A joint Biodiversity Information Management and Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP) forum was held from 13th – 16th May 2018 in Cape St Francis. Click on the title of the presentations below for a pdf version of the slides:
PRESENTER | PRESENTATION | SIZE |
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Biodiversity and global change: National programmes for biodiversity assessment and monitoring | ||
Deshni Pillay | National Biodiversity Assessment 2018: Preliminary assessment of data gaps and challenges | 2.3 MB |
Krystal Tolley | The National Biodiversity Assessment: Assessing and monitoring genetic diversity | 1.5 MB |
Natasha Govendor | Information into action - Municipalities as data users and data generators | 3.5 MB |
Jeanetta Selier | NDF101 - Ensuring the sustainability of trade in priority species | 2.5 MB |
Lara Atkinson and Jasper Slingsby | Leveraging foundational biodiversity information for observing global change | 5.5 MB |
Camera trapping for assessment and monitoring of species and populations | ||
Marco Willi | Classifying Camera Trap Images on Massive Scale with Citizen Science and Machine Learning | 8.3 MB |
Jan Venter | Snapshot Safari - South Africa: A country-wide occupancy assessment and monitoring of mammals | 2.2 MB |
Yvette Ehlers-Smith | Camera trapping in a mixed urban-agricultural mosaic landscape: the value of a well designed survey regime | 5.2 MB |
David Ehlers-Smith | The ecological and conservation significance of camera-trap bycatch data: a case study of two reclusive, forest-specialised bird species from the Indian Ocean Coastal Belt Forest | 5.9 MB |
Ross Pitman | Moving Toward an integrated approach to camera trapping research | 3.4 MB |
Evgeny Zakharov | The International Barcode of Life: second phase and meta-barcoding projects for bio-surveillance | 17.4 MB |
Ryan Rattray | Bugging Around: An Overview of the Kruger Malaise Program | 9.7 MB |
Nqobile Ndhlovu | DNA barcoding of KwaZulu-Natal Afromontane forest Parmelia (Parmeliaceae) species: A molecular approach to accurate specimen identification | 1.5 MB |
Chante Powell | Barcoding of parasitoid wasps (Braconidae and Chalcidoidea) associated with wild and cultivated olives in the Western Cape of South Africa | 1.4 MB |
Biodiversity surveys in South Africa: addressing critical data gaps | ||
Silvia Kirkman | The Karoo BioGaps Project making big strides for the Karoo | 1.4 MB |
Werner Conradie | Five years onwards, filling the 'Transkei gap': an updated checklist of the herpetofauna found in the Eastern Cape forest and adjacent grasslands | 7.2 MB |
Riana Jacobs | Soil Fusarium survey in grassland | 1.7 MB |
Approaches to data generation for monitoring and assessment of biodiversity | ||
Mathilde van Rooyen | Developing a long-term biodiversity monitoring framework for the eThekwini Municipality | 1.8 MB |
Siddarthan Venkatachalan | A foundational biodiversity map of the terrestrial microbiome of a sub-Antarctic island | 2.8 MB |
Erin Brinkley | Re-surveying the insectivorous bats of northern Kruger National Park, South Africa | 2.2 MB |
Talifhani Mashao | Assessments of road impacts on the conservation of wildlife biodiversity in the Kruger to Canyon Biosphere Reserve: Case study of Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa | 1.6 MB |
Charlene Janion-Scheepers | The use of Collembola as bio-indicators | 2.6 MB |
Katta Ludynia | Using Passive Integrated Transponders (PITs) in the Endangered African Penguin to monitor populations and movement | 4.5 MB |
Jessica Leaver | The response of taxonomic and functional bird diversity to forest product harvesting in the Eastern Cape, South Africa | 5.8 MB |
Joanna Dames | Biodiversity of mycorrhizal fungi in South Africa - progress and challenges | 3.0 MB |
Nasipi Mtsi | Marine microbial community dynamics as a tool for measuring the response of sub-Antarctic ecosystems to climate change | 1.4 MB |
Jake Mulvaney | Efficacy of point counts and mist-netting for species detection of forest utilising birds in Eastern Cape forests | 1.7 MB |
Unravelling cryptic diversity | ||
Shelley Edwards | Phylogenetic relationship in the slug-eater snakes, Duberria (Lamprophiidae) | 3.1 MB |
Theo Busschau | Molecular data reveals potential cryptic lineages in two forest-dwelling reptile species along the east coast of South Africa | 1.6 MB |
Human capital development for s=citizen science programmes | ||
Suvarna Parbhoo-Mohan | The impact of citizen scientists in long-term surveying of SA's plants of conservation concern: a case study of the CREW programme | N/A |
David Gwynne-Evans | CASABIO.org - A powerful and efficient citizen science platform for scientific observations of plans and animals including camera traps | N/A |
Tony Rebelo | iNaturalist - southern Africa's new citizen science platform | N/A |
Speed presentations - documenting genetic diversity | ||
Chad Keates | Genetic structuring in Psammophylax (Fitzinger 1843), a widespread African snake genus | 3.2 MB |
Emmanuel Matamba | Genetic diversity of the forest dwelling Myosorex cafer and the generalist Rhabdomys dilectus in Eastern Cape | 3.0 MB |
Monika Moir | Comparison of genetic structure of two forest bats across Eastern Cape Cape forests | 3.5 MB |
Speed presentations - DNA barcoding | ||
Jamie Julies | DNA barcoding of South African red seaweed species | 1.0 MB |
