TCNs

Current Thematic Collection Networks (TCNs) funded through the National Science Foundation's Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) Program

InvertNet: An Integrative Platform for Research on Environmental Change, Species Discovery and Identification

Primary Institution: University of Illinois

Website: http://invertnet.org/

North American Lichens and Bryophytes - Sensitive Indicators of Environmental Quality and Change

Primary Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Websites:http://lbcc.limnology.wisc.edu/, http://symbiota.org/nalichens/index.php, http://symbiota.org/bryophytes/index.php

Thematic Focus: Collaborative Research - Plants, Herbivores, and Parasitoids: A Model System for the Study of Tri-trophic Associations

Primary Institution: American Museum of Natural History

Website: http://tcn.amnh.org/

Digitizing Fossils to Enable New Syntheses in Biogeography- Creating a PALEONICHES

Primary Institution: University of Kansas

The Macrofungi Collection Consortium: Unlocking a Biodiversity for Understanding Biotec Interactions, Nutrient Cycling and Human Affairs

Primary Institution: North Carolina State University

Mobilizing New England Vascular Plant Data to Track Environmental Changes

Primary Institution: Yale University

Southwest Collections of Anthropods Network (SCAN): A Model for Collections Digitization to Promote Taxonomic and Ecological Research

Primary Institution: University of Arizona