There are three major phases involved in an ecogeographic survey or study which can be summarised as follows:
Phase 1: Project Design |
Project commissioning, selecting and delimiting the target taxonomy and area, identifying suitable taxonomists and taxonomic collections | Phase 2: Data Collection and Analysis |
Survey of geographical, ecological and taxonomic data, collection of specimen specific data, data verification and analysis | Phase 3: Product Preparation |
Production of the ecogeographic database, conspectus and report |
The information gathered and generated as a result of the study are presented in three major outputs, namely:
The ecogeographic database | containing the raw data for each taxon |
The ecogeographic conspectus | summarising the data for each taxon |
The ecogeographic report | discussing the contents of the database and proposing future conservation strategies and collecting missions as appropriate. |
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