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Transects, proposed and in progress, of the Grinnell Resurvey Project
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Boundaries of the proposed and in progress resurvey work of the Grinnell Resurvey Project (GRP). These transects reflect the preponderance of historic specimen localities that are targetting for resurvey work, some of which have been published as regional natural history treatises (e.g. Grinnell and Storer 1924 Animal Life in the Yosemite; Grinnell, Dixon and Linsdale 1930 Vertebrate Natural History of a Section of Northern California through the Lassen Peak Region.).
These are unvetted data and used for illustration purposes only.
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The Grinnell Resurvey Project seeks to understand the changes in California's vertebrate fauna over the past century. Named in honor of the founding director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Joseph Grinnell, he conducted and coordinated surveys of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians in over 700 locations throughout California during the early 1900s. This work led to Grinnell becoming a leader of evolutionary ecology and the ecological niche concept. We have been resurveying Grinnell's sites to quantify how vertebrate diversity has responded to changes in climate and land use, two of the most pressing threats to our current biodiversity.
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Michelle S. Koo, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Koo, M.S. and C. Moritz. 2007. The Grinnell Project: Using a Unique Historical Record to Document Responses of Mammals and Birds to 100 Years of Climate Change [GIS dataset]. National Science Foundation Award #0640859
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Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ) The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley, is a center for research and education in the biology of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Founded in 1908, the Museum's mission is to document and increase understanding of the...