Future Machate | DNA barcoding of native and non-native succulent plants in the South African horticultural industry | 3.7 MB |
Update on FBIP grants and calls: data submitted and communication strategy | ||
Lita Pauw | Overview of the FBIP funding approach and grants awarded | 1.3 MB |
Mahlatse Kgatla | FBIP generated data: an assessment of taxonomic and spatial spread | 2.3 MB |
Dane McDonald | The FBIP communication strategy | 1.9 MB |
Foundational biodiversity information management: systems and standards | ||
Brenda Daly | National Biodiversity Information System (NBIS) update | 1.3 MB |
Brenda Daly | Developing collection data management services as part of the NBIS | 0.6 MB |
Willem Coetzer | Biodiversity data curation: South Africa goes online | 2.8 MB |
Ian Engelbrecht | A review of global data sharing trends and the case for open data | N/A |
Mahlatse Kgatla | FBIP data challenges: the need to address quality standards | 0.7 MB |
Rethabile Motloung | SANBI co-ordinating the development of policies for managing foundational animal work in South Africa | 0.5 MB |
Collection specimen data management | ||
Ronny Kabongo | Development of a sustainable solution for biodiversity data management and curation: Case study of a 10-year academic collection at the African Centre for DNA Barcoding | N/A |
Simon van Noort | Challenges and progress with mobilising biodiversity data in the Iziko African Museum entomology collection | 4.6 MB |
Keshni Gopal | Southern African Marine Mammal database: assessment and review of national museum collections, with the goal to consolidate existing specimen data, facilitate access to research collections and standardise curation | 2.0 MB |
Mary Cole | Conservation of East London Museum Malacology database to Specify 6 | 1.4 MB |
Ian Engelbrecht | Using taxon concepts to reconcile the meanings of names in a collection context | 2.1 MB |
Carol Simon | The inconsistent application of common and species names to polychaete worms used as bait can affect management | 2.3 MB |
Fortunate Phaka | Names for South African frogs and aspects of folk taxonomy, a Zululand case study | 1.0 MB |
Unravelling microbial diversity | ||
Veronique FitzGerald | Screening of ectomycorrhizal and other associated fungi in South African forestry nurseries | 0.9 MB |
Nondumiso Khambule | Root fungal diversity associated with three Disa species | 1.6 MB |
Jahman Thabede | Marion Island vegetation and root associated fungal diversity | 0.6 MB |
Francina Bopape | Diversity of rhizobia associated with root nodulation in pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) from South Africa | 1.8 MB |
Mudzuli Mavhunga | A plethora of Fusarium species in grassland biome soils | 0.8 MB |
Using foundational biodiversity information for addressing global change challenges | ||
Pholoshi Maake | Biodiversity and impacts of plant feeding mites on tea plant (Camellia sinensis) in South Africa | N/A |
Dennis Komape | The importance of herbaria distribution records in the study of gene flow likelihood from sugarcane (Saccharum hybrids) to wild and weedy relatives in eastern South Africa | N/A |
Hendre van Rensburg | Investigations into a new invasive worm in the Knysna Estuary | N/A |
Nomathamsanqa Mkhize | Response of ant communities to woody plant expansion at Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Parks, KwaZulu-Natal | N/A |
Speed presentations: Assessing biodiversity in different habitats | ||
Caroline Kunene | Ant communities along an elevational transect, Udzungwa Mountain in Tanzania | N/A |
Precious Mabuza | Investigating population demographics, breeding system and principle pollinator of Protea curvata | N/A |
Nokubonga Thabethe | The role of competition in structuring ant communities in selected grasslands and forest habitat | N/A |
Olivier Kambaj | Floristics of three Northern Coastal Forests in a global biodiversity hotspot: A comparison across patches of contrasting disturbance history | N/A |
Sbongiseni Xolo | Checklist of epigaeic ants in Buffelsdraai Landfill Conservancy, South Africa | N/A |
Sinenhlahla Mntambo | Ant and spider community response to alien invasive plant species (Chromolaena odorata) | N/A |
Speed presentations: Taxonomy | ||
Peral Mnisi | A taxonomic study of the planktonic freshwater free-living copepods in Turfloop Dam, Limpopo Province | N/A |
Risuna Ndzeru | A taxonomic revision of the Brevipalpus phoenicis and Brevipalpus obavatus species complexes (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) in South Africa | N/A |
Evelyn Raphalo | Phylogeny of the terrestrial snail genus Gittenedouardia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cerastidae) | N/A |
Postgraduate student forum: Career development for taxonomists | ||
Tshifhiwa Mandiwana-Neudani | Typical skills that are necessary to build a career in taxonomy | 0.8 MB |
Postgraduate student forum: Science communication workshop | ||
Fortunate Phaka and Thula Cube | TV production versus scientific publishing; the ever-growing online platform; science communication – do’s and don’ts for TV, print, radio and online media | N/A |
Training session and workshops | ||
Marco Willi, Yvette Ehlers-Smith and Rob Slotow | Camera trap data management | N/A |
Evgeny Zakharov | Barcode of Life Database | N/A |
Fhatani Ranwashe, Burgert Muller, Sherwyn Mack and Albe Bosman | SANBI–GBIF Geo-referencing Training | N/A |
Tony Rebelo | Introduction to iNaturalist | N/A |