Clockwood's Index Project

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What This Project Is

This project is an attempt to create a listing of individual organisms rather than a listing of observations. For purpose of this project, a persistent community of the same species of organisms may be considered "an organism."

Reasons this data is useful:

• Linking individuals rather than species to map coordinates reveals distribution patterns.
• Tracking individuals reveals the effects of environment and other factors on individuals.
• Thinking of non-humans as individuals encourages people to see them as important and worthy of respect in their own right.

Potential use examples:

• Tracking stray cats for TNR programs.
• Studying how environmental factors affect the growth of different trees of the same species.

Posted on September 28, 2023 07:30 PM by clockwood