non-specialists to identify species of a target group of insects; to develop the skills necessary in Costa Rica to enable collaborators to use the software to create automatic identification systems for other organisms; to demonstrate a novel British developed technique for overcoming the taxonomic impediment to the implementation of Article 7 of the Biodiversity Convention; to provide a simple cost-effective method that will allow wide accessibility to diagnostic image-based specimens held in a UK collection.
Outputs
Digital Automated Identification of Insects (DAISY) developed and installed at the Universidad de Costa Rica and the Natural History Museum, UK; 2 taxonomic monographs; 3 insect reference collections enhanced including new species; 3 scientific papers; 4 undergraduates trained; other training in preparation of wing slides; DAISY web site – http://chasseur.usc.edu/pups/projects/daisy.html
Project documents
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final report | 6050 | 76.09 KB | |
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evaluation of a closed project
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evaluation of a closed project | 6050 | 472.97 KB |
Related Darwin projects
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| 1. | 3101 Main Project |
Developed from the current project | Development of Human Resources to Participate in the Costa Rica National Biological Inventory, to Inventory Parasitic Wasps | 1993 – |
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