iNaturalist Project
Conclusion
Contributing to science. Each observation can contribute to the biodiversity of science, from the rarest butterfly to the most common grass in a yard. iNaturalist share citizen observations with repositories of scientific data such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility to help scientists find and use those data. All we have to do is observe!
iNaturalist is a joint initiative by the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society based on the idea of citizen science.
Citizen science is a recent trend that is involving non-scientific people with scientific data collection all around the world. The popular nature app, iNaturalist helps to identify the plants and animals around us. The iNaturalist ID process works in a participative way, where everyone can help with the ID of any organism and, once it is verified by several participants and experts, the observations reach the category of Research Grade and begin to be part of the scientific dataset for real scientific research. By joining the platform, we are connected with a community of over 750,000 scientists and naturalists around the world. By recording and sharing our observations during our trips and programmed events, we are helping to create research quality data for scientists working to better understand and protect nature.
iNaturalist.org began as the Master’s final project of Nate Agrin, Jessica Kline, and Ken-ichi Ueda at UC Berkeley’s School of Information in 2008. Nate and Ken-ichi continued working on the site after graduation, with some additional help from Sean McGregor. Ken-ichi began collaborating with Scott Loarie in 2011, when they organized as iNaturalist, LLC and began expanding the site through numerous collaborations. In 2014 iNaturalist became an initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and a joint initiative with National Geographic Society in 2017 (Read more at https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/about)
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City Nature Challenge
Bogotá from the Oriental Hills
City Nature Challenge 2018
Bogotá from the Oriental Hills
The study of vegetation cover of the Eastern Hills indicates that there are twenty-nine (29) types of vegetation. Coverages with native species (forests, stubble, bushes, páramo vegetation and riparian cords) occupy 63.16% of the total area. Coverages with a high degree of transformation (pastures, crops, urban settlements, quarries and exotic plantations) occupy 36.84% of the total area under study.
The result of vegetation surveys to analyze the floristic richness, registered that the families with the greatest number of species and genera are the orchids with 33 genera and 118 species, Bromeliads with 10 genera and 47 species, Asteraceas with 9 genera and 38 species, Ericaceas with 8 genera and 19 species, Melastomataceas with 9 genera and 18 species, Rosaceas with 6 genera and 15 species and Rubiaceas with 6 genera and 11 species.
In relation to the fauna, the North American migratory bat Lasiurus borealis is occasionally found. Among the species still common in natural and semi-natural areas, forests and dense thickets, is the weasel Mustela frenata and in more cultural areas, the chucha Didelphis albiventris. In the páramos and subpáramos antrópicos are the rabbit Sylvilagus brasilensis, the mouse of páramo Thomasomys laniger, the shrew Cryptotis tomasi, the guache Nasuella olivacea and the curí Cavia anolaimae. In general, in terms of wealth and diversity, there are 14 families, 17 genera and 18 species.
For reptiles, 4 families, 5 genera and 5 species are recorded. These families are: Tropiduridae (Stenocercus trachycephalus), Polychrotidae (Phenacosaurus heterodermus), Colubridae (Atractus crassicaudatus) and Teiidae (Anadia bogotensis, Proctoporus striatus).
At the amphibian level there are 4 families, 6 genera and 9 species. These families are: Plethodontidae, Dendrobatidae, Hylidae and Leptodactylidae.
Reference: http://www.secretariadeambiente.gov.co/
Masdevallia
Masdevallia coriacea Lindl. 1845
Alca Marmoleada
The family with the largest number of species and genera in the forests of the eastern hills of Bogotá are orchids with 33 genera and 118 species. This is an example found near the Chapinero neighborhood, it is an individual of the species Masdevallia coriacea Lindl. 1845. This species is common of high Andean forest systems, and it is distributed from 2200 m until around 3000 m. This individual was found during a walk on the day of the natural city challenge.
